General Dynamics Wins $44.8 Million Navy Contract for Pittsfield Plant

PITTSFIELD — General Dynamics has been awarded a $44.8 million U.S. Navy contract that will send the bulk of the work, 85 percent, to its Pittsfield facility, according to a report from Investing.com. The news came as the city announced its next round of street microsurfacing, set to begin Monday.

TOWN HALL The city announced Friday that a batch of streets will receive a microsurfacing treatment on Monday, Aug. 31, and Tuesday, Sept. 1, the latest phase of Pittsfield's ongoing street improvement program. Friday's News Flash alert did not identify the specific roads affected; residents along the treated routes should expect construction crews and possible short-term access changes on those two days.

ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS "General Dynamics wins $44.8M in defense contracts": the defense contractor has been obligated for a $44.8 million Navy Mission Systems contract, with 85 percent of the work performed at its Pittsfield site and the remainder in San Diego, California, per Investing.com. (read it at https://m.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/general-dynamics-wins-448m-in-defense-contracts-93CH-4880260?ampMode=1)

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