United Defense Announces 1st Quarter 2004 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call Information

ARLINGTON, Va.--April 14, 2004--United Defense Industries, Inc. announced today that it will release its earnings for 1st quarter 2004 on Thursday, April 22, 2004 before the open of the market.

In conjunction with this release, United Defense will host a conference call on the same day at 10:00 AM ET, which will be simultaneously broadcast live over the Internet. Tom Rabaut, President and Chief Executive Officer, Buzz Raborn, Chief Financial Officer, and Jayne Schmitt, Vice President - Investor Relations, will host the call.

Listeners may access United Defense's quarterly conference call live at 10:00 a.m. ET, April 22 over the Internet, through a link in the Investors section of United Defense's Web site at http://www.udlp.com/ir/webcast.htm. The dial-in-number to access this operator-assisted call is toll free 800/915-4836 or toll (International): 973/317-5319. Please allow fifteen minutes prior to the call to visit the site to download and install any necessary audio software.

If you are unable to listen to the live call, please access www.uniteddefense.com or call 1-800-428-6051, passcode 350216, at any time beginning after 2:00 pm on the release day through April 29, 2004 to listen to a replay of the web cast. International callers may access the rebroadcast at 973/709-2089 using the same pass code

About United Defense Industries, Inc.

United Defense designs, develops and produces combat vehicles, artillery, naval guns, missile launchers and precision munitions used by the U.S. Department of Defense and allies worldwide, and provides non nuclear ship repair, modernization and conversion to the U.S. Navy and other U.S. Government agencies.