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ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ATK (NYSE: ATK) received a $16.8 million engineering and manufacturing development contract modification from the U.S. Army's Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier for its XM25, Individual Semi-Automatic Airburst System. The contract funds the continuing design, integration, production and testing of fully functional systems to ensure the weapon's final design meets performance requirements and is production-ready prior to fielding....
CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), today unveiled a next-generation Lightweight Medium Machine Gun (LWMMG) at the Joint Armaments Conference in Seattle, Wash. Identifying an unmet warfighter need, General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products conducted its own research and development program to develop the LWMMG in just over one year. The weapon is designed for low-cost...
CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), recently delivered 85 MK19 40mm grenade machine guns to the U.S. Army under the company's latest contract award for the weapon. General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products was awarded an $8.7 million order for more than 650 MK19 weapons in September 2011. The September award extended an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity...
ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ATK (NYSE: ATK) has received a $24 million contract modification to provide the U.S. Army with additional ammunition, hardware, test and analysis support further user assessments of the XM25, Individual Semi-Automatic Airburst System (ISAAS). In March 2011, ATK received a $65.8 million Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) contract from the U.S. Army's Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier for the XM25. This 30-month EMD contract...
PHOENIX, Oct. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AmSafe® Industries, Inc., the leading provider of engineered restraint systems to the aviation, defense and specialty vehicle markets, today announced a successful test of its Tarian® rocket propelled grenade (RPG) protection system that is an integral part of Textron Defense Systems (TDS) TRAPSNet countermeasure. The TRAPSNet countermeasure completed a two-week test event sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in...
ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ATK (NYSE: ATK) announced that it will participate as an exhibitor at the AUSA 2011 Annual Meeting & Exposition in Washington, D.C. ATK will highlight a variety of capabilities and programs at the show, which will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center from October 10-12, 2011. ATK is located in Booth 803 in Hall A. AUSA provides ATK an opportunity to highlight its growing capabilities in several business areas, including...
LONDON, August 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Senior military figures from 12 nations including the US, UK, Germany, and Republic of Korea are preparing to gather in September (London) to discuss the latest developments around infantry-issued airburst weapon systems such as the US XM25 and the Korean K11, including information on the testing, deployment and planned future developments for ammunition and fire control systems. One of the key topics of the symposium will be the...
MINNEAPOLIS, March 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ATK (NYSE: ATK) has received a $65.8 million Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) contract from the U.S. Army's Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier for its XM25, Individual Semi-Automatic Airburst System. The 30-month contract calls for the continuing design, integration, production, and testing of full-up systems to ensure the weapon's final design meets performance requirements and is production-ready prior to fielding. "The XM25...
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products was recently awarded an $11.5 million contract by the U.S. Navy for the production of six Aegis MK82 Illuminators, which include the MK82 guided missile director and the MK200 controller systems. Production will begin in early 2011. The contract has a total potential value of $29.5 million, and deliveries will be completed by July 2013, if all options are exercised. General Dynamics...
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products has been awarded a $17 million contract by The Boeing Company for the production of composite components and spares for the C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD). General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products has been working with Boeing on a variety of C-17 composite technologies for over 20...
