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STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a three-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with an estimated potential value of $9.5 million by the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to provide spare parts in support of the Abrams main battle tank. "The Defense Logistics Agency has a strategic goal of reducing costs by $10 billion in five years and...

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics Land Systems has been awarded an additional $40 million for the procurement and production of Saudi M1A2 (M1A2S) Abrams tanks for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This modification is part of an existing contract to upgrade the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's fleet of tanks. The Foreign Military Sales contract was awarded by the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command on behalf of the Royal Saudi Land Forces. This...

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics Land Systems has been awarded $132.7 million for the procurement and production of 69 Saudi M1A2 (M1A2S) Abrams tanks for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This work is part of a plan by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to upgrade its fleet of tanks. The Foreign Military Sales contract was awarded by the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command for the Royal Saudi Land Forces. This contract extends work...

PHOENIX, Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) has been awarded two contracts worth a combined $221 million to continue its highly successful support of the U.S. Army's M1 Abrams main battle tank program. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080425/LAF040LOGO) Honeywell's AGT1500 vehicular gas turbine engine is the proven power source for the M1 Abrams and provides the tank with superior power and torque, low noise, and smokeless operation, contributing to...

PLYMOUTH, Mich., Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) has awarded Michigan-based Loc Performance Products, Inc. a subcontract to design and produce final drive assemblies for the United States Army's Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV). Building on a successful partnership of designing and producing the highest quality final drive assemblies for the Army's M1 Abrams and M88 Armored Recovery Vehicles, Loc will collaborate with Allison Transmission as a joint...

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Army TACOM Contracting Command has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), an eight-year, $395 million contract for research, development and testing in preparation for the Abrams main battle tank Engineering Change Proposal 1 (ECP1) production. The contract has an initial value of $80 million over 12 months. There is no tank production work associated with this award....

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Army Contracting Commands, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., and Rock Island, Ill., have awarded General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), three contracts with a total value of $97 million for the manufacture and delivery of 120mm M865 and M1002 tank training ammunition, 105mm M1130 high-explosive (HE) pre-formed fragmentation (PFF) cartridges and 155mm M795 HE projectile metal...

ARLINGTON, Va., June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ATK (NYSE: ATK) has received a $36 million order from the U.S. Army to produce 120mm training ammunition for tanks. The award is for a first base-year with four, one-year evaluated option years. The 120mm training ammunition, used by the M1A1/A2 Abrams main battle tank, includes the M865 kinetic energy and the M1002 multi-purpose anti-tank training rounds. These training rounds closely replicate tactical ammunition in appearance...

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Army Contracting Command has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems a $26 million contract to build two Joint Assault Bridge (JAB) prototypes. General Dynamics Land Systems is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD). The Joint Assault Bridge program is a multi-service initiative to replace the existing Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge (AVLB) system that is currently available to U.S. forces. The JAB system will be a...

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., April 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Army TACOM Lifecycle Management Command awarded General Dynamics Land Systems $31 million to begin upgrading 24 M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks and 22 M1A2 System Enhance Package (SEP) Version One (V1) tanks to the M1A2 SEP V2 configuration. General Dynamics Land Systems is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD). The most technologically advanced digital tank available, the M1A2 SEP V2 includes improved color...