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 by James Laporta Washington (UPI) Feb 19, 2018
General Dynamics has been awarded a contract to provide supply parts for the entire U.S. Army Stryker program. The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is a modification to a previously-awarded contract and is valued at more than $148.9 million. The Interim Armored Vehicle, or IAV Stryker, is an eight-wheeled, armored fighting vehicle used for ground combat. The vehicles in recent years have been improved to protect against improved explosive devices and other attack methods with a shallow v-shaped hull and additional armor and blast-resistant features, some of which has been based on warfare in Afghanistan and Iraq. Funding and exact work locations will be determined with each order received by U.S. Army Contracting Command, the Pentagon said. Work on the contract will be completed in February 2019.
Rheinmetall to provide munitions to Navy, Marine Corps Washington (UPI) Feb 14, 2018 The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps have awarded munitions contracts to Rheinmetall Defense, the company said Wednesday in a press release. Rheinmetall Defense said the Department of Defense awarded the company two multi-million-dollar munitions contracts that total nearly $7 million. For the Marine Corps, Rheinmetall will provide day and night-capable 40mm x 46 practice cartridges valued around $3 million. The practice cartridges are low velocity grenade launcher ammunition. The ammun ... read more
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