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General Dynamics awarded $133 million for Abrams M1A2S tank production for Saudi Arabia 0901134.
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| Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 08:56 AM | |||
| General Dynamics awarded $133 million for Abrams M1A2S tank production for Saudi Arabia. | |||
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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. |
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 General Dynamics M1A2S main battle tank |
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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 started in 2008 to update M1A1 and M1A2 tanks to the M1A2S configuration
for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The work will be performed by current employees at the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center in Lima, Ohio, with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2014. General Dynamics Land Systems is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD). More information about General Dynamics is available online at www.generaldynamics.com |
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