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General Dynamics Awarded $34 Million for M1A1 Abrams Tank Upgrades
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The U.S. Army
TACOM Lifecycle Management Command has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems,
a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), a $34 million delivery order
for 30 M1A1 Abrams Integrated Management (AIM) main battle tanks. The contract
includes an option for 30 additional AIM vehicles, bringing the total
potential award value to $69.5 million.
AIM is a joint effort to refurbish M1A1 main battle tanks involving the
U.S. Army Project Manager for Heavy Brigade Combat Team, the TACOM Life Cycle
Management Command, the Anniston Army Depot (Anniston, Ala.), and General
Dynamics Land Systems. Under the AIM program, M1A1 Abrams tanks are completely
disassembled and overhauled to a like-new, zero-mile condition. Refurbished
tanks incur lower operational and support costs and report higher operational
readiness rates.
M1A1s are configured with armor upgrades and additional mission-critical
technologies to bolster crew situational awareness (SA). The SA package
include second-generation Forward-Looking Infrared, Far Target Locate, Blue
Force Tracking (BFT)/Force Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2), a
tank-infantry phone, a .50 caliber thermal sight, a power distribution box, a
rear slave receptacle, an eye-safe laser rangefinder, and driver's vision
enhancement.
This situational awareness package increases the M1A1 Abrams tank's
fighting capability by providing soldiers an electronic graphic of the
battlefield with icons for friendly and enemy forces, and increases the
accuracy of the tank commander's .50 caliber machine gun.
These M1A1 tanks are slated for delivery to U.S. Army units beginning in
October 2010. Work will be performed inAnniston, Ala.;Tallahassee, Fla.;
Lima, Ohio; andScranton, Pa., by existing General Dynamics employees.
General Dynamics, headquartered inFalls Church, Va., employs
approximately 84,600 people worldwide and anticipates 2008 revenues of
approximately $29.5 billion. The company is a market leader in business
aviation; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions;
shipbuilding and marine systems; and information systems and technologies.
More information about the company is available on the Internet at
http://www.generaldynamics.com
SOURCE General Dynamics Land Systems
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