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General Dynamics Awarded $41 Million for RG-31 MRAP Spare Parts
LONDON, Ontario, Canada U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) has awarded General
Dynamics Land Systems-Canada a USD$41.5 million delivery order modification for spare parts in support
of RG-31 Mk5E vehicles under the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle program. General
Dynamics Land Systems, the Canadian company’s parent corporation, is a business unit of General
Dynamics (NYSE: GD).
These parts will be used to support vehicles that are being manufactured under a delivery order awarded to
General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada on February 17, 2010, for 250 RG-31 Mk5E vehicles for the
MRAP program. In total, 1,652 RG-31 vehicles have been ordered under the MRAP program.
The contract was signed through the Canadian Commercial Corporation, a Crown Agency of the Canadian
Government.
General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada, located in London, Ontario, Canada, is a business unit of
General Dynamics Land Systems of Sterling Heights, Michigan. For over 30 years, more than 2000 highly
skilled technical employees have designed, manufactured, delivered and supported to global customers a
unique family of light armoured vehicles (LAV). More information on the company is available at
www.gdlscanada.com.
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately 91,700 people worldwide.
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 General Dynamics is available online at www.generaldynamics.com.
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