General Dynamics Awarded $28 Million for Combat Vehicle Reset Efforts STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. – The U.S. TACOM Lifecycle Management Command has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), $28 million for Stryker combat vehicle and Abrams main battle tank-related reset activities. General Dynamics received $8 million for long-lead material to support reset efforts for Stryker
Mobile Gun System and Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle variants.
Stryker is a family of eight-wheeled combat vehicles, available in ten variants, that has been proven The company also received $20 million to reset M1A2 Abrams tanks. As part of the Improved Systems
Enhancement Package (SEP) reset program, M1A2 SEP Version One tanks are modified to the SEP
Version Two configuration, which includes improved displays, sights, power, and a tank-infantry phone. It
is the most technologically advanced digital Abrams tank and is positioned for future technology insertions
for compatibility with the Army’s Future Combat Systems. Work will be performed in Anniston, Ala.,
Tallahassee, Fla., Lima, Ohio, Sterling Heights, Mich., and Scranton, Pa., and is expected to be completed
by September 2009. General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately 82,900 people worldwide and anticipates 2007 revenues of approximately $27 billion. The company has leading market positions in mission critical information systems and technologies, land and amphibious combat systems, shipbuilding and marine systems, and business aviation. More information about the company is available on the Internet at www.generaldynamics.com. |
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