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General Dynamics Electric Boat has been awarded an $18.9 million contract modification for the continued development of the Virginia Payload Module (VPM). Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics. The funds will be used to procure two VPM pre-production setups to support the manufacturing start of the …
Read More »Rheinmetall to Supply Canadian Navy with Decoy Ammunition for The Next Thirty Years
At the recent CANSEC show in May 2016 in Canada, the Canadian government and ammunition suppliers Rheinmetall and General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems–Canada signed a licence agreement to produce Omnitrap decoy ammunition for the Canadian Navy. Worth a mid-range eight-figure euro amount over the course of its thirty-year lifetime, …
Read More »General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems Awarded Contract to Produce BLU-109 Penetrator Bomb Bodies and Components
The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, Ill., has awarded General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems a contract valued at $9.3 million for the first production orders of a five-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for BLU-109 penetrator bomb bodies and components. The contract has the potential value of $193 …
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