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General Dynamics Awarded USD$2.2 Billion Contract for Light Armored Vehicles
LONDON, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
The U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command, in support of the U.S.
Army Security Assistance Command (USASAC), has awarded a USD$2.2 billion
contract to General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada for 724 Light Armored
Vehicles (LAV) for a Foreign Military Sale (FMS). Vehicle deliveries will
begin in April 2011. General Dynamics Land Systems, the Canadian company's
parent corporation, is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).
The contract was signed through the Canadian Commercial Corporation, a
Crown Agency of the Canadian Government.
Dr. Sridhar Sridharan, senior vice-president of General Dynamics Land
Systems-Canada, said, "We are pleased to be working once again with TACOM and
USASAC in support of their Foreign Military Sales program. This contract now
allows us to immediately start work on variant design and production
readiness. We look forward to reaching the manufacturing portion of this
contract which will help us bring stability to our production workforce."
Vehicles provided under this contract will be the LAV II version -- a 300
horsepower 8x8 vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of up to 32,000 lbs
(14,500 kg). The vehicles will be produced in 10 different variants.
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 1900 highly skilled technical
employees have designed, manufactured, delivered and supported to global
customers a unique family of light armoured vehicles (LAV). More information
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs
approximately 92,300 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
SOURCE: General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada
CONTACT: Ken Yamashita of General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada
+1-519-964-5813
Fax
+1-519-964-5488
yamashik@gdls.com
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