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Army Awards $491 Million To Cummins Power Generation For More AMMPS Generators

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, August 31st, 2018

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Army Awards $491 Million To Cummins Power Generation For More AMMPS Generators

Army soldier with an Advanced Medium Mobile Power Source (AMMPS) generator

The Army has awarded Cummins Power Generation (CPG) a $491 million deal to continue providing Advanced Medium Mobile Power Source (AMMPS) generators to power battlefield systems, the Pentagon said Aug. 29.Under the deal, CPG is tasked with delivering new AMMPS, built to be more fuel efficient and provide increased cost savings, needed to continue replacing the Army’s legacy Tactical Quiet Generators (TQG), built by Fidelity Technologies Corp.“AMMPS generators provide reliable electric power to weapon systems, tactical operation centers, communications, intelligence…

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