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Army

Army Awards General Dynamics $385 Million For Abrams Upgrades Engineering

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, September 28th, 2012

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General Dynamics [GD] Land Systems yesterday said it received an eight-year, $385 million contract for research, development and testing in preparation for the Abrams main battle tank Engineering Change Proposal 1 (ECP1) production. The contract, issued by Army TACOM Contracting Command, has an initial value of $80 million over 12 months. There is no tank production work associated with this award. In a separate issue, the Army and Congress have been at loggerheads over Abrams production, with the land service…

Congress

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Congress

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