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Army Pays GD $2.6B For Abrams Tank Upgrades

Friday, December 22nd, 2017

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Army Pays GD $2.6B For Abrams Tank Upgrades

Aerial drone image of an M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank crew, from the 1st Armor Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, conducting Table VI Gunnery at Fort Stewart, Ga. December 8, 2016.

General Dynamics [GD] on Dec. 21 closed on a $2.6 billion deal to upgrade nearly 800 M1 Abrams tanks to the most modern configuration.The fixed-price incentive contract includes upgrading 786 M1A1 main battle tanks to the M1A2 System Enhancement Package Version 3 (SEPv3) and a number of M1A1s to M1A2S and M1A2-K configurations, bringing the 1980s-era vehicles up to date.Saudi Arabia's Abrams tanks are designated M1A2S while Kuwait designated it's Abrams tanks M1A2-K. The contract award does not specify how…

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