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BAE Systems To Upgrade 353 National Guard Bradley Fighting Vehicles

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, August 14th, 2012

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BAE Systems yesterday said it received a $306 million contract modification to upgrade 353 Bradley Fighting Vehicles now in three different versions to one version, the Operation Desert Storm Situational Awareness (ODS-SA) configuration. The production contract is in addition to $340 million the company has received to purchase upgrade materials for the Bradley program, raising the full contract total to $646 million for the combat systems. The upgraded Bradleys will be provided to the Minnesota and Pennsylvania National Guard units.…

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