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GD’s $1.2 Billion IM-SHORAD Deal Begins With $230 Million Order Covering 28 Vehicles

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, October 1st, 2020

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GD’s $1.2 Billion IM-SHORAD Deal Begins With $230 Million Order Covering 28 Vehicles

General Dynamics' Stryker IM-SHORAD. Photo: Matthew Beinart.

General Dynamics’ [GD] new $1.2 billion deal from the Army for the Interim Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (IM-SHORAD) program will begin with a $230 million order covering integration of the system on 28 Stryker vehicles, the company told Defense Daily. The IM-SHORAD production contract, awarded on Wednesday, is also expected to cover the Army’s previously stated requirement for 144 systems. “As a subset of that contract, 28 vehicles were called up in the first delivery order. We’ll start ordering material…

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