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Air Force

General Dynamics Awarded $113 Million For Munition Products

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013

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General Dynamics’ [GD] Ordnance and Tactical Systems yesterday said it was awarded several government contracts with a total value of more than $113 million for ammunition products and a munition system. MPM-NLWS Photo General Dynamics The Marine Corps System Command (MARCORSYSCOM) awarded General Dynamics a $26.5 million engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) contract for the Mission Payload Module--Non-Lethal Weapon System (MPM-NLWS). This system provides counter-personnel and graduated-response options for scenarios involving crowd control, access or area denial, convoy operations…

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