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General Dynamics Awarded $40 Million Army Contract For Robotic Security Vehicles

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Thursday, March 13th, 2008

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General Dynamics [GD] announced Feb. 25 the Army awarded its Robotic Systems unit an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with a total potential value of $40 million for production of the robotic Mobile Detection and Assessment and Response System (MDARS). General Dynamics Robotic Systems will manufacture the semi-autonomous security vehicles and provide spare parts, training and technical services for a five-year period. The work will be done at its Westminster, Md., production facility. Hawthorne Army Depot in Nevada will receive the…

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