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Army

General Dynamics To Continue Upgrading Abrams Tanks

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, January 9th, 2012

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General Dynamics [GD] Friday said its Land Systems unit received $60 million under an existing contract to continue upgrading M1A1 tanks to the M1A2 System Enhancement Package (SEP)V2 configuration. Army TACOM Lifecycle Management Command made the award. The original order was made under a multi-year contract awarded in February 2008, which authorized the upgrade of 435 M1A1 tanks that have been in the Army’s inventory for more than 20 years. The most technologically advanced digital tank, the M1A2 SEP V2…

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