By Geoff FeinATK [ATK] recently received a $20 million order from the Marine Corps for upward of 50,000 additional scalable plate carriers to help reduce weight and provide Marines with a scalable armor protection system, a company official said. The company began delivery of the systems this month and will provide the units to Marines up to January 2010, Scott Carver, vice president and general manager of ATK Tactical systems, told Defense Daily in a recent interview. "It's an armor…
Marine Corps Orders Upward of 50,000 More of ATK’s Scalable Plate Carriers
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