Defense-Technology News: DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: General Dynamics Awarded $21 Million For RG-31 MRAP Upgrades

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: General Dynamics Awarded $21 Million For RG-31 MRAP Upgrades

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources General Dynamics

(NSI News Source Info) LONDON, Ontario, Canada - December 4, 2010: The U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command awarded General Dynamics Land Systems–Canada a USD$21.2 million delivery-order modification for upgrade kits for RG-31 Mk5E vehicles previously delivered under the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle program. General Dynamics Land Systems, the Canadian company’s parent corporation, is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).

The kits will enhance the survivability and operation of the RG-31 vehicles to the latest production configuration. The delivery of the kits is expected to be completed by October 2011. The contract was signed through the Canadian Commercial Corporation, a Crown Agency of the Canadian Government. For information about General Dynamics Land Systems–Canada, please visit www.gdlscanada.com. More information about General Dynamics is available on the Internet at www.generaldynamics.com.

*This article is being posted from Toronto, Canada By DTN News ~ Defense-Technology News, contact: dtnnews@ymail.com

November 30, 2010

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