India ends tank program

India has decided to not continue their indigenous main battle tank program. See an article here. India had developed and put into production their own Arjun system, but have now decided that it is not what they need for the long term. No more production contracts will be placed and they will instead build out the 120 or so on order. They will look to foreign firms for a more advanced system. Read more

Contracts for March 27, 2008

March 27, 2008 by admin · Comment
Filed under: Contract Awards, Syndicated Industry News 

ARMY

General Dynamics Land Systems, Inc. Sterling Heights, Mich., was awarded on Mar. 26, 2008, a $151,161,050 cost-plus fixed fee contract for system technical support for the Abrams tank program. Work will be performed in Sterling Heights, Mich., and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. One bid was solicited on Jun. 8, 2006. TACOM Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-07-C-0046).

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