July 12, 2008 @ 4:26 am
· Filed under Allied Defense Group, Congress, Contract Awards, FMS, U.S. Army, afghanistan, logistics
Fresh off all of the problems with the contract let to AEY, the US has moved to a more traditional source for ammo for Afghanistan’s military and police. See the press release here. Allied Defense Group has been awarded a FMS contract to provide ammo. Allied has grown significantly over the last 7 years as the demand by the US for ammunition of all types, but especially small arms, has increased.
Tagged with: afghanistan, Allied Defense Group, ammo, ammunition, press release, traditional source
April 14, 2008 @ 6:34 pm
· Filed under Alliant Techsystems, Allied Defense Group, Contract Awards, U.S. Army, production program
Alliant Tech Systems (ATK) and Allied Defense Group won a contract from the US Army to provide 105 mm main gun ammunition. See the press release here. The ammo will be for the Stryker Main Gun System, which is a Stryker wheeled vehicle with a 105 mm gun in a low profile turret. This has been deployed to Iraq to provide the Stryker units some heavy firepower. The contract is worth $7.4 M over two years. ATK is a company that was created when Honeywell spun off some of their defense business and it later acquired Hercules Aviation and Thiokol Propulsion. For more on the company see this.
Tagged with: acct, alliant tech systems, Allied Defense Group, atk, gun ammunition, pl, press release, U.S. Army
