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General Dynamics Gets $68M for Abrams Tank Tech Support

General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded $68 million for Abrams Tank Systems Technical Support by the U.S. Army TACOM Lifecycle Management Command of Warren.

The award will fund engineering studies on Abrams main battle tanks to identify improvements and replace obsolete parts to maintain the tanks at high operational readiness rates. The work will be performed by existing General Dynamics Land Systems personnel in Sterling Heights. It is expected to be completed by Dec. 19, 2011.

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