General Dynamics Awarded $21 Million for Abrams Tank System Technical Support

    STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., Aug. 14 /EMWNews/ -- The U.S.

Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command has awarded General Dynamics Land

Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), a $20.9 million

contract for Abrams Tank Systems Technical Support (STS).



    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 employees in Sterling Heights, Michigan. It

is expected to be completed by December 31, 2011.



    General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs

approximately 84,600 people worldwide and anticipates 2008 revenues of

approximately $29.5 billion. The company is a market leader in business

aviation; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions;

shipbuilding and marine systems; and information systems and technologies.

More information about the company is available on the Internet at

http://www.generaldynamics.com.