General Dynamics Awarded $3.01M Jet Engine Starter Cartridge Contract
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Counsellor-Defence Acquisition & Logistics, Embassy of Australia, Washington, D.C., has awarded a $3.01 million contract for production of MXU 4 A/A jet engine starter cartridges for the Royal Australian Air Force RF-111 jet aircraft to General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).
The MXU 4 A/A cartridge drives turbo/mechanical starters to start engines for aircraft such as the F-111, B-52, KC-135 and others. The starter cartridges will be produced at the General Dynamics facility in Marion, Ill. The MXU 4 A/A starter cartridge uses OMAX 800 solid propellant, also produced at the Marion facility. Work on this contract is expected to be completed in March 2003.
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, employs approximately 46,000 people and anticipates 2001 sales of approximately $11.5 billion. The company has leading market positions in business aviation, information systems, shipbuilding and marine systems, and land and amphibious combat systems.
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General Dynamics Corporation (ticker: GD, exchange: NYSE)
News Release - Tuesday, March 27, 2001
Press Contact: (727) 578-8144
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