General Dynamics Awarded $30 Million Contract for Turret Mission Module Weapon Control System
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. – The U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command-Armament Research Development and Engineering Center (TACOM-ARDEC) has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE: GD), a $30 million contract for the development and demonstration of the Turret Mission Module Weapon Control (TMM-WC) system of the Multi-Role Armament and Ammunition System (MRAAS).
The MRAAS, envisioned by the Army as a highly lethal capability to be in incorporated into the Future Combat Systems program, will provide Line of Sight, Beyond Line of Sight and Non-Line of Sight fire capability on a platform that can be carried on a C-130 aircraft. The TMM weapon control system will provide the required weapon pointing control, accuracy and fires efficiency while operating in direct and indirect fire modes with new munitions and a new gun system.
The work will be performed at the General Dynamics Land Systems facility in Sterling Heights, Mich. The expected completion date is October 2005.
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, employs approximately 52,000 people worldwide and had 2001 revenues of $12 billion. The company has leading market positions in land and amphibious combat systems, mission-critical information systems and technologies, shipbuilding and marine systems, and business aviation.
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General Dynamics Corporation (ticker: GD, exchange: NYSE)
News Release - Tuesday, March 26, 2002
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