Saturday, December 4, 2010

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: General Dynamics Awarded $21 Million For RG-31 MRAP Upgrades

Defense News: DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: General Dynamics Awarded $21 Million For RG-31 MRAP Upgrades
(NSI News Source Info) LONDON, Ontario, Canada - December 4, 2010: The U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command awarded General Dynamics Land Systems–Canada a USD$21.2 million delivery-order modification for upgrade kits for RG-31 Mk5E vehicles previously delivered under the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle program. General Dynamics Land Systems, the Canadian company’s parent corporation, is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).

The kits will enhance the survivability and operation of the RG-31 vehicles to the latest production configuration. The delivery of the kits is expected to be completed by October 2011.

The contract was signed through the Canadian Commercial Corporation, a Crown Agency of the Canadian Government.

For information about General Dynamics Land Systems–Canada, please visitwww.gdlscanada.com.

More information about General Dynamics is available on the Internet at www.generaldynamics.com.


November 30, 2010

Contact: Ken Yamashita
Tel: (519) 964-5813
Email: yamashik@gdls.com

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