The U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command in Quantico is ordering up to $136.5 million worth of M72A7 Light Weight Anti-Armor Weapon (LAW) systems and trainers from Nammo Talley Defense in Mesa, AZ to replenish stockpiles. The M72A7 LAW is a man-portable, shoulder-launched rocket designed to destroy armored vehicles and covered enemy fighting positions.
The M72A7 LAW meets the needs identified by the Marine Corps in 2004 for a shoulder-launched rocket. The Marine Corps required a weapon system with the capability to defeat targets such as covered enemy fighting positions (bunkers, urban structures) or light armored vehicles that are impervious to small arms fire or out of the range of fragmentation hand grenades and other close-in weapon systems.
DID has more on the Nammo Talley contract and the tactical advantages of the M72A7…
Agility Defense & Government Services (DGS) in Alexandria, VA received a 1-year contract extension, worth up to $91 million, for the U.S. Army’s Heavy Lift VI contract to provide transportation services for U.S. military personnel, supplies, and equipment in Iraq and Kuwait.
For the Heavy Lift VI contract, Agility supplies and operates vehicles, including heavy equipment transport and flatbed trailers, to support the U.S. Army’s supply line needs in Iraq and Kuwait. The company also provides personnel to handle transportation and maintenance operations. This is the 4th and final 1-year extension of the Heavy Lift VI contract (W912D1-05-D-0010). The extension was awarded by the Rock Island Contracting Center and continues Agility’s engagement with Heavy Lift VI through June 30/10. The firm has an interesting history in this area…
General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics, received a 3-year, $9.2 million task order to improve business processes at the U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) and Office of the Surgeon General. The task order (GS-23F-8094H – W81XWH-09-F-0198) was awarded under the General Services Administration’s Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services (MOBIS) contract vehicle.
General Dynamics IT will support the Army MEDCOM Lean Six Sigma program by providing instruction and consulting services to internal organizations for MEDCOM’s Director of Strategy and Innovation. The company will perform training, coaching and mentoring to organizational leaders and designated personnel.
DID has more on Lean and 6 Sigma and their origins in private industry…
