More Add-on Armor for USA’s Bradley IFVs

General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products Inc. in Burlington, VT received a $56 million modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for Reactive Applique Armor Tiles for the M2/M3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle. Work will be performed in Burlington, VT (31.4%), Lyndonville, VT (13.5%), Graham, KY (6.5%), Albany, OR (5.8%), and Haifa, Israel (42.8%), and is expected to be completed by Oct. 31, 2006. This was a sole source contract initiated on April 21, 2005 by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ (W15QKN-05-C-1166).

DID has an August 8, 2005 background post covering this Israeli technology and RAFAEL’s ongoing partnership with General Dynamics. Based on DID’s research, total awards under this contract have now reached $113.2 million.