General Dynamics awarded $29 million for RG-31 MRAP upgrades
US Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada a USD$28.6 million delivery order modification for proposed vehicle engineering upgrades and associated non-recurring engineering costs in support of RG-31 Mk5E vehicles 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.
These upgrades will support vehicles that are being manufactured under a delivery order awarded to General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada on February 17, 2010, for 250 RG-31 Mk5E vehicles for the MRAP program.
The contract was signed through the Canadian Commercial Corporation, a Crown Agency of the Canadian Government.
Source: General Dynamics
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