The vaunted main battle tank is about to get some important upgrades.
The United States Army will be getting some brand-new tanks the most recently updated version of its M1A2 Abrams. The Department of Defense (DoD) announced this month that General Dynamics Land Systems, Inc. in Sterling Heights, Michigan, was awarded a $4,620,000,000 fixed-price-incentive contract to produce Abrams M1A2 SEPv3 tanks. Bids were solicited via the Internet with one received, and work locations and funding will be determined with each order.
The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, is the contracting activity, and the estimated completion date for the contract is June 17, 2028. However, the announcement didn’t actually specify how many brand new Abrams tanks will be procured but according to the DoD’s Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) Budget Estimates, released in February 2020, the Army could field up to 2,101 SEPv3 tanks as part of its Abrams Upgrade Program.
U.S. Army
General Dynamics Land Systems Inc., Sterling Heights, Mich., was awarded a $4,620,000,000 fixed-price-incentive contract to produce Abrams M1A2 SEPv3 tanks. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of June 17, 2028. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, is the contracting activity (W56HZV-21-D-0001).
U.S. Navy
Koa Lani JV LLC, Orlando, Fla., is awarded an $854,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with firm-fixed price, cost-plus incentive fee and cost-reimbursement contract line items for range operations support and base operations support services. This contract includes a 60-month base period with one 60-month option period. Work will be performed at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Island of Kauai, Hawaii. Work is expected to be completed by December 2025; if the option is exercised, work will
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In the summer of this year, the U.S. Army Contracting Command announced GM Defense would be the company in charge of making the next Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) for the military. Now that we are ready to step into the new year, the American behemoth announced it started getting ready the facility where these vehicles will be made. 16 photos
The place selected for this is an existing GM building in Concord, North Carolina. The facility there is 75,000-square-foot large and should start rolling out ISVs as soon as April next year. For the record, GM already delivered the first one in October, and will have to make 649 of them as per the contract, with the option of taking that number to a total of 2,065 vehicles over the next eight years.
U.S. Air Force
Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, has been awarded a ceiling $900,000,000 firm-fixed-price, time-and-materials, over-and-above, cost-reimbursement contract to stand up a continental U.S.-based contractor facility to perform depot-level maintenance and aircraft modification services in support of the F-16 aircraft. Support will include all aircraft modifications, unplanned drop-in maintenance, time compliance technical orders, scheduled inspections and contract field team support. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition and four offers were received. Fiscal 2021 operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $1,402,952 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is the contracting activity (FA8232-21-D-0005).