First Posted: 2/18/2015
LIMA — General Dynamics has recieved an addition to a contract that may send some work Lima’s way.
The company operates the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center, a government-owned manufacturing facility in Lima that makes tanks and other military vehicles.
Adding to an existing contract first awarded in 2008, the U.S. Army TACOM Lifecycle Management Command gave the company $49.7 million to update M-1A1 Abrams tanks to the M-1A2 Systems Enhancement Package (SEP) V2 configuration, according to a press release from the company.
JSMC makes the Abrams and will perform some of the production under the contract expansion, along with other General Dynamics locations in Anniston, Alabama, Tallahasse, Florida, Sterling Heights, Michigan and Scranton, Pennsylvania, according to the release.
The upgrade will make the tanks the most “technologically advanced digital tank,” according to the release. It will feature enhanced color displays, day and night thermal sights, a commander remote operated weapon station, a thermal management system and a tank-infantry phone, according to the release.
“The M1A2 SEP V2 maximizes the fighting ability of the tank on today’s battlefield while preparing the platform for tomorrow’s challenges,” the release states.
The tanks are expected to be completed by January 2017.
