Tag Archives: ammunition

A Raytheon Technologies business has received a $27M contract to provide technical support for the U.S. Army’s enterprise software system that manages logistics operations for the service branch’s ammunition resources.

A Northrop Grumman subsidiary has been awarded a three-year, $100.3M contract to supply fifth-generation 120mm tank ammunition for the U.S. Army’s Abrams ground vehicles.

Textron is one of three companies the U.S. Army selected to develop prototypes of rifles under the service branch’s Next Generation Squad Weapons program and wants to be prepared to go into mass production should it win the NGSW contract, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday.

Rheinmetall and metal components producer Fraen have formed a joint venture that will develop and manufacture military fuzes in the U.S. Rheinmetall said Monday it will own a 51 percent stake in Rheinmetall Fraen Fuzes and Fraen will hold the remaining 49 percent in the new JV.

American Ordnance has received an $89.4M contract modification to supply high-velocity grenade cartridges for U.S. Army training.
 

Science Applications International Corp. has secured a $13.6M to provide life cycle management services for U.S. Army programs covering multiple ammunition product lines. Army Contracting Command received one bid for the firm-fixed-price contract through an online-based solicitation process, the Defense Department said Friday. SAIC will perform work through Dec. 4. 2023. The …

BAE Systems plans to spend $13.3 million to establish a new production line for 12.7-millimeter ammunition at the British defense contractor’s Radway Green facility in Crewe, England. The company said Wednesday it has partnered with the Advanced Manufacturing Research Center at University of Sheffield to design a manufacturing process. Phil …

Orbital ATK has hired 1,000 additional employees and expanded several weapons facilities to increase production capacity as it expects a rise in the demand for munitions and missiles from the Defense Department in the next few years, Defense News reported Wednesday. “We have invested a decent number of millions, tens of …

The State Department has approved Australia’s request to buy M795 155mm high-explosive projectiles from the U.S. government under a potential $148 million foreign military sales transaction. Australia plans to use the howitzer ammunition to build up homeland defense capability, deter regional threats and meet its operational readiness training needs, the Defense …

Federal Premium has received a potential five-year contract from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to supply .40 caliber ammunition rounds for mission and training applications. The company said Friday it will deliver up to 180 million Tactical HST rounds to multiple Department of Homeland Security components and other federal customers. HST is designed …

The Australian defense ministry has awarded a $79.8 million contract to NIOA for the delivery of the 155 millimeter Lightweight Towed Howitzer ammunition to the country’s army. The contract is expected to generate up to 22 new jobs, including 12 jobs for the effort’s first two years, and possibly additional 10 for domestic assembly …

BAE Systems has received a contract from Sweden’s defense and material administration to supply an additional 254 Bofors 155-millimeter ammunition rounds to the Swedish army. The company said Thursday it will produce BONUS munitions at BAE’s manufacturing facility in Karlskoga, Sweden, and expects deliveries to occur during 2019. BONUS is designed to be …

Black Hills Ammunition has won a potential five-year, $49.9 million contract from to supply the U.S. Navy with 5.56mm special ball, long range ammunition rounds. The Defense Department said Friday the Navy will deploy the weapons to support various operations of U.S. forces overseas. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract also includes foreign military sales …

Orbital ATK has demonstrated the common fuze for a medium caliber round fired from its M230 Link Fed Bushmaster Chain Gun during the Bushmaster User Conference at Big Sandy Range in Arizona. The company said Monday it used the common fuze approach in both 30mm and 40mm programmable air-bursting rounds and …

Orbital ATK carried out a live-fire demonstration of its MK44 Bushmaster Chain Gun at the firm’s Bushmaster User Conference held at Big Sandy Range in Arizona. The weapon system mounted on a General Dynamics-built light armored vehicle and Kongsberg-made protector turret fired 30mm and 40mm rounds against steel panel, adobe and …