WASHINGTON, Feb 18 — The US Army announced yesterday the award of a nearly US$1 billion (RM4.43 billion) contract to increase production of 155mm artillery rounds that are being...
WASHINGTON, Feb 18 — The US Army announced yesterday the award of a nearly US$1 billion contract to increase production of 155mm artillery rounds that are being used in large quantities by Ukraine.
General Dynamics Ordnance & Tactical Systems and American Ordnance LLC will compete for individual orders of the rounds under the US$993.7 million contract, the army said in a statement.The announcement comes after the army awarded US$522 million in orders for the same rounds to two other companies in a deal funded by the Pentagon’s Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.
Ukraine and Russia have fired huge amounts of artillery munitions at each other since the Russian invasion began almost a year ago.Ukraine’s rate was between 4,000 and 7,000 rounds per day — faster than allied Western manufacturers can produce to keep pace. The rates have plunged since then, as the winter set in and both sides face shortages and conserve ammunition. — AFP
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