General Dynamics Land Systems has been awarded a $100 million foreign military sales contract from Saudi Arabia for the procurement and production of Abrams tanks, according to a company announcement Tuesday. The award is a "modification to an existing contract to upgrade the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's fleet of tanks," according to GDLS. 'This contract extends work started in 2008 to update M1A1 and M1A2 tanks to the M1A2S configuration. The M1A2S conversion increases the efficiency and capability of the...
