In Setback For BAE, Army To Recompete Contract To Run Radford Ammo Plant

By Jason Sherman / August 19, 2011 at 8:01 PM
( Editor's Note : This story was updated at 6:30pm to include a statement from a BAE spokesman.) The Army will recompete a contract to run its Radford ammunition plant, handing a setback to BAE Systems -- which in May won a 10-year, $850 million deal to run the Virginia facility -- and granting incumbent ATK systems another chance to compete for the work. On May 23, ATK protested the award to BAE Systems, arguing to the Government Accountability...

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