The U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command recently awarded a $49.2 million contract to General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada for training and field service support for Light Armored Vehicles (LAV) previously supplied under a Foreign Military Sale (FMS) contract, the company announced. General Dynamics Land Systems is a business unit of General Dynamics [GD].
Support activities specified under the contract include the provision of field support teams to conduct operator and maintenance training, technical support and fleet status monitoring. The period of performance is for five years and will be completed by July 2016, a company statement said.
The contract was awarded through the Canadian Commercial Corporation, a Crown Agency of the Canadian Government.