General Dynamics [GD] Land Systems has been awarded a $7 million contract to continue to design the new Saudi M1A2 (M1A2S) Abrams tank for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The U.S. Army TACOM Lifecycle Management Command awarded the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract for design logistics for the Royal Saudi Land Forces.
The contract is an addition to a $58 million contract awarded to General Dynamics in 2008 to design, develop, convert, implement and test a hybrid configuration of the M1A1, M1A2 and M1A2 System Enhancement Package (SEP) tank variants, the company recently said.
The M1A2S vehicles will possess defined capabilities that increase lethality while limiting obsolescence. The work will be performed in Sterling Heights, Mich.