General Dynamics‘ [GD] Armament and Technical Products unit yesterday announced a four-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract with initial delivery orders valued at about $100 million for M2 flex machine guns.
The initial production deliveries under the Army TACOM-Rock Island, Ill., issued-contract are scheduled to be completed by April 2012.
Dean Gagnon, General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products gun systems senior program manager, said: “The M2 flex is a belt-fed, recoil-operated, air-cooled, crew-served weapon capable of right- or left-hand feed. The weapon’s accuracy, durability and versatility make it ideal for offensive and defensive operations.”
The guns will be produced at General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products’ Saco, Maine, facility, which has delivered more than 35,000 M2 machine guns to the government since 1979. Program management will be done at the company’s Burlington, Vt.-based Technology Center.