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Saab Wins $494.4 Million Deal To Deliver Army’s New XM919 Shoulder-Launched Munition

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, August 28th, 2024

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Saab Wins $494.4 Million Deal To Deliver Army’s New XM919 Shoulder-Launched Munition

Saab's AT4CS TW shoulder-launched munition. Photo: Saab

The Army has awarded Saab a $494.4 million contract to deliver the service’s new shoulder-launched XM919 Individual Assault Munition (IAM), the Pentagon announced on Tuesday. Sweden’s Saab will provide its AT-4 Confined Space Tandem Warhead (AT4CS TW) capability for the XM919 IAM program, beating out bids from two other competitors. The Joint Program Executive Office Armaments and Ammunition’s Project Manager for Close Combat Systems (PM CCS) has previously described the XM919 IAM as a “lightweight fire from enclosure, recoilless, single…

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