Reactive armor

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Announced August 20, 2007, General Dynamics Armament and Technical Product has been awarded a $107.7 million contract option from the U.S. Army TACOM-Picatinny for reactive armor production for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle.

The reactive armor package saves lives and prevents crippling damage to combat vehicles in Iraq. Units that have the armor tiles fastened to their exterior, have a clear advantage on the battlefield. They are better able to withstand a direct hit from a variety of anti-armor munitions, including the shoulder-fired rocket propelled grenades that are prevalent in many of today's regional conflicts.

General Dynamics' strategic partner, RAFAEL Armament Development Authority, Ordnance Systems Division (Haifa, Israel), will share fifty percent of the production workload. The production program will be managed at the General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, Burlington Technology Center, Burlington, Vermont, with U.S. tile production occurring at the company's reactive armor facility in Stone County Operations, McHenry, Mississippi.