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General Dynamics Land Systems Receives $135 Million to Upgrade M1A2 Main Battle Tanks to the Most Advanced Configuration
The U.S. Army has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, a $134.6 million contract to upgrade 60 M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks to the System Enhancement Package (SEP) configuration (M1A2 SEP) - the latest, most technologically advanced Abrams tank. The contract includes a $145 million option to upgrade 60 additional M1A2 Abrams battle tanks.
The M1A2 SEP is a fully digitized platform with a new command and control system, second-generation thermal sights and improved armour. This retrofit is part of an overall M1A2 tank upgrade program that integrates information technologies to improve soldier war-fighting capability with enhanced command and control features like colour maps and displays, networked communications, high-density computer memory and increased microprocessing speed.
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