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 by Ed Adamczyk Washington (UPI) Jun 21, 2018
General Dynamics OTS has been awarded a foreign sales contract to produce missiles and warheads, the Department of Defense announced. The $149 million modification to a previous contract covers procurement of various quantities of M151, M274, M257, M278, M156, M264, M278, and WTU-1/B rockets, warheads, vehicle motors and associated components. Buyers include the governments of Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Kenya, Jordan, Nigeria and Qatar, a Defense Department statement said on Thursday. Fiscal 2016, 2017 and 2018 other procurement funds of $149 million were obligated at the time of the award. The work, to be completed by Feb. 28, 2021, will be conducted at General Dynamics' facilities in Williston, Vt., and Hampton, Ariz. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting party.
Switzerland wants to sell arms to states in 'internal conflict' Geneva (AFP) June 15, 2018 Switzerland, a country famous for its neutrality, announced on Friday it wants to allow the sale of arms in countries in the grip of an "internal armed conflict", under certain conditions. Causing outcry from opponents, the landlocked state said that "war materials" could be sold, but only if they were not used during an internal conflict. The Swiss government said in a statement: "The delivery of war material to a country involved in an internal armed conflict must continue in principle to be ... read more
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