Aerojet Rocketdyne’s specialty metal provider Aerojet Ordnance Tennessee has been awarded a multi-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract worth up to $75M by the Army’s Project Manager for Maneuver Ammunitions Systems to provide M829A4 120mm Kinetic Energy round components. The M829A4 is an Armor-Piercing, Fin-Stabilized, Discarding-Sabot, Tracer round fired from the U.S. Army’s M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank. "We are pleased to continue supporting the Army with the cutting-edge, armor-piercing technology that protects our forces and keeps our adversaries on the defensive," said Eileen P. Drake, Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO and president. Aerojet Rocketdyne noted that it has provided these armor-piercing components since the introduction of the M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank.
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