WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Work will be performed in McKinney, Texas, with an estimated completion date of February, 28, 2019, the Defense Department noted.
"Raytheon Company [of] McKinney, Texas, was awarded a $30.1 million… contract for a quantity of 20 turrets for the Marine Corps armored vehicle anti-tank variant," the announcement stated on Wednesday.
The LAV-25 vehicles are equipped with a M242 Bushmaster 25 mm cannon, two M240 7.62 mm machine guns, and two 4-barrel smoke grenade launchers located on the forward left and right sides of the turret, according to published reports.
