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US Army to Order $993Mln Worth of Heavy Artillery Ammunition: Pentagon

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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US Army is going to order almost $1 billion worth of 155 mm heavy artillery howitzer ammunition, the Defense Department announced.
"General Dynamics-Ordnance & Tactical Systems [of] Niceville, Florida and American Ordnance [of] Middletown, Iowa will compete for each order of the $993,790,373 ... contract to produce 155mm rounds," the Defense Department said on Wednesday.
The two bids from GD-OTS and American ordnance were the only ones received by the Army, the release said.
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Work on fulfilling the full order will be carried out over the next five years with an estimated completion date of February14, 2028, the release added.
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