The vaunted main battle tank is about to get some important upgrades.
The United States Army will be getting some brand-new tanks the most recently updated version of its M1A2 Abrams. The Department of Defense (DoD) announced this month that General Dynamics Land Systems, Inc. in Sterling Heights, Michigan, was awarded a $4,620,000,000 fixed-price-incentive contract to produce Abrams M1A2 SEPv3 tanks. Bids were solicited via the Internet with one received, and work locations and funding will be determined with each order.
The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, is the contracting activity, and the estimated completion date for the contract is June 17, 2028. However, the announcement didn’t actually specify how many brand new Abrams tanks will be procured but according to the DoD’s Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) Budget Estimates, released in February 2020, the Army could field up to 2,101 SEPv3 tanks as part of its Abrams Upgrade Program.