BAE contracted for fire control kits

YORK, Pa., Nov. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army has contracted BAE Systems to outfit the M109A6 Paladin vehicles with its fire control kits and spare components.

British company BAE was awarded a $20 million deal managed by Tank-automotive and Armaments Command, Life Cycle Management Command.

The contract is for BAE to deliver 140 of its Paladin Digital Fire Control Systems kits and spare components for the rebuilding and refurbishing upgrades under way on the Army's M109A6 Paladin self-propelled howitzer vehicles.

"The Paladin Digital Fire Control system supports all communications and computer processing," Andy Hove, BAE Systems vice president of combat systems programs, said in a statement.

"Some of the kits under this contract will be installed on vehicles at fielding sites across the U.S. and the world, while others will be shipped to an Army depot where they will be used on the Paladin reset line."