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U.S. Army's Stryker to get 30mm cannon upgrade

General Dynamics Land Systems to upgrade U.S. Army Stryker vehicles for $329 million.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz
The U.S. Army's Stryker Infantry Transport Vehicle, shown here in Iraq in 2006, will receive a $329 million upgrade to its 30mm cannons as part of a contract with General Dynamics Land Systems. (UPI Photo/TSgt Jeremy T. Lock/USAF).
The U.S. Army's Stryker Infantry Transport Vehicle, shown here in Iraq in 2006, will receive a $329 million upgrade to its 30mm cannons as part of a contract with General Dynamics Land Systems. (UPI Photo/TSgt Jeremy T. Lock/USAF). | License Photo

WASHINGTON, May 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army announced the modification of an existing contract Friday that will see General Dynamics Land Systems receive roughly $329 million for a 30mm cannon upgrade for the branch's Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle.

The contract includes production, logistics, product development and test support for the upgrade, according to the Pentagon.

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Work will be done at General Dynamics' Sterling Heights, Mich., headquarters, and is expected to be completed by January 2021.

Friday's contract announcement follows a January Pentagon announcement that the company was receiving a roughly $75 million, cost-plus-fixed fee, undefinitized contract for the design and integration of a 30mm cannon on the Stryker platform.

That contract called for construction of eight Stryker prototypes.

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