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Ammunition | Contracts - Awards | Contracts - Modifications | Grenades | Guns - 20-59 mm direct | Guns - Personal Weapons | Small Business | USA

Another Burst of 40mm Grenade Contracts (updated)

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Mk19: Practice makes perfect…(click to view full) The U.S. Army Field Support Command, Rock Island, IL recently issued a series of firm-fixed-price contracts for work related to 40mm grenade production. This is a popular ammunition choice used in everything from one-shot M203 launchers slung under infantry rifles, to deadly multiple-shot launchers like Milkor’s M-32, infantry/ light vehicle heavy weapons like the Mk 19 GMG, and even Cornershot’s innovative “round the corner” firing technology. Recent contracts have totalled over $187.7 million, and included: A pair of contracts covering “projectile assemblies” that are part of the M918 target practice 40mm grenade cartridge for the Mk19 belt-fed heavy weapon. Bids were solicited via the World Wide Web on Dec. 9, 2005, and three bids were received. Work is expected to be completed by Aug. 31, 2007, and these awards went to a pair of small business qualifiers: * JKS Industries Inc. of Mulberry, FL won a $24.1 million contract (W52P1J-06-C-0017). * Elite CNC Machining of Largo, FL won a $23 million contract (W52P1J-06-C-0018). M203 on M4 Carbine(click to view full) AFSC also awarded a pair of modifications to a firm-fixed-price contract for production of M385A1 (Mk19 practice), M918 (Mk19 practice), M430A1 (Mk19 HEDP), […]

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