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Lockheed Martin to provide counter-IED system for U.S. partner nations
by Geoff Ziezulewicz
Manassas, Va. (UPI) Jul 26, 2016


Major ammunition order for Rheinmetall
Dusseldorf, Germany (UPI) Jul 26, 2016 - Germany's Rheinmetall Group reports receipt of a multimillion-dollar contract to supply ammunition to an unidentified international customer.

The period of performance of the award, valued at more than $439 million, is seven years, the company said.

Details on the types of ammunition to be provided were not disclosed.

The order follows a license agreement in May with General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems–Canada to produce Omnitrap decoy ammunition for the Royal Canadian Navy.

Rheinmetall Defense, with production and sales locations in 15 countries, offers an extensive array of weapon systems and ammunition types, as well as warhead and propellant technology for missiles and torpedoes.

Lockheed Martin will provide U.S. partner nations with Symphony Block 40 counter-IED system after receiving Navy approval, the company announced Tuesday.

The system allows allies to combat the evolving threat of common devices being turned into explosives, Lockheed said in a statement.

Symphony Block 40 is an open architecture system that can simultaneously jam select or multiple electronic signals used to trigger a radio-controlled IED.

The jammer is a small, vehicle-mounted system that provides continuous coverage across the threat spectrum while featuring updated capabilities for effectiveness, security and response.

The Symphony product line is the only counter-IED system of its kind approved by the United States for foreign military sales to allied, coalition and partner nations, Lockheed said.

More than 4,500 Block 10/20 variant systems currently support U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere.

Work on the Symphony line is done in Florida, Virginia and New York via an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity U.S. Navy contract.


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