BAE Systems Land and Armaments has been awarded a contract by the US Army Contracting Command to refurbish M109A+ self-propelled howitzers for Chile.
The firm-fixed-price contract will include the modification of an existing contract under which 12 howitzers will be modified.
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The M109 is an US-built self-propelled 155mm howitzer and is the weapon used by manoeuvre brigades of armoured and mechanised infantry divisions.
Work under the $7m contract will be carried out in Pennsylvania, US, with an estimated date of completion as 30 November 2012.
