General Dynamics receives $100 million contract for US Army’s M2 Flex Machine Guns

General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products has secured a four-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract for the production of M2 flex machine guns with the U.S. Army TACOM-Rock Island. Production under initial delivery orders valued at approximately $100 million is scheduled to be completed by April 2012. General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products is a business unit of General Dynamics. "The M2 flex is a belt-fed, recoil-operated, air-cooled, crew-served weapon capable of right- or left-hand feed. The weapon's accuracy, durability and versatility make it ideal for offensive and defensive operations." says Dean Gagnon, General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products gun systems senior program manager. The guns will be produced at General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products' Saco, Maine, facility, which has delivered more than 35,000 M2 machine guns to the U.S. government since 1979. Program management will be performed at the company's Burlington, Vt.-based Technology Center. General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products' site in Saco is the company's production site for single- and multi-barrel aircraft and crew-served weapon systems. This site, along with the Burlington, Vt. location, provides complete production capabilities, from design and development to manufacturing, testing and integration.