US Marine Corps Systems Command
(MCSC) has placed a $338.7m order with
General Dynamics Land Systems-Canadafor 600 RG-31 Category II vehicles for its Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle program.
Lansing-based Demmer, Michigan, and BAE OMC in Benoni, South Africa will manufacture the 600 RG-31s. The Category II vehicle is based on an extended version of the RG-31 Mk5.
According to General Dynamics, the vehicles have been highly effective against mines, improvised explosive devices and ballistic threats in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The delivery is scheduled for completion in March 2008.
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Where will all the raw materials come from for the manufacturing process? How will they be transported to the factory and what is going to be done with the various scrap and residues?