US Army Apache with Hellfire and Hydra-70(blue) missiles General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products recently has been awarded a $6...
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| US Army Apache with Hellfire and Hydra-70(blue) missiles |
General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products recently has been awarded a $67.5 million contract by the U.S. Army for the production of Hydra-70 air-to-ground rockets.
Hydra rockets can be mounted on most helicopters and some fixed wing aircraft and employ a variety of warheads to meet a wide range of mission requirements for all branches of the U.S. military and select allies.
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US Army Contracting Command in Redstone Arsenal,Alabama, awarded the contract. Deliveries under this order are expected to be completed by the end of 2015. This contract is a modification to a previously awarded contract and that the cumulative value of General Dynamics’ Hydra rocket work to more than $1 billion.
General Dynamics has been the system integrator for the production of Hydra rockets since 1996.
The work on the Hydra rocket will be done at the company’s Camden, Ark., and Springboro, Ohio, facilities,which together employ more than 375 workers. Engineering service support and program management are performed at General Dynamics’ technology center in Williston, Vt., which employs approximately 275 workers.
The Hydra-70 Rocket System is a family of 2.75-inch unguided rockets employed by approximately 20 different Rotary Wing (RW) and Fixed Wing (FW) aircraft and is used by the U.S. Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Customers.
The Hydra-70 Rocket System provides close air support to ground forces and is designed for anti-materiel, anti-personnel, and enemy suppression missions.
Hydra-70 rockets offer several warhead configurations that enable aircrew to match the rocket to the specific mission. The widely used Hydra-70 rocket is versatile, affordable and extremely effective against area suppression-type targets.
Rockets can be fired from a variety of rotary and fixed-wing platforms, including the U.S. Army Apache and U.S. Marine Corps Cobra attack helicopters, the U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon and combat aircraft of many nations worldwide.
