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US awards $522M contracts for artillery shells for Ukraine
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- 15 February, 2023
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The US Army announced Tuesday that it had awarded $522 million in orders to two companies to manufacture 155 mm artillery ammunition for Ukraine, Report informs, citing The Defense Post.
The orders, officially decided on January 30, went to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. and Global Military Products Inc. and came amid worries that Ukraine was fast depleting the stockpiles of artillery shells from the United States and other allies.
Deliveries of the new ammunition are scheduled to begin in March of this year, the Army said in a statement.
The contract is funded by the Pentagon’s Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.
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