CONTRACT AWARD: $16M for ammunition work in Germany
According to the Department of Defense (DoD), a company out of Stafford, Virginia, is awarded a $16,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for grenade first article units, nine-bang flash-bang diversionary hand grenades production units, inert diversionary grenades, and cutaway diversionary grenades.
This procurement is for grenade first article unit and the nine-bang flash-bang grenades that are sound and flash devices, producing an intense light and sound display, used as a non-lethal means to distract and disorient in hostile environments that require less than lethal force. Inert and cutaway of the production units will be used for demonstration and teaching purposes. This procurement is in support of the U.S. Special Operations Command. Work will be performed in Trittau, Germany, and is expected to be completed by March 2026.
AWARDEE
American Rheinmetall Munition Inc. — The Defence sector of the Rheinmetall Group is among the defense and security industry’s leading providers of innovative products for the German and international armed and security forces. Rheinmetall Defence provides system and subsystem solutions as well as a broad portfolio of services for capabilities in the areas of mobility, reconnaissance, command, and control, C4I, and protection. It also develops customized training and simulation solutions.