GDELS awards contract to Ray Service
General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) has awarded a contract to Ray Service to support its bid for the Czech Republic’s infantry fighting vehicle programme, the company announced on 5 October.
The government of the Czech Republic is replacing its legacy fleet of tracked armoured vehicles with modern infantry fighting vehicles. GDELS has been down-selected as a potential candidate for this competition with its modern tracked armoured vehicle, ASCOD.
Ray Service's contract, exceeding $4.46 million, builds on the partnership between the two companies that began in 2010 when GDELS delivered 107 Pandur 8x8 vehicles to the Czech Army. Ray Service was one of the key suppliers on that programme, producing cable harnesses and electromechanical assemblies.
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