WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The estimated completion date of the contract is five years from now, on February 18, 2021, the announcement added.
"Culmen International, Alexandria, Virginia; Defense Technology, Huntsville, Alabama; Multinational Defense Services, Tarpon Springs, Florida; Sierra Four Industries, Fort Collins, Colorado and UDC USA, Tampa, Florida were awarded a $49 million… contract," the announcement stated on Thursday.
The weapons parts will be sent under the US foreign military sales program to Chad, Afghanistan, Iraq, Romania, Somalia, Niger, Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Pakistan, Peru, Congo, Jordan and Colombia, the Defense Department noted.