BAE Receives $21.8 M for PIM Vehicles

(York, Pennsylvania, May 15, 2008) -- BAE Systems has been awarded a $21.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command for the design and development of M109A6 Paladin Integrated Management (PIM) self-propelled howitzer vehicles.

The M109A6-PIM uses the existing Paladin main armament and cab structure, replacing hydraulics with electric gun drives that share commonality with the Future Combat Systems Non-Line-Of-Sight Cannon. Outmoded chassis components are replaced with up-to-date components from the Bradley Combat Systems and integrated into a highly producible, new-design chassis structure to increase sustainability and commonality across the Heavy Brigade Combat Teams (HBCT).

"The M109A6 Paladin Integrated Management vehicle leverages available technology and stresses commonality with fielded platforms," said Andy Hove, vice president of Combat Systems Programs for BAE Systems. "This award represents the initial phase of the long term PIM program efforts to sustain the Paladin fleet into 2050."

Source : BAE Systems

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