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Current. commander. Lt. Col. George Kloppenburg [ 1] The Joint Systems Manufacturing Center, also known as the Lima Army Tank Plant ( LATP) is a tank plant located in Lima, Ohio. It is a government-owned, contractor-operated facility currently operated by General Dynamics Land Systems. Workers at the plant are represented by UAW Local 2075.
General Dynamics produced the M1 Abrams tank at the facility (and at another plant in Lima, Ohio) until 1996, when the plant was closed and tank assembly and maintenance operations were consolidated [6] at the Lima plant. [7] The plant and some of the adjoining property were transferred to the City of Warren [8] in 2001. The site of the ...
The division operates the Lima Army Tank Plant and General Dynamics Anniston Operations in Anniston, Alabama, along with smaller operations in Tallahassee, Florida, and Scranton, Pennsylvania. Headquarters are located in Sterling Heights, Michigan. As of 2016, General Dynamics Land Systems employed 6,800 people. [9]
Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth looks over the latest version of the M1A2 Abrams main battle tank as she tours the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, in Lima, Ohio.
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Dec. 28—WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act becoming law, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, announced Tuesday that $1.35 billion will go toward upgrading ...
An M1 Abrams hull undergoing work on the suspension system at the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center in Lima in 2021. The U.S. Army planned to end operations at Joint Systems Manufacturing Center (formerly Lima Army Tank Plant) [116] from 2013 to 2016 to save over $1 billion; it would be restarted in 2017 to upgrade existing tanks. General ...
The Peruvian army aviation (Aviación del Ejército Peruano) was formed in 1971 to support army ground units. A large number of MI-8 Hip Cs were purchased in the mid-1970s to provide an airborne assault assets. This led to the purchase of the MI-17 which now makes up much of the army transport fleet.