Army awards contract to build new TNT production facility in Kentucky
The U.S. has picked a location to restart its TNT production domestically as it races to ramp up 155mm production.
US Army awards Repkon $435m contract for TNT production facility
Repkon USA - Defense has won a contract action with a ceiling of $435m for domestic trinitrotoluene (TNT) production from the US Army’s Joint Program Executive Office Armaments & Ammunition (JPEO A&A) and US Army Contracting Command - Rock Island.
Repkon to Build TNT Production Plant Under $435M Army Contract
Read abut the latest contract award to Repkon USA and learn more about the US Army's initiatives to reduce dependence on foreign military supplies, such as TNT.
Army awards $435 million to company planning to build TNT production plant in Kentucky
The Army awarded $435 million to Repkon USA, which plans to build the facility in Graham, an unincorporated community in Muhlenburg County, roughly 135 miles southwest of Louisville. TNT is the key ingredient in bombs, grenades and ammunition.
McConnell announces U.S. Army contract to Kentucky-based company for first domestic production of TNT
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell announced the U.S. Army will award Repkon USA $435,000,000 to construct a Trinitrotoluene (TNT) production facility in Muhlenberg County’s Graham community.
U.S. Army awards contract for domestic TNT production
PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. – The U.S. Army’s Joint Program Executive Office Armaments & Ammunition and U.S. Army Contracting Command – Rock Island have
Army says the US will restart domestic TNT production at plant to be built in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The U.S. Army awarded a $435 million contract on Friday to build a TNT production plant in western Kentucky that will become the first domestic source for the explosive material in decades, officials said.
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Kentucky to get nation's first TNT plant since 1980s
Nov. 12 (UPI) --The U.S. Army has awarded a $435 million contract for Repkon USA to build the nation's only TNT production ...
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First TNT manufacturer to operate on American soil since 1980s to be built in Kentucky
The United States is getting back into the TNT game for the first time in nearly four decades, and Kentucky is the setting.
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Kentucky set to be home to first U.S. domestic TNT production facility since 1980s
Government officials said the U.S. Army will award Repkon USA $435 million to build the TNT facility in Graham. “Through ...
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TNT: US revives world’s most powerful non-nuclear explosive production after 4 decades
After nearly 4 decades, the US resumes domestic TNT production to support the Army's bombs, grenades, and artillery shells.