BRIEFLY : The Army ordered tests on the Sgt. York gun.
A $4.7-million contract has been awarded for a final series of tests of the trouble-plagued Sgt. York air-defense gun. The contract was awarded to Ford Aerospace & Communications, the weapon’s manufacturer, to support a new testing program this spring, an Army spokesman said. The tests will determine whether the Army acquires any more of the Sgt. York units. The Army has so far acquired 146 of the gun systems out of a total planned purchase of 614.
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