WASHINGTON, June 27 (Reuters) - A. Finkl & Sons Co, a unit of Schmolz & Bickenbach AG, has been awarded a $420 million U.S. defense contract for BLU-137/B penetrator warhead production, the Pentagon said in a statement on Wednesday.
The contract provides for the production of the warhead bodies with a guaranteed production of 300 bodies during the first year with a possibility of up to 3,500 bodies in the subsequent four years, the statement said. (Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Mohammad Zargham)