Repkon USA has secured a $108.7 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to provide design, construction and commissioning services for a trinitrotoluene, or TNT, production facility.
TNT Facility Contract Specifications
The Department of Defense said Monday the Tampa Bay, Florida-based company will build the TNT facility in Graham, Kentucky. The project, awarded on May 15, is expected to be completed by Nov.3, 2028. The Army Contracting Command in Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, serves as the contracting activity.
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The defense and aerospace company was initially awarded a $435 million contract to construct and commission the Kentucky-based TNT facility in November 2024. The five-year contract, part of the Joint Program Executive Office Armaments and Ammunition initiative, aims to resolve supply chain vulnerabilities and revive the domestic production of the chemical compound used in ammunition production, which includes bombs, grenades and artillery shells.