BAE Systems Secures $20.3M Contract for Cotton Linters for Propellant Production

BAE Systems Ordnance Systems Inc, Radford, Virginia, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract for procurement and storage of 6.4 million pounds of sheeted cotton linters, a primary raw material for making nitrocellulose used in propellant production at Radford Army Ammunition Plant. The amount of this action is $20,348,798. Bids were solicited with one received. Work will be performed in Radford, Virginia, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2026. Fiscal 2026 funds in the amount of $20,381,455 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, Illinois, is the contracting activity (W52P1J-11-D-0013 W519TC-26-F-0002).