Defense department contract to save some jobs in Anniston

The announcement of a 118 million dollar combat vehicle upgrade contract announced Tuesday could mean More workers at the Anniston Army Depot will keep their jobs.  Defense contractor General Dynamics Land Systems, which has a public-private partnership with the depot, announced that the U.S. Army had awarded it a contract to upgrade 66 Stryker combat vehicles with more protection. The project, which will last through February 2015, will preserve the employment of 80 workers at General Dynamics — a company that has had many layoffs in the past year due to the drawdown of the Afghanistan war. General Dynamics employs more than 300 people in Anniston.