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Lockheed Martin Introduces New Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) Candidate at Modern Day Marine Show

QUANTICO, Va. -- Lockheed Martin officially introduced its new Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) 1.1 offering at the Modern Day Marine trade show in Quantico, Virginia, today. The armored, eight-wheel-drive vehicle is designed to transport up to 13 Marines, transition seamlessly between land and water, and provide high levels of blast protection.

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Esterline Awarded $21 M by GD UK for Displays and Video Processing Units on SCOUT Vehicle Program

Esterline Corporation, a leading specialty manufacturer serving global aerospace and defense markets, today announced that its Codis high-performance visualization products have been selected by General Dynamics UK for the armored SCOUT Specialist Vehicle (SV) program, for a total contract value of $21 million over seven years. Products being supplied include turret crew-station displays, triple-head driver's displays and specialized video-processing hardware.

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AM General Statement on Pentagon JLTV Decision

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- AM General LLC released the following statement on the Pentagon’s recent Joint Light Tactical Vehicle decision attributed to a company spokesman:

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BAE Systems submits Land 400 Phase 2 bid

BAE Systems has offered a highly protected armoured vehicle integrated with a combat proven turret as the solution that will best meet the Australian Army’s mounted combat reconnaissance requirements.

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Rheinmetall Submits LAND 400 Bid Featuring the BOXER 8x8, Lance Turret and NGC C4ISR Architecture

Rheinmetall has lodged a bid in response to the Commonwealth of Australia’s LAND 400 Phase 2 - Mounted Combat Reconnaissance Capability request for tender. Under the tender, the Commonwealth is offered the latest version of the BOXER 8X8, the in-service LANCE turret and Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) architecture.

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BAE Delivers 12 New CV90s to Norway on Schedule

BAE Systems has delivered 12 new CV90 Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs) to the Norwegian Army. They are the first production batch of a total of 144 new and upgraded CV90s planned for the nation’s Army and represent the next generation of advanced combat vehicles.

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U.S. Army Awards $6.7 Billion Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Contract To Oshkosh Corporation

OSHKOSH, Wis. -- The U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) has awarded Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK) company, a $6.7 billion firm fixed price production contract to manufacture the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV).

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FNSS` BRAND NEW SABER-25 FIRING QUALIFICATION TESTS

FNSS’ Brand New SABER 25mm One Man Turret successfuly completes firing qualification tests on FNSS PARS 8x8 Infantry Fighting Vehicle.

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iRobot receives $9.8 M order for Small Unmanned Ground Vehicles (SUGV)

iRobot Corp. a leader in delivering robotic technology-based solutions, has received a $9.8 million order from the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command for 75 SUGV robot systems. All deliveries under the order will be completed by Q2 2016.

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Rheinmetall to take part in new Scout Specialist Vehicle programme for the British Army

Rheinmetall has won an important order in connection with a key programme of the British Ministry of Defence to procure a new generation of combat vehicles for Her Majesty’s Armed Forces. Lockheed Martin UK has contracted with Rheinmetall’s Defence arm to manufacture the turret structures for the British Army’s new Scout SV Reconnaissance vehicle. The order, issued in London, is worth a total of ˆ130 million and covers production of up to 245 units. Rheinmetall also participated significantly in the preceeding technical demonstration phase.

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GD UK Awarded GBP390 M Scout SV Support Contract and Invests in New UK Industrial Capability

General Dynamics UK has been awarded a £390 million contract by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide in-service support for the SCOUT Specialist Vehicle (SV) fleet until 2024. In addition, the company is opening a new Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV) Assembly, Integration and Testing (AIT) facility in South Wales.

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Tata Motors awarded contract for 1,239 vehicles of its high-mobility multi-axle vehicles by the Indian Army

Tata Motors has bagged an order to supply around 1,200 vehicles of its high-mobility 6X6 multi-axle trucks, from the Indian Army – the single largest order awarded to an Indian private original equipment manufacturers (OEM) in land systems under the DPP by the Indian army. The order for 6X6 vehicles is for ‘material handling cranes’ for the loading-unloading and transportation of ammunition pallets, spares and other operational equipment.

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Delivery of 300. BOXER vehicle

End June 2015 the 300 BOXER vehicles has been delivered to the customers according to contract.

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AT Communication new partner Exelis and PacStar

Exelis C-OTM Mobile Command Center Communcation

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BAE Systems and Saab Australia join forces in a bid to create new Australian jobs

BAE Systems today signed a memorandum of understanding with Saab Australia to maximise Australian industry involvement in its bid for a major combat vehicle program.