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BAE Systems Receives $56 Million In Orders For Thermal Weapon Sights

LEXINGTON, Massachusetts -- BAE Systems will provide thermal weapon sights to the U.S. Army under a $56 million contract that continues production of the widely-used sights that improve situational awareness and survivability for men and women in combat.

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BAE Systems Improving Soldier Survivability With $62 Million Bradley Contract

ARLINGTON, Virginia –- BAE Systems is helping to protect soldiers on the front line through a $62 million contract modification to provide energy absorbing seats, laser designation and other important survivability enhancements for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, which is already one of the most survivable vehicles currently in battle.

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French Army selects Thales to provide support for most of its radio-controlled IED jammers

Thales has been selected by the French Army to assure through-life support of a sizeable proportion of its radio-controlled IED jammers deployed in external theatres of operation.

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The first batch of BTR-4 APCs is shipped to Iraq

The State-owned Enterprise Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau shipped to its customer (the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Iraq) the first batch of the BTR-4 armoured personnel carriers.

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Iveco presents new Special Forces LMV

Iveco Defence Vehicles is building on the remarkable commercial and operational success of its Light Multirole Vehicle (LMV) to develop a version dedicated to Special Forces operations.

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Textron Marine & Land Systems Awarded Contract Option for 88 M1117 and M1200 Armored Vehicles

NEW ORLEANS -- Textron Marine & Land Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, today announced a firm-fixed-price contract award from the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) for 88 M1117 Armored Security Vehicles (ASV) and M1200 Armored Knight vehicles.

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Rheinmetall wins important Bundeswehr force protection orders

Germany`s Federal Agency for Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB) has contracted with Rheinmetall to supply the Bundeswehr with innovative force protection technology, which will soon be providing German troops deployed in Afghanistan with even greater security. The total volume of the two individual contracts, both of which were issued in response to an immediate operational requirement of the Bundeswehr, amounts to around 24 million Euros.

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German Army Orders 39 Additional DINGO 2 Armoured Patrol Vehicles

Munich/Koblenz -- Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) has received an order for the assembly and delivery of 39 DINGO 2 in its most modern version, the DINGO 2 GE from the Federal Office for Defence and Procurement (BWB) in Koblenz.

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KMW delivers first rocket launcher MARS II to German artillery school

Idar-Oberstein -- In the presence of the vice president of the Federal Office for Defence Technology and Procurement, Reinhard Schütte, the artillery school in Idar Oberstein, Germany, received its first MARS II rocket launching system in the Guided Multiple-Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) edition.

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DRS Technologies Receives $20.3 Million Follow-On Order for Long Range Advanced Scout Surveillance Systems Sub-Assemblies (LRAS3)

PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- DRS Technologies, Inc., a Finmeccanica Company, announced it has received a follow-on order valued at $20.3 million for critical Long Range Advanced Scout Surveillance System (LRAS3) sub-assemblies.

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Oshkosh Defense to Provide HEMTT Underbody Armor Kits, LVSRs to Support Recovery Missions

OSHKOSH, Wis. -- Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, will deliver more than 400 underbody armor protection kits for the Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) A4 vehicles following its first order for the armor from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC).

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Force Protection Receives $46.6 Million Award for Delivery of 40 Buffalo Vehicles

LADSON, S.C. -- Force Protection Industries, Inc., a Force Protection Inc., group company, today announced that it has received contract M67854-11-C-5063 from the United States Marine Corps Systems Command with an approximate value of $46.6 million. The award is a Foreign Military Sale (FMS) for 40 Program of Record (POR) Buffalo Mine Protected Clearance Vehicles (MPCV).

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U.S. Army Orders Oshkosh Defense Heavy Equipment Transporters

OSHKOSH, Wis. -- Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK), will deliver more than 270 Heavy Equipment Transporters (HET) A1 vehicles following a delivery order from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC).

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Sisu Defence Oy delivered the 1st batch of air defence system vehicles

Supplier of military trucks, Sisu Defence Oy, has delivered the 1st batch of Sisu 8x8 and Sisu 4x4 off-road military trucks to be used in the Finnish Defence Forces’ new NASAMS FIN air defence system.

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General Dynamics Delivers EAGLE BAT Vehicles to Bundeswehr

On 15 March 2011, in the presence of high-ranking representatives, General Dynamics European Land Systems delivered 20 EAGLE BAT (protected ambulance) vehicles to the Bundesamt fur Wehrtechnik und Beschaffung and subsequently to the Medical Service of the Bundeswehr on the Medical training regiment`s premises in Feldkirchen/Niederbayern.