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Metal Storm Awarded Volume Weapons Production Contract

Brisbane, Australia -- Defence technology specialist Metal Storm announces it has been awarded a major production contract to supply 500 MAUL(tm) weapons and 50,000 rounds of non-lethal ammunition.

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BAE Systems Receives Contract Modifications Totaling $170 Million to Support Special Operations MRAP Vehicle Program

YORK, Pa. -- BAE Systems has received delivery orders from the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command worth $170 million to produce 32 U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) Armored Utility Vehicles (AUV) and provide major upgrades to existing vehicles.

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First Oshkosh Defense Vehicles to Enter Iraqi Fleet

OSHKOSH, Wis. -- Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK), announced today its first ever order for vehicles to the Iraqi Armed Forces. The inaugural order is for 60 Heavy Equipment Transporter Systems (HETS), which includes the Oshkosh® HET vehicle and a trailer.

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Force Protection and SNC-Lavalin Announce Partnership

Ladson -- Force Protection Industries, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Force Protection Inc., a leading designer, developer and manufacturer of survivability solutions and provider of total life cycle support for those products, and SNC-Lavalin Defense Contractors, Inc., a Canadian-based provider and one of the leading engineering and construction groups in the world, announced the formation of a strategic partnership to collaborate on the solution for the Canadian Government`s Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle (“TAPV”) program.

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BAE, NGC Add Members to Ground Combat Vehicle Team

Arlington, Virginia -- BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman today announced additional members to their GCV team in their bid for the U.S. Army's Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) competition.

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Supacat completes 4th round of blast testing on SPV400 contender for UK MoD’s £200m LPPV Programme

The all-new, all-British Supacat SPV400, which is competing to win a UK Ministry of Defence £200 million Urgent Operational Requirement for a Light Protected Patrol Vehicle (LPPV) to replace the Snatch Land Rover, last week completed a fourth round of blast tests.

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LASSO® (Land, Air & Sea Special Operations) Vehicle Brings Off-Road Operations To A New Level

Alexandria, Virginia -- The LASSO® (Land, Air & Sea Special Operations) vehicle is the result of thousands of hours of research, engineering, design and testing by VSE Corporation.

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U.S. Marine Corps Selects Oshkosh Defense to Advance Exportable Power Capabilities

OSHKOSH, Wis. -- Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, has been selected by the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM) to supply on-board vehicle power (OBVP) kits for military testing.

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API Technologies Announces First North American Order for its Explosive Disposal Robot

RONKONKOMA, NY -- API Technologies Corp., a provider of highly engineered products and services to the global defense sector, announces that it has completed the sale of the teleMAX™ Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Robot to the City of Atlanta, Georgia.

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Force Protection Selected to Continue in Canadian TAPV Program

Ladson, SC. -- Force Protection, Inc., a leading designer, developer and manufacturer of survivability solutions and provider of total life cycle support for those products, today announced it has received notification from the Government of Canada that it has been selected to continue in the procurement for the Tactical Armored Patrol Vehicle Project (TAPV).

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GTV Delivers RHO JLTV Technology Development Vehicles On Schedule

LIVONIA, Mich. –- The General Tactical Vehicles (GTV) team of General Dynamics Land Systems and AM General today delivered two Right-Hand Operation (RHO) Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs), one companion trailer and supporting equipment on schedule to the U.S. government for Technology Development (TD) phase testing in support of the U.S. and Australia’s Land Force Capability Modernization Project Arrangement (PA).

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Raytheon Awarded $55 Million Contract to Deliver TOW Missiles to Saudi Arabia

FARNBOROUGH, England -- Raytheon Company received a $55 million contract to deliver TOW (Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wireless-Guided) 2A Radio Frequency missiles to the U.S. government as part of a foreign military sale to Saudi Arabia's National Guard.

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French Army Continues M11 VBL Procurement

NEWTOWN, Conn. -- Serial production of the M11 Vehicule Blinde Leger (VBL) is ongoing, primarily for French Army procurement.

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U.S. Army Awards General Dynamics $30 Million for Stryker Double-V Hull Production

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. -- The U.S. Army TACOM Lifecycle Management Command has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, $30 million to begin production of a double-V-shaped hull for the Stryker infantry combat vehicle.

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Government of Canada Awards LAV III Upgrade Definition Contract to General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada

LONDON, Ontario –- The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, and the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Public Works and Government Services, announced today that the Government of Canada has awarded a $34.4 million contract to General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada.