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Navistar Defense Receives $191 Million in New Vehicle and Upgrade Orders

WARRENVILLE, Ill. -- Navistar Defense, LLC today announced that it has received two separate awards totaling $191 million for the delivery of new medium tactical vehicles as well as enhancements to International® MaxxPro® Dash Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) units in Afghanistan.

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BAE Systems - Navistar Defense - ArvinMeritor Team Delivers First Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) to U.S. Army and Marine Corps

ARLINGTON, Va. -- BAE Systems, through its U.S. Combat Systems line of business, teammates Navistar Defense and ArvinMeritor, are proud to announce an on-time delivery of its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) prototype vehicles to the U.S. Army and Marine Corps. The prototypes will undergo a 12-month rigorous government test and evaluation period as part of the JLTV Technology Development (TD) phase.

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Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles GmbH – Closing after antitrust approval

First announced in January 2010, the joint venture between the Dusseldorf-based Rheinmetall Group and MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG can now take immediate effect following approval by the relevant competition authorities.

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GTV Delivers JLTV Technology Development Vehicles Ahead of Schedule

LIVONIA, Mich. -- The General Tactical Vehicles (GTV) team of General Dynamics Land Systems and AM General delivered today seven Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs), four trailers and supporting equipment ahead of schedule to the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps for Technology Development (TD) phase testing.

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Force Protection Announces Sale of Two Ocelot Vehicles to United Kingdom Ministry of Defence

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 that Force Protection Europe, a wholly owned subsidiary of Force Protection Industries, Inc., received a contract from the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the purchase of two Ocelot vehicles for further testing in respect of the Light Protected Patrol Vehicle (LPPV) program.

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LM Delivers 10,000th GMLRS Rocket To US Army

Camden, Arkansas -- Lockheed Martin marked the delivery of the 10,000th Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rocket during a ceremony held at its Camden, AR, facility today.

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Poised to become a complete supplier of protection technologies, Rheinmetall takes up a majority stake in Verseidag Ballistic Protection GmbH

The Dusseldorf-based Rheinmetall Group has taken up a majority share in Verseidag Ballistic Protection GmbH of Krefeld, Germany, giving it future control of an important supplier of civilian and military protection technology.

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EADS & Thales to supply Deployable Geographic Modules for French Army

A new method of comprehending the environment in a theatre of operations through autonomous mobile modules.

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Metal Storm Awarded Major US Marines Non-Lethal Weapon Contract

Brisbane, Australia -- Further to the Company's announcement earlier today, Metal Storm Limited advises that it was in the process of confirming additional details and completing its usual approval protocol to announce the material that had been received overnight, when it was informed that details of the contract award were available on a US website which the Company does not control. In that circumstance the Company immediately released the facts available.

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Finnish army places new order for MATIS HH thermal imagers by Sagem

After an international competition organized by NAMSA (Nato Maintenance and Supply Agency), Sagem won the order for a new series of MATIS HH (Handheld) thermal imagers for the Finnish Defense Forces.

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Lockheed Martin Delivers First JLTV Technology Development Vehicles for Testing Ahead of Schedule

SEALY, TX -- Lockheed Martin today delivered the first two of seven operational Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV), and one companion trailer, to the U.S. Army and Marine Corps for Technology Development (TD) phase testing.

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SPV400 contender for UK MoD Light Protected Patrol Vehicle Programme unveiled

The Supacat Protected Vehicle (SPV400) today received its International Media Launch at the Long Valley Test Ground, Aldershot, UK.

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AT VAS-1 VoIP PABX Telecommunication Server

AT Communication is proud to announce the launch of the AT VAS-1 VoIP PABX and Telecommunications Server.

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General Dynamics Introduces New Tadpole® TOPAZ Rugged Notebook; High-end Computing and Graphics Display at a COTS Price

The Tadpole TOPAZ is ruggedized for superior performance in the most demanding command, control, communication and computing environments.

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Oshkosh Defense Receives Four Awards Valued at $19 Million to Refurbish Vehicles In-Theater

OSHKOSH, Wis. -- Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, announced today it has received four awards valued at more than $19 million from the TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) for additional work to be included under its Theater-Provided Equipment Refurbishment (TPER) program with the U.S. military.