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Oshkosh Defense Taps Proven Suppliers for Competitively Priced FMTV Bid

OSHKOSH, Wis. -- Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, has delivered a competitively priced and low-risk bid for the U.S. Army’s Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) competitive rebuy.

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US Defense Industry Delegation to Iraq a Success

Washington -- The US Defense industry delegation to Iraq proved successful in meeting Iraqi Military Commanders and Defense Procurement Specialists, providing market entry and first hand market information.

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Humvee still made in America

WASHINGTON -- The military’s High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, also known as a “HMMWV” or a “Humvee,” will continue to be made in the United States, by an American-owned company.

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MTL Group receives BAE Systems “Chairman`s Bronze Award”

MTL Group is proud to announce it has received a “Chairman`s Bronze Award” from BAE Systems in the UK for the supply of processed steel armour fabrications to provide additional protection in response to recent Urgent Operational Requirements (UORs).

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General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems Fields Light Strike Vehicle

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. –- General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, announced today that it has successfully fielded the Internally Transportable Vehicle (ITV), also known as the Light Strike Vehicle (LSV).

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Force Protection Awarded Order from U.S. Army for 48 Additional Buffalo Route Clearance Vehicles

LADSON, S.C. -- 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 it has received a modification to contract W56HZV-08-C-0028 from the United States Army Tank- automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) for approximately $52.8 million for 48 Buffalo Mine Protected Clearance Vehicles (MPCV).

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Textron Marine & Land Systems Awarded New ASV Contract from U.S. Army

NEW ORLEANS -- Textron Marine & Land Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, today announced the signing of a new letter contract for the Armored Security Vehicle (ASV) with the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM).

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General Dynamics Awarded $55 Million to Reset Stryker Vehicles

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. –- General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Command (TACOM) to reset 330 Stryker infantry combat vehicles. The contract has a maximum potential value of $55.2 million.

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Dynamit Nobel Defence presents new solutions and concepts at press day

At a time when soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan face an increasing peril at the hands of an enemy which fights by means of ambushes and – what has become a fashionable expression – asymmetric measures, the offspring of a German company with a long tradition, Dynamit Nobel Defence (DND), recently invited members of the press to present its solutions for vehicle protection as well as enhanced defence and breaching capabilities.

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Canadian Army to upgrade combat vehicle fleets

Oromocto, New Brunswick -- The Army will improve or replace its fleets of combat vehicles, providing soldiers with greater protection, mobility and lethality on the battlefield.

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Oshkosh Defense Brings Proven Production, Engineering Capabilities to FMTV Competitive Rebuy Bid

OSHKOSH, Wis. -- As a leading designer and manufacturer of tactical military vehicles, Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, brings a history of proven production and engineering capabilities to its bid for the U.S. Army’s Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) competitive rebuy – a five-year, multibillion dollar contract award for the production of an estimated 23,000 vehicles and trailers.

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New Artillery Cannon for Namer APC

The Ground Forces of Israel are revising the possibility of installing a 30cm cannon on the advanced Armored Personnel Carrier - Namer.

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Key handed over for the SIMUG live simulation platform in Bure

On 3 July 2009 at the Bure training ground (Switzerland), RUAG Electronics handed over the system key for the SIMUG live simulation platform to armasuisse, the Swiss Armed Forces` centre of excellence for procurement.

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Patria and ThalesRaytheonSystems signed an agreement related to the Finnish Defence Force’s recently announced surveillance system projects

Patria and ThalesRaytheonSystems have on 3 July signed in Massy France, an agreement on Patria`s part in the Finnish Defence Force`s medium and long range radar systems programs following the decision by the Finnish Ministry of Defence to award the supply of medium range radars and the modernisation of long range radars to ThalesRaytheonSystems.

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UK companies asked to tender for new armoured vehicles

The Ministry of Defence has named the two British companies that are to go forward into the next stage of a project to provide the British Army with a new fleet of armoured reconnaissance vehicles.