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Base10 Selects RTI's Real-Time Middleware for Unmanned Ground Vehicle Project

SUNNYVALE -- 2009—Real-Time Innovations (RTI), The Real-Time Middleware Experts, today announced that Base Ten Systems Electronics GmbH (Base10) has selected RTI Data Distribution Service for their unmanned ground-based vehicle (UGV) project.

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BAE Systems Bofors signs a contract with Akers Krutbruk

Akers Krutbruk has been selected to develop the protection system for Archer, the BAE Systems Bofors artillery system.

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Textron Marine & Land Systems Delivers 2000th ASV

New Orleans, LA -- Textron Marine & Land Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, rolled the 2,000th Armored Security Vehicle (ASV) off its Slidell, Louisiana assembly line today and recognized the milestone in a ceremony including top officials with the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM).

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Ukraine to Receive a New MBT

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defence has put into service the enhanced version of the Oplot main battle tank developed by the Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau (KMDB).

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US and Canada buys further Bae System build M777 howitzer

Hattiesburg, MS -- BAE Systems has received orders worth around $118 million (£70m) for 63 more M777 howitzers, taking the order total to exactly 800 guns.

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Afghanistan Terrain Requires Versatile M-ATV Solution – Oshkosh Defense Answers the Call

OSHKOSH, Wis. -- The combination of harsh, mountainous off-road environments and dispersed combat situations in Afghanistan resulted in the U.S. Armed Forces’ urgent-need requirement for the MRAP All Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV), a new class of vehicle. Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation), developed its M-ATV with Plasan North America to meet these specific challenges and allow soldiers and Marines to take the fight to the enemy in even the most difficult terrain.

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Oshkosh Defense Submits Proposal for FMTV Program

OSHKOSH, Wis. -- Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, today submitted its proposal for the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) A1P2 competitive rebuy program to the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command Life Cycle Management Command (TACOM LCMC).

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Spain to buy 300 new 8x8 armoured vehicles

The Spanish Ministry of Defense has recently released a Request for Information (RFI) addressing companies interested in producing the new 8x8 armoured vehicles for the Spanish Armed Forces. The RFI’s deadline is scheduled for August 15, 2009.

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General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products to provide Stryker vehicles with reactive armor

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada has awarded General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products a contract valued at more than $150 million to qualify and produce reactive armor tile sets for the Stryker family of vehicles. Deliveries are expected to begin in March 2010.

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Indian Army Gets its First Armoured Regiment of MBT Arjun

After 35 years of troubled development, India’s indigenously-designed Arjun tank has finally entered regimental service with the Indian Army.

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Major Thai arms purchases put on hold

All arms procurement projects with tied-over budgets will be shelved in the wake of deep defence budget cuts which are also prompting the armed forces to resort to training on simulators, army chief Anupong Paojinda says.

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Oshkosh Defense Awarded $28 Million Delivery Order to Provide HEMTTs, PLS Trailers to Army Reserve, Marine Corps

OSHKOSH, Wis. -- Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, has been awarded a delivery order with the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command Life Cycle Management Command (TACOM LCMC) to provide more than 70 next-generation Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks (HEMTT) and more than 60 Palletized Load System Trailers (PLST) to the U.S. Army Reserve and Marine Corps.

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Elbit Systems Awarded 25 Million Euros Contract To Supply Austrian Army With 12.7 mm Weapon Stations

Haifa, Israel -- Elbit Systems Ltd. announced it has been awarded a contract valued at ˆ25 million to supply the Austrian Army with Elbit Systems' new 12.7mm unmanned Electrically Remote Controlled Weapon Stations. The systems will be delivered over the course of the next four years.

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Elbit Systems U.S. Subsidiary Awarded Contract with Potential of up to $197.2 Million to Provide Mortar Fire Control Systems Integration to U.S Army

Haifa, Israel -- Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America was awarded a contract from the U.S. Army for the Mortar Fire Control (MFC) Systems Integration program.

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Modified Panthers Take a Bow In Afghan Theatre

NEWCASTLE, United Kingdom -- The first batches of the new Panther mine-protected command and liaison vehicles modified to meet exacting British Army standards by BAE Systems have been completed on schedule and begun front line duty in Afghanistan.