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Northrop Grumman to Supply Land Navigation Systems for Republic of Korea's New Infantry Fighting Vehicle

FREIBURG, Germany -- Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced that it has been awarded a contract by Korean military systems and vehicle manufacturer Doosan DST Co., Ltd. to deliver inertial navigation units for the Republic of Korea's new K21 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV).

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Ridgback Tested for Helmand

The first batch of the new Ridgback protected vehicles are currently being tested by the Army, and are expected to be going to work in Afghanistan later this year.

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Force Dynamics, LLC Receives Award for Cheetah M-ATV Vehicles

Ladson, SC -- Force Dynamics, LLC, a joint venture between Force Protection, Inc. and General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, today announced that it was awarded a contract for two Cheetah light weight, high mobility Production Representative Vehicles (PRVs) as part of the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV) program.

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Macedonia Purchasing 200 BTR Armored Vehicles from Ukraine

NEWTOWN, Conn. -- The Macedonian government is prepared to purchase 200 BTR 4 "Bukefal," armored personnel carriers (APCs) from Ukraine's Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau, according to reports in Interfax.

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800 SIT V1 BMS Ordered for the French Army

The French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) has placed an order on Nexter for 800 SIT V1 Battle Management Systems (BMS) in order to equip 400 Infantry Combat Vehicles (VCI).

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Textron to Build 15 Additional Armored Security Vehicles for US Army

NEW ORLEANS, LA. -- Textron Marine & Land Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, has been awarded a $10.9 million contract modification by the United States Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) to build an additional 15 Armored Security Vehicles (ASV).

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LEGUAN - now also with two 14-metre bridges

Using an electronic control system, the LEGUAN armoured bridge-layer from Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG (KMW) lays a bridge, load category MLC 80 and 26 metres in length, in just six minutes.

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Navistar Defense Launches New MRAP Utility Variant at AUSA Winter Symposium

WARRENVILLE, Ill. -- Navistar Defense, LLC unveiled a specially designed utility vehicle with Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) level protection today at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Winter Symposium and Exposition.

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Navistar Delivers MXT-Based Units for MRAP All Terrain Vehicle Testing

WARRENVILLE, Ill. -- As one of the leading producers of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles, Navistar Defense, LLC will compete to supply the next generation of MRAPs with a vehicle based on its International MXT vehicle platform. The company delivered two vehicles today to undergo testing in the U.S. military’s Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV) program.

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Oshkosh Delivers Two M-ATV Production Vehicles for Military Evaluation

Oshkosh Corporation, announced that its Defense division delivered two production-representative MRAP All Terrain Vehicles (M-ATV) to the U.S. Army’s Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland for military evaluation.

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Elbit Systems Introduces: New Overhead Remote Controlled Weapon Station - Multi (ORCWS-M)

Fully Developed by Elbit Systems, the New 12.7 mm (0.5") caliber Station serves as an addition to the ORCWS Family of Products including 7.62mm, 40 mm AGL, UT-25mm and UT-30mm.

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KMDB Unveils its BTR-4 8x8 Armoured Personnel Carrier at IDEX'2009

KMDB, the leader of the Ukrainian armoured construction, will demonstrate the latest variant of its BTR-4 APC with PARUS weapon station.

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BAE Systems To Equip U.S. Army Stryker, Abrams Vehicles With Thermal Cameras

The BAE Systems Check-6™ ground vehicle vision system provides day, night and all-weather vision to ground vehicle crews, offering enhanced vision capability from within the protective armor of their vehicles. It offers a direct replacement to the lamp housings providing a field-upgrade capability to existing and new vehicles.

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Elbit Systems of America's Rugged Personal Digital Assistant Receives Frost & Sullivan 2008 North American DoD C4ISR Product Innovation of the Year Award

FORT WORTH, TEXAS, February 10 2009 – Elbit Systems of America, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT) announced the prestigious business research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan presented the 2008 North American DoD C4ISR Product Innovation of the Year Award to its C4I Solutions Business Unit for the Rugged Personal Digital Assistant (RPDA) handheld computer.

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Harris Corporation Awarded Acquisition Contract for Multiband Land Mobile Radios

ROCHESTER, NY -— Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) to provide land mobile radios to the U.S. Departments of Interior, Agriculture and FBI Training Academy.