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U.K. MoD Selects Navistar for Mission Specific Tactical Support Vehicle

WARRENVILLE, Ill. -- Navistar Defense, LLC today expanded its worldwide customer list to include the United Kingdom through the Ministry of Defence’s Tactical Support Vehicle (TSV) program.

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BAE Systems Completes Production Of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles

ARLINGTON, Virginia -- BAE Systems has completed production of more than 5,000 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles under existing contracts with the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps. Ceremonies to commemorate this milestone were held this week at BAE Systems MRAP-related sites in Charlotte, Michigan and Sealy, Texas.

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Otokar Received $43,2 M Contract For Cobra

Turkey -- Otokar, celebrating its 45th anniversary, has been awarded a $43,2 million contract to deliver the COBRA armored wheeled tactical vehicle. Delivery is scheduled to be in 2009.

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Remote-controlled weapon stations delivered to the Bundeswehr on time

Kassel -- Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) has carried out the first partial delivery of seven light FLW 100 weapon stations to the Federal Office for Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB). The contract signed in July of this year allows for the production and delivery of 230 light (FLW 100) and 190 heavy weapon stations (FLW 200) in all.

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Metal Storm Completes US Marine Contract

ARLINGTON, VA -- Defence technology specialist Metal Storm Limited has announced that Metal Storm Incorporated (MSI) has completed a key contract for the United States Marine Corps.

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General Dynamics Awarded $58 Million for Engineering Work on Saudi Tank

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. -- General Dynamics Land Systems has been awarded $58.3 million to design the new Saudi M1A2 (M1A2S) Abrams tank for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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Saab was selected as supplier of the NLAW for the British army

The first official next generation anti-tank weapon (NLAW) demonstration for potential customers took place recently.

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Navistar Defense to Deliver 822 Lighter MRAP Vehicles One Month Ahead of Schedule

WARRENVILLE, Ill. -- Navistar Defense, LLC will deliver on its contract for 822 International® MaxxPro™ Dash Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles one month ahead of schedule to aid urgent needs in Afghanistan. Originally scheduled to be completed by the end of February 2009, the company has leveraged its extensive relationships with its supply base to provide the government with an even more aggressive delivery schedule.

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Oshkosh Defense Awarded $1.2 Billion Contract to Provide Next-Generation Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles

OSHKOSH, Wis. -- Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, will add more than 6,000 upgraded vehicles to the U.S. Army’s Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicle (FHTV) fleet under a new three-year contract from the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM).

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Australia will participate in JLTV

The Australian Defence Minister announced that the country would participate in the development phase of the JLTV.

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GTV, Navistar-BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin will develop JLTV

The U.S. Army narrowed the list of potential JLTV bidders to three, awarding development contracts for each of the three teams, to continue the 27 month technology development of the proposed Joint Light Tactical Vehicle.

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Contract Signed For Additional Bushmasters

The Minister for Defence, the Hon Joel Fitzgibbon MP, today announced that a contract has been signed with Thales Australia for an additional 293 Bushmaster vehicles.

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Metal Storm Conducts Successful Automatic Firing Of High Explosive Warheads

Brisbane, Australia -- Defence technology Company Metal Storm Limited has reached another milestone in its weapons testing program with successful rapid automatic firing of high explosive warheads.

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BAE Systems Selects AAR For Military Shelters

Wood Dale, Illinois -- AAR announced today that it has received an order from BAE Systems to manufacture mobile shelters for the U.S. Army's Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) program.

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Arotech Announces $2 Million Rechargeable Battery Order to Asian Military with Option for Additional $2 Million

Arotech Corporation, a provider of quality defense and security products for the military, law enforcement and security markets, announced today that its battery and power systems division has received $2.0 million in new primary and rechargeable battery orders from an unnamed Asian military for various portable military applications.