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New £14 Million Contract For BvS10 VIKING Vehicles

ORNSKLDSVIK, Sweden -- BAE Systems has been awarded a £14 million contract from the U.K. Ministry of Defence for 14 BvS10 Viking amphibious armoured all-terrain vehicles, including nine repair recovery vehicles, one command vehicle and four troop carriers.

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Iran Starts Manufacture of Rapid Reaction Tanks

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has launched a production line for superior Rapid Reaction tanks as part of the country's campaign for self-sufficiency in defense.

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Navistar Defense Awarded $707 Million In Contracts To Provide Parts And Support For MaxxPro™

WARRENVILLE, Ill. -- Navistar Defense, LLC continues to support and modify Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles to better protect U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and Iveco DV jointly develop vehicle family

Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and the Italian vehicle manufacturer IVECO have signed a cooperation agreement on the development of a new military vehicle family in the weight class of 18 to 25 tons in Paris.

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Northrop Grumman and DHS Systems Receive Contract Worth Up to $240 Million for Mobile Command Posts

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- The U.S. Army has selected Northrop Grumman Corporation and its partner DHS Systems to provide mobile tactical operations centers that can be rapidly deployed for command, control and communications on the battlefield.

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Two orders valued at a total of MNOK 193 for weapon control systems

KONGSBERG has booked an order valued at MNOK 58 from the US Army. The order is part of the 8 billion NOK Common Remotely Operated Weapon Stations (CROWS) framework agreement signed in August 2007. The deliveries will take place in first half of 2009.

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Navistar Engine Group Expands Diesel Offerings for Belarus Off-Road Equipment Manufacturers

MINSK, Belarus -- Navistar® Engine Group, an operating arm of Navistar, Inc., today announced an expanded commitment to supplying off-road diesel engines to Belarus manufacturers of diesel-powered agricultural, construction and industrial equipment.

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EADS Defence & Security and Nexter Systems team up for Operation Scorpion

Herve Guillou & Luc VigneronEADS Defence & Security and Nexter Systems have signed an agreement covering the creation of a joint venture to act as the "system of systems" prime contractor for Operation Scorpion, which aims to satisfy the transformation needs of the French Army.

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KMW and GDELS to produce advanced artillery systems

Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), Munich, and General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS), Vienna, are teaming to develop and market a new generation, air deployable, autonomous and remotely operated 155mm artillery system.

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Arotech`s Armor Division Receives Over $3 Million In New Orders For Military Armored Vehicles

Arotech Corporation announced that its Armor Division has recently received an additional $3.0 million order for its military armored vehicles and accessories to be supplied from the MDT plants in the US and in Israel.

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SAAB Delivers World’s First Multispectral Camouflage Systems for Abrams Main Battle Tanks

In less than six months, Saab Barracuda has delivered prototype camouflage systems fitted to the Australian Army for the M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks and M88A2 Hercules Armoured Recovery Vehicles, giving them higher survivability on the battlefield.

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32 tonne trucks roll off the production line

UK troops are about to receive the first batch of new state of the art MAN Truck & Bus UK Ltd recovery vehicles and trailers, capable of retrieving the heaviest vehicles on operations it was announced today, Friday 30 May 2008.

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DRS Technologies Receives $51 Million in New Orders for TWS II from US Army

PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- DRS Technologies, Inc. announced the receipt of new contract orders totaling over $51 million to produce Thermal Weapon Sights II (TWS II).

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Krauss-Maffei Wegmann presents new vehicle family

Munich, 27 May 2008. At the International Aerospace Exhibition Berlin (ILA), the leading trade fair for the aerospace industry in Germany, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann will present its new family of modular scalable tactical vehicles to specialists and the public.

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Greece puts first LEOPARD 2A6 HEL into service

Munich/Xanthi, 30 May 2008. The 25th armoured brigade of the Greek armed forces has put the first LEOPARD 2A6 HEL supplied by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) into service. Present at the tanks' commissioning in Xanthi were Greece\'s Deputy Minister of Defence Konstantinos Tasoulas, standing German representative in Athens Féaux de la Croix, high priests of the Greek Orthodox Church, and representatives of participating corporations.