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Bental Industries to Supply Motors for NBC systems for the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Project

Israel -- Bental Industries Ltd., Israel’s Motion Systems House for defense and commercial applications will supply motors for air-condition and NBC protection systems for the MRAP project.

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Harris Corporation Wins $97 Million Contract to Accelerate U.S. Marine Corps Transition to Multiband JTRS-Approved Radio Soluti

ROCHESTER, NY -- Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a $96.7 million contract to continue upgrading U.S. Marine Corps tactical radio communications with multiband, multimission JTRS-approved Falcon III® handheld and vehicular radio systems.

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First Fuchs Transport Vehicle with Improved Mine and IED Protection Handed Over to the Troops

Within the framework of an Immediate Operational Requirement, 21 Fuchs (fox) TPz armoured transport vehicles are being equipped with improved protection against mines and Improvised Explosive Devices (IED).

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Patria Weapon Systems Oy merged to Patria Vehicles Oy and Patria Vehicles Oy’s company name changed to Patria Land & Armament Oy

Patria Weapon Systems Oy has been merged to Patria Vehicles Oy as of 31 March 2008 and the company name has been changed to Patria Land & Armament Oy as of the same date. Due to this arrangement, all Patria’s Land & Armament Business Unit’s operations are under one legal entity.

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Stewart & Stevenson Tactical Vehicle Systems Awarded a Contract for Trucks

Stewart & Stevenson Tactical Vehicle Systems Limited Partnership, Sealy, Texas, was awarded on April 3, 2008, a $6,096,214 firm-fixed price contract for 38 medium tactical vehicle 5-ton cargo trucks.

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CACI Awarded $26.8 Million Task Order With U.S. Army C4ISR On-The-Move Product Management Office

Arlington, Va., April 1, 2008 -- CACI International Inc (NYSE:CAI) announced today that it has been awarded a $26.8 million task order contract by the U.S. Army's Research, Development and Engineering Command to provide engineering support for the Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) On-The-Move Product Management Office.

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Lockheed Martin Team Awarded $766M AMF JTRS Contract to Provide Tactical Communications and Networking Solutions

Chantilly, Va., -- Lockheed Martin announced today that it has been selected by the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Joint Program Executive Office to provide the tactical communications and networking solutions for the Air Force, Army, Navy and other usersa.

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PSP Announces New Electronic Soldier Systems Technology for Body Armour

KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- Pacific Safety Products Inc., a leader in the field of protective body armour and soldier systems equipment, announced today that the company will be demonstrating its novel Moisture Detection Liner for soft body armour vests at CANSEC 2008.

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Plasan Has Delivered Armor for 1,955 Life Saving MRAP Vehicles

Kibbutz Sasa, Israel, -- Plasan - a global leader in the field of combat-proven ballistic armor solutions for vehicles, airborne platforms and personnel, has delivered the highest quality armor for the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle (MRAP) during the last seven months, meeting its contractual commitments.

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Rheinmetall takes over Stork PWV, expanding its leading role in European army technology

The Rheinmetall Group of Dusseldorf has taken over Stork PWV B.V. from its parent company Stork N.V. of the Netherlands. The takeover strengthens Rheinmetall's position as Europe's leading supplier of systems and equipment for ground forces.

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US Marine Corps Orders 2,243 Additional MRAP Vehicles from Several Contractors

International Military and Government LLC (IMG), Warrenville, Ill., is being awarded a $410,730,320 firm-fixed-priced delivery order #0007 under previously awarded contract (M67854-07-D-5032) for additional Mine Resistance Ambush Protected (MRAP) Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) vehicles.

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More than 5,200 MRAP orders awarded to Navistar since May 2007

WARRENVILLE, Ill. -- Continuing to grow its share of orders for Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles, the U.S. Marine Corps ordered additional International® MaxxPro™ MRAP vehicles Friday valued at more than $410 million from Navistar Defense, LLC (formerly known as International Military and Government, LLC) a wholly owned affiliate of Navistar International Corporation.

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Thales to Deliver Tactical Reconnaissance Vehicles for Luxembourg Army

The Protected Recce Vehicle (PRV) contract for delivery of a tactical reconnaissance capability integrated with KMW Dingo 2 vehicles for the Luxembourg Army.

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EARS – QinetiQs Battle-Proven Sniper Detection Solution

Designed for both mounted and dismounted infantry, QinetiQs miniature, low-profile acoustic Ears family of wearable, sniper detection and gunshot localisation solutions is based on a miniature single integrated acoustic sensor.

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Plasan Has Delivered Armor for 1,955 Life Saving MRAP Vehicles

Plasan has delivered the highest quality armor for the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle (MRAP) during the last seven months, meeting its contractual commitments.