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ATK Successfully Tests Advanced 155mm Projectile

Low-Cost Saber Flies More Than 48 Kilometers After Gun Launch Using a Zone-5 Charge Saber Designed for Block 1B Upgrade to Excalibur

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Plasan Sasa Wins Contract to Supply Personal Armor to Israel Defense Forces

Plasan Sasa Wins Contract to Supply Personal Armor to Israel Defense Forces The Company Will Supply Over 2000 Ergonomic Assault Vests in Multi-Million Dollar Project.

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A New 8x8 Armoured Personnel Carrier Developed in Ukraine

The State-owned Enterprise Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau (SOE KMDB) has unveiled its new development – BTR-4 8x8 armoured personnel carrier (APC) – at the Aviasvit'2006 exhibition held on a military aerodrome near Kyiv.

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Swiss Army selects Tadiran Electronic Systems Tactical Communication Solution

Holon, Israel -- Tadiran Electronic Systems, a member of the Elisra Group and one of Israel's leading suppliers of state-of-the-art electronics and communications systems for land and naval applications, announced that its TCC/IP Tactical Communication Controller has been selected as a common platform for the integration of the Swiss Army's today tactical radios.

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GD Awarded $31M Contract for RG-31 Mine Protected Vehicles for the Canadian Military

The Government of Canada has awarded a CAD $31 million (US $28 million) contract to General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada to provide 25 additional RG-31 Mine Protected Vehicles. General Dynamics Land Systems, the Canadian company's parent corporation, is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).

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IVEMA Launches First New Generation APC

A new privately developed military vehicle was launched by the IVEMA company at the Gerotek test range outside Pretoria today (22 May 2006).

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Ceradyne Inc. Receives $15.8M Ceramic Body Armor Orders for U.S. Marines

COSTA MESA, Calif. -- Ceradyne, Inc. received three ceramic body armor delivery orders from the U.S. Marine Corps, Quantico, Virginia, totaling over $15.8 million.

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Indra Will Develop the Friend or Foe Identification System for the Spanish Army

The contract awarded totals almost 12 million euro and has an execution period of 24 months.

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SOE KMDB Unveiled a New Version of the DOZOR-B APC

Kharkiv, Ukraine – The leading Ukrainian developer of armoured vehicles – State-owned Enterprise Kharkiv Morozov Machine-building Design Bureau – unveiled a new version of its Dozor-B 4x4 light armoured personnel carrier.

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General Dynamics Awarded $19 Million for Stryker-Related Contracts

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. -- The U.S. Army TACOM Lifecycle Management Command has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), $19 million in Stryker eight-wheeled combat vehicle-related contracts.

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Cubic Receives Contract to Provide EST 2000 Virtual Trainers to Jordan

SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 10, 2006 – The defense segment of Cubic Corporation (AMEX: CUB) has been awarded a delivery order to provide its Engagement Skills Trainer (EST 2000) virtual training system, simulated weapons and services to the Jordanian Armed Forces.

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BAE SYSTEMS Completes Qualification Of New Thermal Weapon Sight, Receives Additional Production Ccntract

LEXINGTON, Mass. – BAE Systems has completed U.S. Army qualification of the next-generation family of light, medium, and heavy thermal weapon sights (TWS) and has received additional base and option production contract modifications valued at $73 million. The modifications bring the total current contract value to $200 million.

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Metal Storm - Potential Contract with US Marine Corps

Metal Storm advises that the US Marine Corps (USMC) Systems Command, on behalf of the USMC Warfighting Laboratory has placed a notice on the US Federal Business Opportunities website, http://www.fbo.gov/spg/DON/USMC/M67854/M6785406Q9049/Attachments.html, that it intends to award a Sole Source research and development Contract to Metal Storm for the design and fabrication of a stacked round firing system for FIN Stabilized High Explosive Ammunition.

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LOCKHEED MARTIN Awarded $7.4 Million Light Armored Vehicle Command And Control Contract

OWEGO, NY, -- The United States Marine Corps has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $7.4 million contract to integrate systems on the Light Armored Vehicle Command and Control (LAV-C2), enabling the Marines to better receive, process, and disseminate real-time battlefield information under rugged field conditions.

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Samsung Techwin K9 Thunder Continues to Drive The Self-Propelled Artillery Market

The international market for self-propelled artillery remains a highly competitive and dynamic environment. In its annual analysis "The World Market for Self-Propelled Artillery Systems" the Forecast International Weapons Group expects the market will produce over 4,500 self-propelled artillery systems, worth about $14.03 billion, through 2015.