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Lockheed Martin Receives $90 Million MLRS Launcher Support Contract

DALLAS -- Lockheed Martin has received a $90 million contract to support U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps MLRS launchers. Lockheed Martin's Life Cycle Contractor Support (LCCS) system will support more than 300 launchers through 2010.

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Raytheon Wins $85M for Excalibur Guided Munition

Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., was awarded on May 30, 2008, an $85,278,599 firm-fixed price contract for 155mm Excalibur block 1A-1 and 1A-2 projectiles.

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Honeywell Awarded Additional Year For Abrams Engine Program With U.S. Army In Contract Now Valued At More Than $1 Billion

PHOENIX, Arizona -- Honeywell announced that it has been awarded the third option year of a contract from the U.S. Army to improve performance and extend the life of the AGT1500 turbine engine that powers the M1 Abrams tactical vehicle.

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BAE Wins Contract for Medium Tactical Vehicles

BAE Systems, Tactical Vehicle Systems Limited Partnership, Sealy, Texas, was awarded on May 30, 2008, a $1,656,794,781 firm-fixed price and cost-reimbursement contract for 10,000 medium tactical vehicles, program support and federal retail excise tax.

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ATK Receives Additional $89 Million in Military Small-Caliber Ammunition Orders and Modernization Funding

Minneapolis -- Alliant Techsystems, the largest supplier of ammunition to the United States military, has received an additional $89 million in military small-caliber ammunition orders and modernization funding from the U.S. Army Sustainment Command in Rock Island, Ill.

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General Dynamics Awarded U.S. Army Contract to Develop Lightweight .50 Caliber Machine Guns

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The U.S. Army Joint Munition and Lethality Life Cycle Management Command has awarded General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products a contract to develop a Lightweight .50 Caliber (12.7mm) Machine Gun (LW50MG) weapon system.

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BAE Systems Receives $9.7 Million Defense Logistics Agency Contract For Advanced Combat Helmets

PHOENIX, Arizona -- BAE Systems has received a $9.7 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency for 45,000 Advanced Combat Helmets (ACH).

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Saab Receives US Order for Carl-Gustaf

Saab has received an order from the United States Government for the Carl-Gustaf system. The order contains both weapons and ammunition to a value of about 48 million USD.

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U.S. Army Awards Navistar Defense Multi-Year Truck Contract For Rebuilding, Security Efforts In Afghanistan And Iraq

WARRENVILLE, Ill. -- Thousands of trucks from Navistar Defense, LLC will support rebuilding and security efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq as the U.S. Army today awarded Navistar Defense a multi-year contract valued at nearly $1.3 billion.

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Force Protection, Inc. Receives $94 Million in UK Contracts for Additional Cougar Vehicles

LADSON, S.C.--Force Protection, Inc. today announced that Congress has approved two Cougar Foreign Military Sales to the United Kingdom.

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BAE Systems Receives $15.5 Million Bradley Contract Modification For Kit Installations

SANTA CLARA, California -- BAE Systems was awarded a $15.5 million contract modification from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command to install modification kits on 952 Bradley Combat Systems vehicles in Iraq and the U.S.

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General Dynamics Awarded $58 Million for Stryker Work

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. -- General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics , has been awarded a $58 million contract modification to purchase long-lead materials for Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle and Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle variants.

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Turkish defense industry conquers Asia

Thirty-seven defense companies from Turkey will participate in the 11th Defence Services Asia Exhibition and Conference (DSA 2008), which began yesterday in Kuala Lumpur, where more than 600 companies from 50 countries are expected to participate.

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DRS Technologies Awarded $10 Million Contract for US Army Heavy Ammunition Trailers

PARSIPPANY, N.J.-- DRS Technologies, Inc. announced today that it received a $10.1 million order to build more than 140 additional M989A1 Heavy Expanded Mobility Ammunition Trailers (HEMATs).

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Ceradyne, Inc. Receives $32.3 Million ESAPI Order

COSTA MESA, Calif. -- Ceradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRDN) received a $32.3 million ESAPI (Enhanced Small Arms Protective Inserts) order to be delivered in the second and third quarter of 2008.