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General Dynamics Awarded $349 Million for Abrams Tank-Related Work

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. -- The U.S. TACOM Lifecycle Management Command has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, a contract for the Egyptian tank co-production program.

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Ceradyne wins $59.1M Army body armor order

Ceradyne Inc. has received a $59.1 million ceramic body armor delivery order from the U.S. Army, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, the company said Thursday.

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DRS Receives a $13 M Order from the U.S. Army to Manufacture Tactical Quiet Generators

Parsippany, N.J. -- DRS Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: DRS) announced today that it received a $13 million order from the U.S. Army's Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey to manufacture Tactical Quiet Generators (TQG).

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BAE Systems Delivers MOKYS Prototypes to Slovak MoD

Bratislava, Slovakia -- BAE Systems has delivered the first seven prototypes of a mobile military communications system (MOKYS) to the Slovak Ministry of Defense (MoD).

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Textron Marine & Land Awarded $228 M for 329 Additional U.S. Army M1117 Armored Security Vehicles

New Orleans, LA. -- Textron Marine & Land Systems (TM&LS) has been awarded a contract modification for $228 million to build an additional 329 M1117 Armored Security Vehicles (ASV) by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command (TACOM).

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Force Protection Receives $74 M ILS Contract From U.S. Marine Corps

Ladson, SC. -- Force Protection, Inc. announced that it has received through its wholly owned subsidiary, Force Protection Industries, Inc., a $74,130,482 million contract for integrated logistics support (ILS) on the Company's Cougar MRAP Category I and Category II vehicles.

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Sweden and the Netherlands Order Kodiak Armoured Engineer Vehicles from Rheinmetall

The Swedish procurement authority, FMV, and The Netherlands Ministry of Defence procurement authority have placed orders with Rheinmetall for the Kodiak armoured engineer (breaching) vehicle.

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ITT Wins $174.7 million U.S. Army Order for Night Vision Devices

ITT Corporation announced that its night vision business was awarded an order from the U.S. Army Research, Development & Engineering Command Acquisition Center totaling $174.7 million.

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Harris Corporation Announces Falcon Radio Orders Exceeding $150 Million; Includes Orders under JTRS Program CISCHR Contract

ROCHESTER, NY, January 16, 2008 — Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has received several new orders for its Falcon family of radios worth $158 million.

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A further 21 MOWAG PIRANHA IIIC for the Spanish Marines

Madrid, Spain - General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) announces that on December 20, 2007 the Spanish Ministry of Defence and MOWAG GmbH signed a contract for a further batch of 21 units of the PIRANHA IIIC 8x8 in the amphibious version.

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BAE Systems Wins Contract To Develop And Produse Next Generation MRAP II Test Vehicles

SANTA CLARA, California –– BAE Systems has been competitively selected to develop and produce prototypes of the next generation of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) II vehicle with the award of a $5.7 million contract from the MRAP Joint Program Office.

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BAE Systems Wins U.S. Army Contract For New Engineering/EOD Vehicles Worth Potentially $2.288 Billion

YORK, Pennsylvania – BAE Systems has been selected by the U.S. Army to be the sole producer of the new Medium Mine Protected Vehicle (MMPV), and has been awarded an initial $20 million delivery order under the $2.288 billion MMPV program.

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Plasan Will Supply Protection to 1,500 Additional U.S. Marines Vehicles as part of MRAP Project

Kibbutz Sasa, Israel -- Plasan - a global leader in the field of combat-proven ballistic armor solutions for vehicles, airborne platforms and personnel, will supply US firm International Military and Government, LLC with its advanced critical MRAP vehicle protection, for an additional 1,500 armored vehicles.

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DRS Receives a $9M Contract to Provide Infrared Sighting Systems

DRS Technologies, Inc. announced today that it received a $9 million contract from the Raytheon Company's Network Centric Systems business in McKinney, Texas, to provide internal components and assemblies within Horizontal Technology Integration Second Generation Forward Looking Infrared (HTI SGF) sighting systems used aboard U.S. Army tanks and combat vehicles.

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Ceradyne Receives New ID/IQ Body Armor Order

COSTA MESA, Calif. -- Ceradyne, Inc. has been awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) five-year order from the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.