Defence Industry

Booming Saudi Arms Buying Leads Middle East Arms Market

Saudi Arabia is expected to spend tens of billions of dollars in the coming years revamping its military forces, according most recent Middle East defense market analysis.

Contracts

U.S. Marine Corps Orders More Force Protection Vehicles

Continuing strong demand for Force Protection, Inc.'s armored vehicles was highlighted recently as the manufacturer announced another delivery order from the U.S. Marine Corps worth an estimated $69 million for 100 additional Cougar Joint Explosive Ordnance Disposal Rapid Response Vehicles (JERRV).

Defence Industry

New Defence Coating for British Army Vehicles

The British Army's new fleet of Iveco Panther vehicles are being coated with a brand-new paint-system specially developed by Akzo Nobel Aerospace Coatings (ANAC).

Defence Industry

First Lightweight Soldier Power / Fuel Cell Delivered to German Army

The military business unit of SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG, a technology and market leader in fuel-cell based energy-solutions, has reached another major milestone. In an international meeting with military organisations from eight countries, led by the German Federal Army, the first batch of a series of SFC’s new portable DMFC power-generation system for soldiers in the field, 'JENNY,' was handed over to defence ministry representatives from Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Defence Industry

Armor Holdings. Receives $649 Million Order for Additional FMTV Trucks

Armor Holdings, Inc., a leading manufacturer and distributor of military vehicles, vehicle armor systems and life safety and survivability systems serving military, law enforcement, homeland security and commercial markets, announced today the receipt of a $649 million order for production of additional Family of Medium Tactical Vehicle (FMTV) trucks from the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM).

Defence Industry

QinetiQ signs five-year X-Net production contract with US military

QinetiQ has secured a five-year Indefinite Duration, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with the US Military, for the supply of QinetiQ's Vehicle Lightweight Arresting Device (VLAD), the US military designation for the X-Net(r) system.

Defence Industry

JLG Awarded $23.7 Million Reset Contract by U.S. Army

JLG Industries, Inc. announced that the Company has been awarded a $23.7 million contract from the Department of the Army for refurbishment of All-Terrain Lifter Army System ("ATLAS") vehicles and SkyTrak® Model 6000M vehicles, the predecessor to the ATLAS product. JLG has performed refurbishment work for the Army since August 2004, generating approximately $51 million of revenue since that time. This contract is a continuation of that work and will span approximately 12 months.

Future Technologies

Saft Awarded Contract for Next Generation Hybrid-Electric Military Vehicles

The US Army Tank-Automotive Research Development Engineering Command (TARDEC) has selected Saft, a world specialist in the design and manufacture of high-tech batteries, to enhance the efficiency of military vehicle operations. The $1.2 million contract will focus on the design and demonstration of Saft’s high-power lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries, to address the requirements for next-generation hybrid electric military-vehicles.

Defence Industry

Elop to Provide Thermal Imaging Sensors for the Korean Tank K1A1

Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that its subsidiary Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop Ltd. ("Elop") will supply Thermal Imaging kits for the Gunner Periscope Sights of the Korean Tank K1A1. The contract is valued at approximately $19 million.

Contracts

BAE Systems Awarded $1.16 Billion Contract for Bradley Combat Systems Vehicles

YORK, Pennsylvania - BAE Systems has received contract modifications worth $1.16 billion from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command to remanufacture and upgrade 610 Bradley Combat Systems and to provide spare components for these systems.

Defence Industry

DRS Awarded $7m Electro-optical/infrared Sensors Contract for U.S. Army FCS UAV

DRS Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a new $7 million contract to produce lightweight electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensor systems for the U.S. Army's Future Combat System (FCS) program Class I Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).

Contracts

General Dynamics Awarded $380 Million for Abrams Main Battle Tank Work

General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded a $380 million contract to upgrade Abrams tanks with the M1A2 System Enhancement Package (SEP).

Defence Industry

Raytheon Successfully Completes Extended-Range Test for Excalibur Block Ia-2

TUCSON, Ariz., -- Raytheon Company's Missile Systems business and BAE Systems-Bofors successfully fired the first extended-range GPS-guided Excalibur projectiles at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., last month.

Contracts

Netherlands' Armed Forces Order Thales Datalink Management Systems

On 23 November, the Netherlands' Ministry of Defence and Thales Communications B.V. signed a contract for the delivery of Thales' Datalink Interface Processor equipment, Thales Datalink Network Management Software and peripheral equipment.

Army

DRS Receives $19M Order to Produce Battlefield Digitization Systems for the U.S. Army

DRS Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has received an order valued at approximately $19 million to provide rugged Applique Computer Systems and peripheral equipment for the U.S. Army's Force XXI Battle Command, Brigade and Below (FBCB2) program.