LONDON, Ontario, Canada - The Government of Canada has awarded a CAD $60.3 million (US $51.3 million) contract to General Dynamics Land Systems - Canada to provide 50 RG-31 Mine Protected Vehicles with an option for 25 additional vehicles.

The Shadow 200 Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TUAV) System is set to remain at the forefront of battlefield operations and capability with the US Army committing more than US$300M over the next five years to its ongoing evolution and development.

Kongsberg Protech has signed a contract valued at appoximately MNOK 100 (15 MUSD) with General Dynamics Land Systems of Canada for the delivery of weapons control systems for the Canadian Army.

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. -General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, was awarded the final $42 million delivery order of a $70 million foreign military sales contract from the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command to provide 59 refurbished M1A1 Abrams Integrated Management (AIM) tanks to the Commonwealth of Australia.

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. - The U.S. Army TACOM Lifecycle Management Command has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, a $69 million contract for Stryker eight-wheeled combat vehicle sustainment or "reset" work.

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), a $13 million contract for spare parts for the M1A2 Abrams tank continuous electronics evolution program.

KIBBUTZ SASA, Israel -- Plasan Sasa, a leading developer and manufacturer of combat proven ballistic protection products, announced that it has won a contract with the US Department of Defense contract to supply an additional 1,000 MTVR protection for Oshkosh trucks.

ROCHESTER, NY, -- Harris Corporation has been awarded a competitive procurement contract to supply the U.S. Marine Corps' MBMMR (Multiband, Multimission Radio) Standardization Program with its combat-proven Falcon® II AN/PRC-117F(C) radios. The first delivery orders of $67 million have been awarded as part of a multi-year $205 million blanket purchase agreement. Deliveries of the new MBMMR systems will begin in the company's second fiscal quarter.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., -- Armor Holdings, Inc., a leading manufacturer and distributor of security products and vehicle armor systems serving military, law enforcement, homeland security and commercial markets, announced today the receipt of orders valued at $110.5 million from AM General under a blanket purchase agreement supporting the M1151 and M1152 HMMWV program.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., -- Armor Holdings, Inc., a leading manufacturer and distributor of security products and vehicle armor systems serving military, law enforcement, homeland security and commercial markets, announced today that it has received a contract award from Oshkosh Truck Corporation with a value not to exceed $110.1 million to support the U.S. Marine Corps Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement program (MTVR).

Parsippany, NJ -- DRS Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a $30 million contract to manufacture cable sets for the U.S. Army’s A3 Bradley Combat Systems. The Bradley is among the most formidable ground force capabilities in U.S. Army inventory and continues to be an integral part of military operations in Iraq.

Parsippany, NJ, -- DRS Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a new contract to provide the missile launch system on the Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided (TOW) Weapons System for the U.S. Army’s M2A3 Bradley vehicle program. The Bradley is among the most formidable ground force capabilities in U.S. Army inventory and continues to be an integral part of the military’s operations in Iraq.

BAE Systems has been awarded an $11 million contract by U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command for reset and modification for 15 M7 Bradley Fire Support Team (BFIST) Vehicles and one M2A3 Bradley Vehicle, and to add 131 Vehicle Intercom System (VIS) Kits for the Bradley 3rd CAV Operation Desert Storm vehicles.

OSHKOSH, Wis. --Oshkosh Truck Corporation and partners Rockwell Collins and the University of Parma, Italy, announced that their robotic truck, TerraMax(TM), qualified late yesterday to compete in the $2 million DARPA Grand Challenge, a 150-mile race of unmanned vehicles across the Mojave Desert on Saturday, Oct. 8. TerraMax successfully completed all four scheduled runs of 2.2- and 2.9-mile qualifying obstacle courses at the California Speedway in Fontana, Calif.

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. - The U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, a $19 million contract for the advanced procurement of long-lead material (LLM) for the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Lot 1.