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Oshkosh Truck Subsidiary, Pierce, Is First to Introduce Air Bags for Custom Fire Trucks

Oshkosh Truck Corporation's subsidiary, Pierce Manufacturing Inc., North America's leading manufacturer of fire and rescue apparatus, is the first fire truck manufacturer to offer frontal air bags in its custom fire chassis.

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Rheinmetall to supply electronics for Hellenic Army Leopard 2 tanks

The Hellenic Army has contracted with the Dusseldorf-based Rheinmetall Group to supply electronic diagnostic systems for its Leopard 2 main battle tanks as well as command and information systems for battalion command posts.

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General Dynamics Awarded $20M in Army Pacts for Work on the Stryker Vehicles

The U.S. Army awarded General Dynamics Corp. a pair of contracts worth more than $20 million for work on Stryker combat vehicles.

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U.S. Army's Future Force Warrior Passes Major Milestone

The U.S. Army's Future Force Warrior system is one step closer to being fielded as the Ground Soldier System following a successful demonstration in August of its electronic networking capability.

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Mowag Piranha IIIC Selected by Belgium

The Belgian Government announced that the MOWAG PIRANHA IIIC had been selected from five candidates for the delivery of up to 242 vehicles and related logistics support, with a total contract value of over EURO500 million, for the Belgian Army's Armoured Infantry Vehicle Program.

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iRobot to Deliver PackBot Robots to German Federal Defense Force

BURLINGTON, Mass., – iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT) today announced it has signed an agreement with the German Bundeswehr (Federal Defense Force) to deliver 18 iRobot® PackBot® EOD robots, spare parts and repair services this year, with a follow-on option for 22 additional robots in 2007. The bomb disposal robots will be used by German forces to identify and dispose of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).

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Stryker Teams Train with New Vehicles

A long wait is over for Stryker Mobile Gun System (MSG) crews of the 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division.

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Oshkosh Truck Selected for the U.S. Military's Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Program

Oshkosh Truck Corporation has been selected by the U.S. Office of Naval Research to perform a conceptual design and mockup, science and technology program for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program. The Office of Naval Research, in concert with the U.S. Army and Marine Corps, is supporting the JLTV program to develop a family of light tactical wheeled vehicles with superior survivability characteristics and enhanced payload.

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DRS Awarded $10M Contract to Develop Maintenance Information system for U.S. Army Ground Vehicles

DRS Technologies, Inc. has been awarded a $10 million contract to develop and integrate a Condition Based Maintenance Information system for the U.S. Army's ground combat vehicle fleet. The contract's objectives are to develop a capability to monitor, record and communicate operating parameters to an enterprise logistics network and subsequently apply a set of decision-support tools to conduct logistics maintenance analyses for the U.S. Army's Bradley Fighting Vehicles, Abrams Main Battle Tanks and Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles.

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Commencement of Series Production of BMD-4

The Volgograd Tractor Plant begins series production of the chassis of the air-borne infantry fighting vehicle – BMD-4 Bakhcha-U. Final assembly, roll-off, and hand-over to the customer of the new fighting vehicle will be carried out by the Tula Instrument Design Bureau.

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Rheinmetall awarded major simulation system contracts

The Rheinmetall Group of Dusseldorf has recently booked orders from Germany, Switzerland and Thailand for simulation systems worth some EUR50 million. Once again, these three nations have turned to the Group's Bremen-based subsidiary Rheinmetall Defence Electronics GmbH for advanced simulation technology for training their troops.

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Refurbishment/Sustainment of Jordan's M113A1 Armored Personnel Carriers

The Government of Jordan has requested a possible refurbishment/sustainment of 1,000 M113A1 Armored Personnel Carriers (APC) to M113A2-Jordan configuration. This will include various upgraded conversion kits: diesel engines, transmission upgrades and overhaul, differential conversions, suspension upgrades, cooling system upgrades, and drive train upgrades; spare and repair parts; support equipment; publications and technical data; communications equipment; maintenance; personnel training and training equipment; contractor representatives' services; and other related elements of logistics support. The estimated cost is $156 million.

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JAVELIN Anti-tank Missile Systems for Oman

The Government of Oman has requested the United States of a sale of 250 JAVELIN missile rounds and 30 JAVELIN command launch units, simulators, trainers, support equipment, spare and repair parts, publications and technical data, personnel training and equipment, U.S. Government and contractor engineering and logistics personnel services, a Quality Assurance Team, and other related elements of logistics support. The estimated cost is $48 million.

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EADS Technology Protects German Armed Forces Puma Armoured Vehicles

EADS is to equip the German Armed Forces' new Puma armoured fighting vehicles with an electronic self-protection system which repels strikes by guided anti-tank munitions, such as guided missiles, bombs and shells.

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General Dynamics Receives $108M for Abrams Tank Integrated Management Work

The U.S. Army has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, $108 million for the production of 155 M1A1 tanks through the Abrams Integrated Management (AIM) process.