Defence Industry

Cubic Receives Contract to Provide EST 2000 Virtual Trainers to Jordan

SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 10, 2006 – The defense segment of Cubic Corporation (AMEX: CUB) has been awarded a delivery order to provide its Engagement Skills Trainer (EST 2000) virtual training system, simulated weapons and services to the Jordanian Armed Forces.

Defence Industry

BAE SYSTEMS Completes Qualification Of New Thermal Weapon Sight, Receives Additional Production Ccntract

LEXINGTON, Mass. – BAE Systems has completed U.S. Army qualification of the next-generation family of light, medium, and heavy thermal weapon sights (TWS) and has received additional base and option production contract modifications valued at $73 million. The modifications bring the total current contract value to $200 million.

Defence Industry

Metal Storm - Potential Contract with US Marine Corps

Metal Storm advises that the US Marine Corps (USMC) Systems Command, on behalf of the USMC Warfighting Laboratory has placed a notice on the US Federal Business Opportunities website, http://www.fbo.gov/spg/DON/USMC/M67854/M6785406Q9049/Attachments.html, that it intends to award a Sole Source research and development Contract to Metal Storm for the design and fabrication of a stacked round firing system for FIN Stabilized High Explosive Ammunition.

Defence Industry

LOCKHEED MARTIN Awarded $7.4 Million Light Armored Vehicle Command And Control Contract

OWEGO, NY, -- The United States Marine Corps has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $7.4 million contract to integrate systems on the Light Armored Vehicle Command and Control (LAV-C2), enabling the Marines to better receive, process, and disseminate real-time battlefield information under rugged field conditions.

Defence Industry

Samsung Techwin K9 Thunder Continues to Drive The Self-Propelled Artillery Market

The international market for self-propelled artillery remains a highly competitive and dynamic environment. In its annual analysis "The World Market for Self-Propelled Artillery Systems" the Forecast International Weapons Group expects the market will produce over 4,500 self-propelled artillery systems, worth about $14.03 billion, through 2015.

Contracts

Force Protection Was Awarded A Contract For 79 JERRV, 50 Million Dollars

Force Protection Industries, Inc., Ladson, S.C., is being awarded a $50,862,810 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum ordering quantity of 79 Joint Explosive Ordnance Disposal Rapid Response Vehicles (JERRV) and associated manuals, spares, field support, and training.

Contracts

DRS Receives $20M Contract for U.S. Army

PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- DRS Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: DRS) announced today that it has received a $20 million contract for continued manufacture of the Direct Support Electrical System Test Sets (DSESTS) Test Program Sets (TPS) for the M2/M3 family of Bradley Fighting Vehicles. The Bradley Fighting Vehicles are among the most formidable ground force capabilities in U.S. Army inventory and continue to be an integral part of military operations in Iraq.

Defence Industry

Ukraine Is Planning 77 Defence-related Research and Development Projects in 2006

When meeting the military representatives accommodated in Ukraine, Vladimir Grek, Director of Department of Research and Procurement of Arms and Military Equipment, has announced that 77 defence-related research and development projects are planned to be carried out in 2006.

Defence Industry

Armor Holdings, Inc. Receives $11.6 Million Order for Ceramic Body Armor Inserts

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Armor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AH), a leading manufacturer of security products and vehicle armor systems serving military, law-enforcement, homeland security and commercial markets, announced today that it has received a contract modification from the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command.

Future Technologies

BAE SYSTEMS Awards Contract to Raytheon to Develop Active Protective Subsystem, Supporting Hit Avoidance Program for FCS Manned Ground Vehicles

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- BAE Systems has awarded a phased subcontract worth up to $70 million to Raytheon's Network Centric Systems business with headquarters in McKinney, Texas, to develop the “hard-kill” Active Protection Subsystem (APS) portion of the Hit Avoidance System for the U.S. Army’s Future Combat System (FCS) Manned Ground Vehicles (MGVs).

Contracts

DRS Technologies Receives $222 Million U.S. Army Contract to Provide Communications Services for Multi-National Forces in Iraq

PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- DRS Technologies, Inc. announced today that it received a $222 million two-year contract from the U.S. Army to provide a scaleable, integrated, open-standards Command and Control Information Technology Infrastructure (C2ITI) for the Multi-National Forces - Iraq (MNF-I), a coalition military command responsible for providing security in Iraq and for assisting with the ongoing reconstruction program.

Future Technologies

Raytheon to Develop Hard-Kill Active Protection System for FCS Vehicles Under $70 Million Award

MCKINNEY, Texas -- Raytheon Company has been awarded a contract worth up to $70 million from BAE Systems to develop the hard-kill Active Protection System (APS) for Future Combat System (FCS) vehicles under a three-phase agreement. The initial phase is pegged at $10 million.

Future Technologies

DRS Technologies Introduces M6000 and E6000 Thermal Imaging Engine and Module

DALLAS -- DRS Sensors & Targeting Systems - Infrared Technologies Division, a unit of DRS Technologies, Inc., announced today the product launch of the M6000 and E6000 uncooled thermal imaging engine and module. DRS's M6000 and E6000 are the first 640- by 480-pixel thermal imaging engine and module with a 25-micron pitch - a "first of its kind" product, representing a significant advancement in the developing uncooled infrared technology marketplace.

Defence Industry

Howitzer 2000 Tank Increases Range by More than 40 Percent

Howitzer 2000 Tank Increases Range by More than 40 Percent - Howitzer 2000 Tank fires V-LAP projectile more than 56 km - Successful test series in South Africa.

Defence Industry

ATK to Provide Mk44 30mm Cannon to Czech Republic

Minneapolis -- Alliant Techsystems has received a contract valued at approximately $20 million for Mk44 30mm cannon weapon systems that will be mounted on the Czech Republic’s PANDUR II Wheeled Armored Vehicles.