Defence Industry

Armoured personnel carriers of Morozov Design Bureau shall be equipped with German Deutz engines

Ukraine -- The leading enterprise in development of armoured equipment and artillery systems in Ukraine – Kharkov Morozov Machine-Building Design Bureau has fitted a German diesel engine Deutz into a new domestic special purpose armoured vehicle DOZOR-B.

Defence Industry

General Dynamics Delivers First Five Australian M1A1 Abrams Integrated Management Tanks

LIMA, Ohio -- During a ceremony at the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center - Lima, General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), delivered the first five of 59 M1A1 Abrams Integrated Management (AIM) tanks to the Commonwealth of Australia.

Contracts

AM General was awarded $76 million contract

AM General L.L.C., South Bend, Ind., was awarded on Feb. 10, 2006, a $75,731,226 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for production of M1152 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles.

Defence Industry

Large-calibre contracts go to Rheinmetall – Turkey and the Netherlands order ammunition worth EUR 79 million.

Turkey and the Netherlands have recently awarded Rheinmetall AG of Dusseldorf contracts for large-calibre ammunition worth some EUR 79 million.

Contracts

DRS Technologies Awarded $54 Million Contract to Produce Infrared Sighting Systems for U.S. Army Combat Vehicles

PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- DRS Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: DRS) announced today that it has received a $54 million contract to provide Horizontal Technology Integration (HTI) Second Generation Forward Looking Infrared (HTI SGF) sighting systems.

Defence Industry

U.S. Army and General Dynamics Ink Teaming Agreement Links Anniston Army Depot and defense industry for worldwide fleet management

FT.LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC), Program Executive Office Ground Combat Systems, Anniston Army Depot (ANAD) and General Dynamics Land Systems have signed an unprecedented teaming agreement on service and support of combat vehicles.

Defence Industry

NetFires LLC Successfully Completes Second Significant Program Milestone: Preliminary Design Review for NLOS-LS Container Launch Unit

TUCSON, Ariz., -- The NetFires Limited Liability Company (LLC), composed of Raytheon Missile Systems and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, successfully passed the Preliminary Design Review

Defence Industry

Turkey invites new bids for tanks

Undersecretariate for Defence Industry (SSM) of Turkey, being responsible for defence procurement in this country, officially invited bids for Turkish Main Battle Tank.

Contracts

Elbit Systems Wins $32 Million Contract to Supply Unmanned Turret Systems, Fire Control Systems and Additional Land Systems to Portuguese Army

Haifa, Israel -- Elbit Systems Ltd. signed a contract in the amount of approximately $32 million to supply Unmanned Turret Systems, Fire Control Systems and additional Land Systems to the Portuguese Army.

Defence Industry

Raytheon Demonstrates New Mobile Networking Capabilities

MCKINNEY, Texas -- During recent field exercises at Ft. Benning, Ga., Raytheon Company successfully demonstrated critical new mobile ad-hoc networking (MANET) capabilities - improvements in a network's ability to establish itself, in its ability to heal itself through data rate adaptation, and in its ability to fully integrate operations with legacy communications equipment via the network.

Contracts

General Dynamics Awarded $289 Million for IED Electronic Counter Measure Systems

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products has been awarded a $289 million contract from the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command (Quantico, Va.) to develop, design, integrate, produce and install Remote Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (RCIED) Electronic Counter Measure systems.

Defence Industry

BAE SYSTEMS Delivers 1,000 Transparent Armored Gun Shields For HMMWVs Under A U.S. Army TACOM Contract

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – BAE Systems has delivered the first 1,000 Transparent Armored Gun Shields (TAGS) to U.S. Army troops in Iraq under a contract worth up to $4.7 million from the U.S. Army's Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM).

Defence Industry

ESG Software Solution Enables Integrated Maintenance of German Army's Material Inventory

From now on, the Bundeswehr will be able to manage its material inventory in a more efficient and cost-effective manner.

Contracts

Lockheed Martin Awarded $9 Million to Build U.S. Army Technology Demonstration Vehicle

OWEGO, NY -- Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $9 million contract to build a technology demonstration vehicle for the second phase of the U.S. Army's Future Tactical Truck System Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (FTTS ACTD).

Contracts

Force Protection, Inc. Confirms $21 Million Contract for Buffalo Armored Vehicles

LADSON, S.C., The U.S. Army has issued an initial order to Force Protection, Inc. for approximately 19 Buffalo mine clearance vehicles to be used in Iraq and Afghanistan, the company announced today. The order for vehicles, training and field support is the first given under a procurement contract and is worth an estimated $21 million.