Future Technologies

Four new technology demonstrator programmes for the Future Rapid Effect System (FRES)

Four new contracts to help inform decisions on which technologies will be used for the Army's next generation of armoured fighting vehicles have been awarded by Atkins, the FRES Systems House, Minister for Defence Procurement Lord Drayson announced on 4 January 2006.

Defence Industry

PATRIA Requests An Investigation On Portuguese Vehicle Deal

Patria has submitted a request for investigation to the Public Attorney’s Office of the Administrative Court in Lisbon regarding the contract signed between the Portuguese State and Steyr Daimler Puch GmbH for the delivery of 260 Pandur II wheeled armoured vehicles.

Defence Industry

General Dynamics Delivers First Production Stryker MGS Vehicles

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. - General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, yesterday delivered the first two of 72 low-rate initial production (LRIP) Stryker Mobile Gun System (MGS) variant vehicles to the U.S. Army at Anniston (Ala.) Army Depot.

Defence Industry

New anti-armour weapon system for the Swedish Armed Forces

Following a joint development project between Sweden and the United Kingdom, FMV has placed an order for the NLAW (Next Generation Light Anti Armour Weapon) to be known as RB 57.

Defence Industry

Saab Wins MSEK 140 Order for Fire Control System

Saab Systems has received an order worth MSEK 140 from Land Systems Hagglunds AB for the UTAAS Fire Control System for the Danish Army`s CV9035 Combat Vehicles.

Defence Industry

New Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle (AIFV) for the German Army: The Puma on the road to success – Prototype presented to the customer

Kassel. A prototype of the new AIFV Puma for the German Army was today presented to the contracting authority. PSM GmbH, Kassel, responsible as prime contractor, has thus met an important contractual milestone with the presentation of the so-called system demonstrator on 20 December 2005.

Contracts

BAE Systems Wins GBP £123 Million Armoured Vehicle Conntract

BAE SYSTEMS has won a £123 million order to supply 45 CV9035 Infantry Fighting Vehicles to the Danish Army. This latest order brings the number of CV90 series customers to six, underlining its position as the European combat vehicle alternative.

Defence Industry

ORCWS 25-30 Unmanned Turret System Completes Field Trials

Haifa, Israel: Elbit Systems has reported that its Overhead Remote Control Weapon Systems ORCWS 25-30 has successfully completed a series of firing tests. The ORCWS 25-30 is a fully stabilized, dual-axis overhead unmanned turret system with 25 or 30 mm automatic cannons.

Defence Industry

100 DURO IIIP for the German Bundeswehr

Kreuzlingen - at the end of November the Kreuzlingen based technology enterprise MOWAG GmbH received an order from the German Rheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH, Kassel (RLS) for the production of 100 DURO IIIP basic vehicles.

Defence Industry

Denmark selects the EAGLE IV as their new Armoured Patrol Vehicle

Hjorring, Denmark - On December 09, 2005 the Danish Army Materiel Command (DAMC) and MOWAG GmbH - a General Dynamics company - signed a contract for the delivery of 85 units plus a small number for training and logistic reserve EAGLE IV 4x4 Armoured Patrol Vehicles (APV), including initial logistic support and services with a total value of close to 50 Million Swiss Francs (approx. US$ 38 Million).

Contracts

Elbit Systems of America`s Subsidiary, Kollsman, Awarded $33.6 Million Initial Orders for Long Range Thermal Imagers for the USMC

HAIFA, Israel --- Elbit Systems Ltd. reported that its U.S. subsidiary Kollsman, Inc., was awarded initial orders in the amount of $33.6 million to provide high-performance Thermal Binocular System Long Range Thermal Imagers (LRTI) for the U.S. Marine Corps.

Defence Industry

General Dynamics Delivers First Production Stryker NBC Reconnaissance Vehicles

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. --- General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, delivered its first two low-rate initial production (LRIP) Stryker Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle (NBCRV) variants to the U.S. Army yesterday at Anniston (Ala.) Army Depot. General Dynamics will deliver 17 NBCRV variants during low-rate production, through March 2006.

Future Technologies

SEP T2 – a milestone in the development of a new Swedish military vehicle

SEP T2 Land Systems Hagglunds has taken an important step in the development of SEP, the Swedish military vehicle of tomorrow.

Robots

Unique Autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicle (AUGV) The Spotter Unveiled

Holon, Israel -- Tadiran Electronic Systems, a member of the Elisra Group and a recognized expert in C4I systems for the modern battlefield, has just debuted the Spotter, a new and unique tele-operated Autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicle (AUGV) that is the state-of-the-art in its field.

Defence Industry

Rosoboronexport has signed a contract on supply of air defence systems to Iran

On behalf of the Government of the Russian Federation Rosoboronexport State Corporation has signed a contract on supply of air defence systems to Iran.