Contracts

U.S. Army Looks to New ASV

Textron Marine & Land, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, has been awarded a contract modification by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command (TACOM) to manufacture 64 Armored Security Vehicles (ASV) for a new configuration called the M707 Armored Knight. Approximately $35 million or 75 percent of the contract value has been awarded, pending final contract negotiations.

Defence Industry

BAE Systems Delivers First FCS Communications Payloads

BAE Systems has delivered the first communications payloads composed of Joint Tactical Radio System Ground Mobile Radio Systems under the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program. Delivery of the system to Boeing, FCS lead system integrator, is a major step in the Army's plans to deploy the software-programmable radios on current-force Abrams tanks, Bradley Combat Systems, and High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV).

Defence Industry

Plasan Sasa Announces Up-armoring of MACK's GRANITE and ITEC's MXT Platforms

Plasan Sasa, a global leader in the field of combat-proven ballistic armor solutions used in a variety of applications - for land-based vehicles, air-based platforms, and personal protection - announces two projects to armor MACK's Granite Truck and International Truck and Engine Company's (ITEC) MXT platforms.

Defence Industry

BAE Systems Features RG-33L - New Mine-protected Vehicle

BAE Systems has leveraged the combined strengths of its global land business to create its new 6x6 Mine-Protected Vehicle, to be unveiled Monday to military leadership at the largest U.S. industry event showcasing technologies and capabilities for the U.S. Army.

Contracts

General Dynamics Won $189 Million Contract for New LAV-A2 for U.S. Marine Corps

The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems, a contract for $189 million for 151 new eight-wheeled Light Armored Vehicles (LAV-A2) in various configurations.

Contracts

ATK Receives More Than $45M in New Medium-caliber Ammunition Business

Minneapolis, October 6, 2006 -- Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK), the nation's leading supplier of medium-caliber training and tactical ammunition, has received two contracts, totaling more than $45 million, to supply 30mm PGU-15 Training Practice and 25mm M792 High Explosive Incendiary rounds to the U.S. Joint Munitions Command and the U.S. Army Tank, Automotive and Armament Command, respectively. If additional options are exercised, the total value of the two contracts could approach $60 million.

Contracts

GD Awarded USD $27M Contract to Supply RG-31 Mk5 Mine Protected Vehicles to the U.S. Army

LONDON, Ontario, Canada -- The U.S. Army Tank Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM), in support of the Program Executive Office for Combat Support and Combat Service Support (PEO CS&CSS), has awarded a contract for USD$27.2 million to General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada to provide 60 RG-31 Mk5 Mine Protected Vehicles, with an option for 34 additional vehicles. General Dynamics Land Systems, the Canadian company's parent corporation, is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).

Contracts

US Army Awarded General Dynamics $155 Million Contract for 109 Strykers

The U.S. Army has awarded delivery orders for a total of 109 Stryker wheeled combat vehicles from General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics. These three recent orders are valued at $155 million and increase the Army's fiscal year 2006 Stryker procurement to a total of 518 vehicles.

Defence Industry

PVI And RAFAEL Annonce New Protected Combat Vehicle

North Charleston, SC -- Protected Vehicles, Inc. and RAFAEL Armament Development Authority, Ltd. announced today that they have developed a new and superior wheeled combat vehicle.

Future Technologies

MTI MICRO Demonstrates MOBION® Uunits For Key Customer

MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc. (MTI Micro), the developer of the award-winning Mobion® micro fuel cell technology and a subsidiary of Mechanical Technology Incorporated, announced today it achieved its third quarter milestone of demonstrating a product-intent military portable power system with its Mobion®-30M product platform.

Contracts

General Dynamics Awarded $45 Million Contract to Produce MK19 Grenade Machine Guns

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, a business unit of General Dynamics, was awarded a $44.5 million contract by U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC for the production of MK19 grenade machine guns. Deliveries will commence in January 2007 and extend through December 2008.

Contracts

Stewart & Stevenson Tactical Vehicle Systems L.P. was awarded order amount of $24,791,268

Stewart & Stevenson Tactical Vehicle Systems L.P., Sealy, Texas, was awarded on Sept. 26, 2006, a delivery order amount of $24,791,268 as part of a firm-fixed-price contract for refurbishment of Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles.

Defence Industry

Globecomm Systems Receives $2.7M Contract Mod. to Support the Afghan National Army

Globecomm Systems Inc., a global provider of end-to-end satellite-based communications solutions, received a contract modification in the amount of $2.7 million to support a communication network for the Afghan National Army (ANA).

Training And Simulators

FATS Awarded U.S. Army National Guard Contract for Weapons Simulators

FATS Inc. was awarded a $2.3 million contract for weapons simulators in support of the U.S. Army National Guard's fielded Combat Arms Training Systems.

Term of the day

Coaxially Mounted Machine Gun (Coaxial Machine Gun)

It is a machine gun that is mounted alongside the main armament and used against suitable targets in order to save main armament ammunition.