Defence Industry

India To Purchase SMERTCH MLRS From Russia

INTERFAX news agency reports about signing of contract for supply of two regiment sets of Russian-made Smertch Multiple Launcher Rocket System to India.


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Future Technologies

RAFAEL Introduces Personal Ceramic Armor Especially Designed For The Modern Soldier

Haifa, -- RAFAEL Armament Development Authority Ltd. has received an order valued at $2.2M for ultra lightweight personal ceramic armor intended to protect the individual soldier on the modern battlefield.


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Defence Industry

Metal Storm wins US funding for munitions development

Metal Storm Limited today announced that its subsidiary Metal Storm, Inc had been awarded a two year contract worth approximately A$975,000 from the US Army’s Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) for the design, prototyping and demonstration of Metal Storm less-than-lethal munitions.


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Future Technologies

LOCKHEED MARTIN Develops Multi-Sensor System For Target Detection And Identification

Lockheed Martin has developed and operationally demonstrated a new multi-sensor system that provides unique high-resolution, three-dimensional target imaging for military and civil applications.


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Contracts

ATK Awarded $166 Million in New Orders for Small-caliber Ammunition

Minneapolis -- Alliant Techsystems, the largest supplier of small-caliber ammunition to the United States military, has received additional small-caliber orders from the U.S. Army Field Service Command, Rock Island, Ill., worth more than $166 million.


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Defence Industry

New Leading Edge Combat Equipment for Australian Army

Close combat units within the Australian Defence Force (ADF) will be better equipped to defeat enemy forces on the battlefield following the introduction of new leading edge communications.


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Defence Industry

PANDUR II 8x8 WITH RAFAEL RCWS 30

A special version equipped with a remote controlled weapon station (RCWS) cal. 30mm of Rafael.


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Defence Industry

Force Protection Armored Vehicles Win Praise from Combat Troops in Iraq

LADSON, S.C. -- Force Protection, Inc. has received accolades from military users for its specialty armored vehicles which have been deployed in active operations in Iraq and Afghanistan for nearly three years.


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Army

TERRIER Training Contract For BAE Systems Integrated System Technologies

As part of the TERRIER® programme BAE Systems Integrated System Technologies (Insyte) has been awarded a contract to provide TERRIER Training Systems. This contract was won in competition against several other Simulation and Training companies.


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Defence Industry

Three Successful Tests of the Guided MLRS Unitary Rocket

DALLAS -- Lockheed Martin successfully conducted three flight tests of Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Unitary rockets recently in three separate missions at White Sands Missile Range, NM.


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Contracts

Armor Holdings Receives $58 Million In New Military Awards and $18.3 Million of Exercisable Options for 2006

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., -- Armor Holdings, a leading manufacturer of security products and vehicle armor systems serving military, law enforcement, homeland security and commercial markets, announced today the recent receipt of new orders totaling $58 million for individual equipment and heavy tactical wheeled vehicle armor components.


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Defence Industry

PANDUR II was the first in Czech tender

According to ITAR-TASS, the subsidiary company of the American General Dynamics, Steyr-Daimler-Puch has won the tender for supply of armoured personnel carrier to Czech Army.


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Defence Industry

Industry Alliance Bids for U.S. Army Strategic Services Sourcing Program

MCKINNEY, Texas, -- Three of the largest and most capable defense companies have formed a long-term strategic alliance that positions it to bid for the U.S. Army's Strategic Services Sourcing (S3) program and similar procurements.


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Defence Industry

40 PIRANHA I 6x6 Ambulance Vehicles

Kreuzlingen -- the Kreuzlingen based technology enterprise MOWAG GmbH received an order from armasuisse for the re-role of 40 PIRANHA I 6x6 Panzerjagern (Tank Hunter) vehicles to protected ambulances.


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Future Technologies

8 PIRANHA IIIC 8x8 Electronic Warfare Vehicles (EWVs)

Kreuzlingen -- the Kreuzlingen based technology enterprise MOWAG GmbH received an order from armasuisse for the production of eight PIRANHA IIIC 8x8 vehicles as platforms for the Integrated Radio Surveillance and Transmitter System. The vehicles will be produced in Kreuzlingen and delivered to armasuisse by the end of 2007.


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