Abu Dhabi -- Tawazun Holding, the Abu Dhabi-based strategic investment firm, is the Lead Sponsor of this year's 11th Annual International Armoured Vehicles (IAV) conference and exhibition being held at FIVE, Farnborough, UK from 20th to 23rd Feb 2012.

San Diego, CA -- MillenWorks, a strategic business of Textron Marine & Land Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, introduced its new Battery Management System (BMS) at the SAE 2012 Hybrid Vehicle Technologies Symposium in San Diego.

OSHKOSH, Wis. -- Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK), is continuing its commitment to further improve protection and mobility for Warfighters on the changing battlefield with new enhancements for the U.S. Army and National Guard’s Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV). The result for soldiers is better underbody protection and noticeably improved vehicle performance and ride quality on rough terrain.

LAS VEGAS -- At this week’s World of Concrete trade show, Navistar’s Continental Mixers, LLC continued its commitment to the construction segment with the industry’s most diversified, integrated mixer truck product line-up and an array of innovative service solutions that deliver real results to a customer’s bottom line.

Combining unsurpassed survivability, compelling mobility and massive firepower, main battle tanks continue to form the backbone of strong modern armies. Designed primarily to take on and defeat enemy heavy armour, tank units today are more likely to find themselves operating in an asymmetric warfare context.

Compelling levels of tactical, operational and strategic mobility, outstanding combat effectiveness, and maximum survivability - all of these are key requirements for modern military systems, whether they operate on land, at sea or in the air.

Thanks to its indirect fire capability, artillery remains indispensable in modern combat operations, even in asymmetric conflicts.

WASHINGTON, D.C. –- Responding to the need to make gun shields easier to transport on vehicles, BAE Systems developed the Marine Corps Transparent Armored Gun Shield – Reducible (MCTAGS-R), a gunner protection system collapsible for shipment. The new gun shield will be on display at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) 2011 Annual Meeting & Exposition in Washington, D.C.

Outstanding levels of tactical, operational and strategic mobility, compelling combat effectiveness and maximum survivability are key requirements imposed on modern military vehicles today – whether they are designed primarily for combat, command and control, mission-specific roles or transport.

Costa Mesa, Calif. -- Ceradyne, Inc. announced the completion of an advanced technology HMMWV (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle) RECAP prototype that has been completed by Ceradyne Vehicle Armor Systems and Gravikor in a team effort to incorporate a spaceframe design.

On the second day of the exhibition “RussianExpoArms-2011” which was dedicated to the 75-th anniversary of UVZ this year, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin visited Nizhny Tagil.

Plasan - a global leader in the field of combat-proven survivability and armor solutions for vehicles, airborne platforms and personal protection - ushers in a new era in light-vehicle protection against RPGs with its introduction of FlexFence at DSEi, London, Stand N8-250.

DSEI, London -- Thales has been awarded a major contract for the integration of an advanced open vehicle electronic architecture system for the 257 new 8x8 armoured-wheeled vehicles of the Malaysian Army. Thales acts as a subcontractor of DEFTECH (DRB-HICOM Defence Technologies Sdn Bhd), the local company selected by the Malaysian Ministry of Defence for the design, development and manufacturing of the vehicles.

Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), Europe's market leader for highly portected wheeled and tracked vehicles presented a newly developed and increased power-rated version of the DINGO 2 wheeled vehicle at the opening of the security exhibition DSEi in London today.

At DSEi 2011 Supacat is unveiling the production standard Supacat Protected Vehicle 400 (SPV400), which has achieved new levels of reliability and significantly improved ride and handling as a result of an intensive year long development programme.