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KMW delivers new DINGO variant to German Army

Krauss-Maffei Wegmann has signed a contract with representatives of the Federal Office for Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB) in Koblenz covering the delivery of a demonstrator for a new DINGO variant.

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Over 100 DURO vehicles for the United Kingdom

At the end of July the Defense Procurement Agency in the UK signed up for the delivery of 35 multipurpose military-type DURO vehicles from MOWAG GmbH. This is the third contract with the British Army within the last nine months. In total, 101 DURO vehicles have been ordered. Following completion of production and delivery of these three contracts, 198 DURO will be in operation in the UK.

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First Turkish 'Armored Internal Security Vehicle' designed by Otokar

Otokar, the leader manufacturer of the Turkish Defense Industry added a new armored vehicle among the globally known and preferred others. Otokar's new vehicle designed by the Otokar engineers according to developing homeland security concept.

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Raytheon/NetFires LLC successfully Completes Preliminary Design Review for NLOS-LS Precision Attack Missile

TUCSON, Ariz., -- Raytheon Company and the NetFires Limited Liability Company (LLC), a company composed of Raytheon Missile Systems and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, successfully passed a preliminary design review for the Non Line of Sight-Launch System (NLOS-LS) Precision Attack Missile (PAM).

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Aerojet Wins TOW Bunker Buster Warhead Contract

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Aerojet, a GenCorp Inc. company, has been awarded a contract with Raytheon Missile Systems to assemble, qualify and produce TOW Bunker Buster warheads. Aerojet's contract is valued at more than $8 million.

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Theissen Delivers 23 Containers of Deployable Training Systems

Theissen Training Systems GmbH (TSS) has delivered 23 containers of deployable training systems from the production facility “De Rijk” in Belgium.

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Ukrainian armored vehicle manufacturers get federal support

Kharkiv, October 25. The President of Ukraine V.Yuschenko during his visit to Kharkiv was a guest of the Malyshev plant – main Ukrainian manufacturer of armored vehicles and confirmed the defence orders for the next year.

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BAE Systems IAAPS Program Defeats Objective Tank-Fired Threats On-The-Move Under TARDEC Survivability Program

BAE Systems, under the U.S. Army’s Tank and Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Centre (TARDEC) survivability program, has achieved new milestones in the Integrated Army Active Protection System (IAAPS) program.

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Saab awarded US $65M in new delivery orders for Ultra Lightweight Camouflage Net Systems products from the US Defense

Saab Barracuda LLC was awarded two delivery orders totaling U.S. $65 Million for Ultra Lightweight Camouflage Net System (ULCANS) from the U.S. Defense.

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RAFAEL Offers Newly Armored Vehicles To The US Army And NATO Forces

Haifa, -- RAFAEL Armament Development Authority has released two new light armored vehicles, together with partners FPI and International, which are intended for the US Army and NATO Forces.

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Teledyne Brown Develops First Armored Multi-Purpose Troop Carrier System Protects Against Most Fragments from Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs)

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc. has developed, built and tested an armored troop carrier system, the Multipurpose Troop Transport Carrier System (MTTCS), which is designed to protect soldiers from small arms fire and most fragments from Improvised Explosive Devises (IEDs).

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Gavial, a new tactical vehicle for the Bundeswehr: Rheinmetall and Panhard/Auverland enter cooperation agreement

Rheinmetall and Panhard/Auverland have agreed to work together in the field of wheeled, 5 ton-class armoured vehicles for the German market.

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BAE Systems Signs Co-operation Agreement With Turkish Defence Company For Wheeled Armoured Vehicles

BAE Systems Land Systems OMC has announced an agreement with Turkish private sector defence company FNSS Savunma Sistemleri A.S. (FNSS) for the joint marketing and supply of wheeled armoured vehicles to the Turkish Armed Forces.

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U.S. Increases Order for Combat-Tested Javelin

TUCSON, Ariz. -- On the heels of a $119 million contract from the U.S. Army in May, the Raytheon-Lockheed Martin Javelin Joint Venture (JV) received a $110 million modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for Javelin Anti-tank Weapon System production.

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General Dynamics Selected as Preferred Prime System Integrator for Phase 1 of AUS$800 Million Australian Battlespace Communications Systems Project

OTTAWA -- General Dynamics Canada, along with its Australian partners ADI Limited and Tenix Defence, has been selected by the Commonwealth of Australia as the Preferred Prime System Integrator for the first phase of the Battlespace Communications System (Land) project, referred to as JP 2072 valued at AUS$97 (US$74) million.