The UK MoD has confirmed in its Planning Round 2012 (PR12) announcement today that funding for its future Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV) pipeline, which includes the Specialist Vehicle (SV) programme, is part of its core programme of committed funding, thus protecting the core component of Force 2020 for the British Army.

AT Communication, has recently updated its Tactical Intercom System. The Tactical Intercom System is a highly configurable and modular intercom system suited to a range of wired and wireless intercom applications.

Cubic is showcasing its newly developed range of advanced training systems during the Special Operations and Homeland Security Exhibition (SOFEX) at the King Abdullah I Airbase in Jordan.

Finnish Forces shall resume participation in an UN operation in Lebanon mid May, 2012, after absence of five years. As earlier, also this time Sisu branded vehicles shall play a vital role in the theatre. This time the deployed vehicles include also the new ETP 8x8 trucks featuring the up-to-date armouring solutions of Sisu Defence.

OSHKOSH, Wis. -- Special forces worldwide need highly mobile tactical vehicles that meet the requirements of their unique mission profiles. Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, will be displaying two such vehicles at the Special Operations Forces Exhibition & Conference (SOFEX) in Amman, Jordan, May 7-10.

SLOVAKIA -- SITNO, the Slovak based company with one of its subsidiaries, PPS Vehicles, has teamed with BAE Systems Land Systems South Africa to offer the Tactical Remote Turret (TRT) to armed forces in the region.

STERLING HEIGHT -- The U.S. Army TACOM Lifecycle Management Command awarded General Dynamics Land Systems $31 million to begin upgrading 24 M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks and 22 M1A2 System Enhance Package (SEP) Version One (V1) tanks to the M1A2 SEP V2 configuration.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, a business unit of General Dynamics, was awarded a $6.9 million contract by the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command to convert more than 3,500 M2 heavy barrel (M2HB) machine guns to the M2A1 configuration.

General Dynamics (GD) Canada has unveiled its newly developed family of SD8000 smart displays with the quad-core 3rd generation Intel Core processor, designed to help military vehicles meet the critical computing-intense constraints of battlefield management.

Rheinmetall Defence of Dusseldorf and General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, have formed a tank ammunition joint venture company named Defense Munitions International, LLC (DMI). The new company will develop and market new and existing 120mm kinetic energy and multi-purpose cartridges for the U.S. and international tank ammunition markets.

Dunkeswell, Devon, UK -- The Australian Defence Material Organisation (DMO) has selected Supacat as Preferred Bidder for the Special Operations Vehicle element of the Project Definition and Evaluation phase (PD&E) of JP2097 Ph 1B (REDFIN) program and has awarded Supacat an initial contract for this phase.

Defence and security company Saab and the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a two year extension contract for the Deployable Tactical Engagement Simulation training system (DTES) Managed Service, used by the British Army. The order amounts to £ 11.7 million (approx. SEK 121 million), and was registered during the first quarter of 2012.

Personnel protection in Latin America is an increasing concern for corporate, municipal, federal and other government forces. Security and safety professionals will have an opportunity this week to learn more about the protected vehicle offerings from Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, at the LAAD Security 2012 exhibition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 10-12.

Bolzano – Iveco Defence Vehicles has completed delivery of its largest ever order in UK of 206 6x6 and 8x8 Trakkers to support the Royal Engineers on operations.