New armored vehicle contracts for BAE Systems in Finland and Norway have taken land sales to Nordic countries above $215 million in the past two months, underpinning the strength of the company's export portfolio. The company has won a contract to supply 16 RG32M mine-hardened patrol vehicles to the Finland Defence Force, worth more than EUR 6 million ($8
Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK), has received two awards valued at more than $79 million from the TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) to supply more than 1,750 add-on rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) protection kits and more than 1,000 kits to support remote weapon systems for the MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV). Work for both orders is expected to be completed in September 2010
Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has received a $12 million order from the U.S
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Infrastructure Defense Technologies, LLC (IDT) today announced that it has submitted a Bid Protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), to try to reverse the Defense Logistics Agency's (DLA) award of a U.S
The Pentagon has ordered more than 1,300 new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles, or MRAPs, with newly built independent suspension systems designed to improve the blast-protected vehicles' off-road performance in Afghanistan. The improved suspension is aimed at providing better off-road capability in the rough Afghan terrain
Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems, Network Communication Systems, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $28,391,903 contract for all material and services to support the system development and demonstration phase through critical design review for the three capabilities (dismounted, mounted, and fixed site) of the Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare (JCREW) 3
BAE Systems is the first non-US company to lead SIPRI's Top 100 list of the largest arms-producing companies With arms sales reaching $32.4 billion in 2008
The German Defence Procurement Agency (BWB) has commissioned Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) to supply 44 all-protected battle damage repair vehicles based on the DINGO 2. The task of the battle damage repair contingent (in German GSI contingent) is to eliminate combat and wear damage to vehicles as fast as possible and restore their ability to function
BAE Systems Land & Armaments LP Ground Systems Division is being awarded an $82,146,792 contract for the purchase of field service representative support for the installation of the independent suspension kits and engineering change proposal kits on the MRAP RG-33 vehicles. Work will be performed at the MRAP sustainment facilities in Iraq and Afghanistan, and work is expected to be completed by May 2011