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Features: November 2009 French, German Troops Evaluate Advanced Warfighting during ARTIST Combat Experiment New Armored Vehicles Exhibition Attracts Industry Attention Proposals are in for FRES -SV October 2009 Airbag RPG Countermeasure Completes First Testing Phase Combat Vehicles on Display at AUSA 2009 JLTV Demonstrators are Shaping Up for Testing Mobile Survivable Vehicle - New Siblings Expand the ASV Family Vehicle Demonstrator Charts the GDLS Led Team Charts the Growth Path for the Stryker Hightech Road Warriors U.S. Army Defines Ground Combat Vehicles (GCV) Priorities September 2009 BAE Systems Introduces the RG35, Cross Over Armored Mine Protected Vehicle Ranger: a Hybrid Vehicle designed for Hybrid Battle British MOD Launches the first phase of FIST Acquisition Program Innovative Designs Pursue new Opportunities for Light Patrol Vehicle British MOD Evaluates Foreign Designs for the FRES Scout Vehicle Singapore to field 135 Terrex Infantry Combat Vehicles U.S. Army is Seeking Developers, Suppliers for a new family of Ground Combat Vehciles August 2009 Introducing New Technologies to the Warfighter New Networking for the BCT U.S. Army Reshaping Requirements for the Future Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) New Equipment to Modernize Combat Brigades Reshaping Future Combat Systems by Modernizing Brigade Combat Teams Oshkosh Receives Second M-ATV Production Contract July 2009 British MOD Calls for Rapid Replacement for Scimitar CVR(T) June 2009 Oshkosh to Launch Special Operations SandCat Armored Vehicle at DVD Oshkosh Wins Order for 2244 M-ATV Armored Vehicles IDF Approves Acquisition of Active protection Systems for Namer AIFVs May 2009: General Dynamics, Rafael to Replace the Strykers' SLAT Protection Cages with Reactive Armor Elbit Provides remotely operated 12.7mm weapon stations for Austrian Armored MLVs Panthers are Underway to Support British Troops in Afghanistan Jordan to Upgrade 300 M-113A1s Armored Personnel Carriers Force Protection Q1 Revenues Decline by the MRAP Downturn BAE Systems, Oshkosh, Force Dynamics and Navistar Receive Preliminary M-ATV Contracts, and Advance to Final Military Testing Phase April 2009: U.S. Marines Favor Upgrading existing MRAP over new M-ATV France orders the Aravis - All-Terrain Armored Personnel Carrier IVECO Introduces an Amphibious 8x8 Armored Vehicle Platform British Forces in Afghanistan to get new Jackal 2, Coyotes by Automn this year Spanish GTD Teams with Nexter to Offer VBCI to Spain Gates takes aim at EFV - the Marine Corps' Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle Brazilian Defense Forces, Iveco to Unveil New APC at LAAD Israeli Tomcar All-Terrain Vehicles to Support British Forces in Afghanistan FPI Upgrades Cougar MRAP with Oshkosh Independent Suspension Anglo-American Effort Improves British Logistics Vehicle Protection March 2009: MRAP - All Terrain Vehicle - Gearing up for Rough Rides Austria's new LMV to mount new Weapon Stations British Army Prepares the RidgeBack for Missions in Afghanistan December 2008 Swiss Army to Receive 244 Armored carriers and NBC Vehicles From Bronco to Warthog - Singaporean Carriers for the Royal Marines November 2008 FCS Program Demonstrates 'Quick Kill' against RPG £British Forces in Afghanistan to Receive 1,200 New Armored Vehicles Sweden Plans to Equip Mechanized Battalions Wheeled APCs by 2014 TACOM Awards Oshkosh FHTV Order worth $1.2 Billion US Army Set to Announce JLTV Winners AUSA 2008: Industry Teams Show Progress Toward JLTV Armored Vehicles Receive Improved IED Protection via UOR Norwegian Protectors for Slovenian Armored Vehicles (AMVs) Israel is Seeking to Achieve 'Land Dominance' in the Battlefield Addressing the call for better maneuverability, the IDF Plans to Increase Land Forces Survivability IDF Unveils the Namer - the Latest Heavy Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle IDF, Industry Explore Improvements in Vehicle Protection US Army Outlines Future Improvements for the Stryker September 2008 NP Aerospace Awarded £60 million contract for new Mastiff 2 Navistar Awarded $752 Million for 800+ 'MRAP-Lite' MaxxPro Vehicles Spain is Buying 100 South African RG-31Mod5 Armored Vehicle August 2008 BAE Systems Upgrade the Protection of 500 Caiman MRAPs GDLS Awarded $145 Million for 62 Stryker Mobile Gun Systems July 2008 Northrop Grumman, Oshkosh JLTV Undergoes Successful Armor Testing German Air-Force to Get 54 New Dingo Armored Vehicles from KMW June 2008 IMI To Unveil the new Wildcat at Eurosatory 08 Afghan Challenge for the Armored SRATS (renamed 'ELSROV') First FCS's All-Automatic, Ultra-lightweight 155mm Howitzer unveiled KMW, GD Introduce an Autonomous, Air-deployable Self Propelled Artillery May 2008 Greece Commissions First Leopard 2A6 HEL Tank IMI's Wildcat to Debut at Eurosatory 08 KMW, Rheinmetall Defense Launch New AFV Families Britain Selects Piranha V for Future FRES Utility Platform PICS will Alert Army Units on Incoming Rocket, Missile Attacks Protector Weapon Stations for the French Army March 2008 $1.14 Billion Orders Sustain MRAP Production Through 2008 Ensign-Bickford to Supply Reactive Armor for the Abrams Tank February 2008 British Warriors Get New Armor Force Protection to Deliver Cougars, Buffalos to NATO Armies U.S. Army Awards M1A1 Upgarade into M1A2 SEP(V2) Sweden Cancells SEP Armored Vehicle Program Portuguese Armor Modernized with Leopard 2A6, Pandur II French Army Receives 100th Upgraded AMX10RC January 2008 US Forces Suffer Fatality in the new MRAP New Enterprise for Armored vehicles to be Established in Omsk BAE Systems details USMC Order for MRAP II Tests BAE Systems' RG-33 Selected for US Army MMPV Northrop Grumman to Lead JLTV Team with Oshkosh Truck Corp. ATK, ADG (Mecar) team to Modernize Stocks of Aging Tank Ammo T-95 Main Battle Tanks & Tank Support to Augment Russian Armor Units 'Digitized Combat Group' demonstrates Advantages of Integrated Sensors December 2007 DoD Releases $2.66 billion for MRAP, MRAP II IMI Introduces a new design for the Wildcat Armored Vehicle Czech Pandur II Order Scrapped British Medium Protected patrol Vehicle Shifts into Higher Gear Marines Reduce MRAP Order to 2,300 Vehicles AxleTech, Eaton Team to Offer JLTV Components November 2007 Heavy Armor at AUSA 2007 Panoramic Vision for Armored Fighting Vehicles Trophy for the MRAP? BAE Presents Industry Team for FRES Vehicle Integration Dutch Army is Seeking 10 Additional Australian Bushmasters US Army Aewards GDLS $89 Million For M-1A2 Upgrades Gearing Up For the Joint Light Tactical vehicle Light but Protected - Near-term HMMWV Replacements Protecting against Blast Remote Weapon Systems Panoramic Vision Systems October 2007 Armored vehicles at DSEi 07 Future Rapid Effects Systems (FRES) Program Update WLIP - Warrior Lethality Improvement Program British Medium Protected Patrol Vehicle (MPPV) Program Active Protection Systems Are Maturing Armored Vehicle Systems at DSEi 07 Three MRAP Producers will Share future Orders Worth $8.2 Billion USMC Releases New Orders for 2,288 MRAPs Lockheed Martin's teams with Patria to Expand AFV Offering September 2007 Vehicle Armoring - MRAP and Beyond IDF Launches the Namer, Merkava based AIFV Program August 2007 US Army TACOM To Improve the Protection of Bradley, Strykers GDLS Receives more M-1A2 SEP Work US Army Orders RG-31 Based Category II MRAP RAFAEL Unveils Trophy Retrofit Integrated into Merkava Mk 4 British Army Evaluates Boxer, VBCI and Pirhana FRES UV July 2007 Ceradyne, I3 and Oshkosh Team to run the Bull for MRAP International Receives Orders for 755 more MRAPs FCS Team Gets Green Light for NLOS-Cannon Production PVI Introduces New Armor Protecting Against EFPs BAE Systems' LORD Aluminum Based Counter-RPG Bar-Armor Pentagon Opts for Bigger RG-33s Armor Holdings to Supply 1,170 MRAPs IMI Introduces an "Urban Fighter" M-113 7 killed as Canadian RG-31Fail to Stop an RSIED in Afghanistan Many More MRAPs Down the Road GDLS to Deliver 165 New AFVs for Stryker Brigade Teams June 2007 International Awarded Long Awaited Order for 1200 MRAP Vehicles KMW Introduces the Grizzly Highly Protected Vehicle May 2007 Proposed Cuts Could Eliminate FCS' All Manned Ground Vehicles Raytheon Delivers Two Radar Systems for Quick-Kill APS Spartan to Produce Chassis for MRAPs for $100 Million DOD Mandated Report Questions Army Active Protection Selection BAE Systems to Acquire Armor Holdings for $4.1 Billion Israel's TROPHY Defenses Awaiting Procurement Funding April 2007 Force Protection to Produce 1,000 MRAP Vehicles for the USMC Lightweight Ammunition Magazine for Future Combat Systems BAE Systems Eying Indian Armored Vehicle Opportunities Canada Acquires 120 Surplus Leopard 2 Tanks India Floats Self Propelled Artillery Tenders MRM-CE Hits a T-72 Through Non-Visual Engagement Britain Orders More Cougars March 2007 Force protection Offload Production to Armor Holdings Tank Crews 'Check Six' Via New Rear View Camera Korean New Tank Proposed for Turkish MBT Program Market for 7,600 New Tanks Within the Next Decade BAE Systems Unveil the Future Mortar Firing Platform February 2007 Oshkosh to deliver Alpha for USMC's MRAP Program PVI, RAFAEL to supply 60 Golan MRAP Vehicles USMC Awards $79 million for foreign MRAP designs Orders worth US$122 M. Launch MRAP Production DRS deliver IR Sights for U.S. Army Combat Vehicles Army Unable to Confirm US$ 38 Billions Spent on Reset January 2007 BAE Systems, GDLS/C Offer RG-31 Mod 5 for MRAP US Navy Invests $1.6 Million to Demonstrate 'Smart Armor' US Army Continues Reset of Bradley Fleet British Team to Explore Vehicle Survivability Enhancements Leopard 2 based Engineer Vehicle for the Swiss Army Elbit to fit Belgian Piranhas with 30 mm Turrets India Waives Local Assembly, Buy T-90C from Russia Lebanon War Analysis - Assessment of the Merkava tank performance General Tactical Vehicles - New JV to Bid on JLTV Raven CROWS to Protect Australian Bushmasters Norwegian Army to Upgrade M113s Protector Remote weapon Stations for Swiss Piranhas
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2006 features: (more 2006 news) AUSA 06 coverage Defendory 06 coverage Armored fighting vehicles at AUSA 06 Armored vehicles at Defendory 2006 Up-armored vehicles - Heavier Platforms Required Armored Trucks Advanced protection technologies at AUSA 06 AUSA 06 - Active protection systems Israel to Pursue Active Protection for Tanks, Light AFVs IDF Continues Merkava Mk 4 Evolution French Army Urban Warfare Evaluations The move toward remotely controlled cannons Advanced tank ammunition Tracked Armored Fighting Vehicles Plasan Customizes a Ford Truck into an Urban Combat Vehicle IMI to Introduce new Active Protection System at Eurosatory 2006 M-1 Tank Urban Survivability Kit Armor Formations and Maneuver in Urban terrain Tank Firepower Adapted for Urban Warfare Improving Visibility when "Buttoned Up" in Tanks Operations or Armored Forces in Urban Area

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