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US Army Orders 27 More Armored Knights

US Army Orders 27 More Armored Knights

M1200 Armored Knight Dec 10/09: Textron Systems Corp. in Slidell, LA, receives a $10 million firm-fixed-price letter-contract for 27 M1200 Armored Knights. Work is to be performed in Slidell, LA, with an estimated completion date of Dec 31/10. One bid was solicited...

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The US Marines’ M1 Abrams AEV/ABVs

The US Marines’ M1 Abrams AEV/ABVs

USMC M1-ABV(click to view full) Most main battle tanks have derivative Armored Engineering Vehicle variants. They sacrifice the main gun in order to provide powerful support for combat engineering tasks under fire, while keeping up with a mechanized brigade in any...

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Up to $45.4M to Tekla for NRL Airborne Sensor R&D

Up to $45.4M to Tekla for NRL Airborne Sensor R&D

The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) awarded a $7.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee-term contract to small business qualifier Tekla Research in Woodbridge, VA for research and development of electronic systems and embedded software for visible, electro-optic and...

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Indonesia Orders Up More Maritime Patrol Aircraft

Indonesia Orders Up More Maritime Patrol Aircraft

Dirgantara CN-235 MPA(click to view larger) Indonesia has more coastline to cover than almost any country in the world (2nd only to Canada), and its archipelago straddles one of the world's most important shipping chokepoints. On Dec 11/09, its defense ministry signed...

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