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BAE Systems Receives New MRAP Vehicle Orders Worth $322 M from U.S. Marine Corps BAE Systems has received two new delivery orders from the U.S. Marine Corps totaling $322 million for 600 RG33 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles. BAE Systems is currently contracted to build three of the five MRAP variants, and now under contract to deliver 1,462 Category I vehicles and 1,176 Category II vehicles. Under the first delivery order, worth $278.4 million, BAE Systems will deliver 399 RG33 Category II 6x6 vehicles and 112 RG33 Category II 6x6 MRAP Ambulance variant vehicles. The second delivery order, worth $44.3 million, calls for the delivery of 89 RG33 Category I 4x4 MRAP United States Special Operations Command variant vehicles and vehicle sustainment Integrated Logistic Support. Deliveries are expected to be completed by March 2008 for the Category I RG33 4x4 vehicles, and April 2008 for the Category II RG33 vehicles. This award, when combined with previous contracts, brings the total value of the contracts BAE Systems has been awarded on RG33 MRAP vehicles to $627.5 million. The total number of vehicles ordered to date is 292 in the Category I 4x4 variant and 843 in the Category II 6x6 variant. The new vehicle design and production was accomplished in record time as a result of the company's expertise and long history of designing mine protected and mine hardened vehicles in South Africa and providing high survivability combat vehicles in the U.S. The highly survivable RG33 incorporates a monocoque V-shaped hull design and compound armor recipe that leverages knowledge gained in recent and ongoing conflicts. This allows the vehicle to be driven away after being subject to threats that would completely destroy normal vehicles and disable other mine protected vehicles. More than 1,500 BAE Systems employees in the US and 400 in South Africa are producing vehicles with the support of suppliers in more than 30 states across the U.S. Source: BAE Systems Raytheon to Proceed with the Warfighter FOCUS Program General Dynamics joins the Warrior Training Alliance. The U.S. Army has directed Raytheon Company to proceed with consolidating the Army's live, virtual and constructive training operations and support systems worldwide under the Warfighter Field Operations Customer Support (FOCUS) contract. The Raytheon-led Warrior Training Alliance (WTA) will move forward with General Dynamics Information Technology as a key member of the team. Source: Raytheon General Dynamics Receives $11 M Contract for Abrams Tank System Technical Support The U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, an $11.2 million contract modification for Abrams Tank System Technical Support (STS). The award will fund engineering studies on Abrams tanks to identify improvements and replace obsolete parts to maintain the tanks at high operational readiness rates. The work will be performed by existing General Dynamics Land Systems employees in Sterling Heights, Michigan. It is expected to be completed by December 31, 2011. Source: General Dynamics |
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