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FT. LAUDERDALE, FL, February 16, 2005 - Battelle and United Defense Industries, Inc. (NYSE: UDI), have teamed to develop and demonstrate a prototype fuel cell auxiliary power unit (APU) on a Bradley Fighting Vehicle that is designed to increase fuel efficiency and reduce logistics burden for the U.S. Army.
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YORK, PA, February 14, 2005 - United Defense Industries, Inc. has received two separate contracts for the Bradley program; a change order not to exceed $54 million and a contract modification for $14.2 million.
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Defence Industry |
The government of the Republic of Zimbabwe received a new batch of weapons from China. Under the conditions of the weapons supply embargo imposed on Zimbabwe in 2000 by the European Union because of human rights violations, the government headed by Robert Mugabe continuous to develop clandestine military trade relations with China and other Asian countries, informs Zim Online (www.zwnews.com).
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The first of Georgia’s 550 troops whose deployment will nearly triple the Caucasus nation’s tiny contingent in Iraq left March 1 for the war-torn country.
“I order you to all return safe and sound,” armed forces chief Levan Nikoleishvili said at a send-off ceremony outside of Tbilisi.
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An Abu Dhabi-based company announced Feb. 27 it was setting up a small-arms manufacturing facility with international assistance, the first such plant in the United Arab Emirates.
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Defence Industry |
Russian defence-related products are sold to just under 60 countries. This was claimed by Sergey Chemezov, Director General of Rosoboronexport, in his interview to the Independent Military Review (nvo.ng.ru).
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France is losing its positions in the world's arms market, being forced out by American, Russian and Israeli companies, says the Internet publication Expatica.com.
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Defence Industry |
According to the Israeli publishing house Ha'aretz, Russian President Vladimir Putin has informed Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon that Russia intends to sell some air defence systems to Syria.
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A contract for supply of six Tunguska-M1 systems to Morocco has been signed and will come into force in the nearest future.
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Defence Industry |
MBDA and Bharat Dynamics Limited have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development and production of a further version of Milan anti-tank missile named Milan ER or Indan. The agreement was signed during Aero India 2005 exhibition at Bangalore, India.
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The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation intends to place a order with Kurganmashzavod for new infantry fighting vehicles.
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Mexico has bought a batch of Russian-made Ural lorries. The contract concluded between the Mexican Department of the Navy and the Russian Rosoboronexport State-owned Foreign Trade Company, envisages supply of 22 vehicles in 2005.
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Early in February the German government blocked the signing of the contract for supply of Dingo 2 armoured vehicles from the USA to Israel. The move was caused by the apprehension that the vehicles can be used by the Israeli Army against the Palestinians.
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Having been comprehensively trialled by the German Army units deployed in Kosovo (KFOR) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (SFOR), the FAUST command and control system (C2) is starting to enter service with Bundeswehr.
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USA is planning to send in spring 2005 a first batch of 18 remore-controlled armed robots to participate in military operations in Iraq.
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C1 Ariete AMV (Modernization of the vehicle)
C1 Ariete (Main battle tank)
M1074 JABS Wolverine (Armoured vehicle-launched bridge)
M1150 ABV Shredder (Mine clearing vehicle)
CALIBER FLEX (Robot, Unmanned Vehicle)
AVATAR (Robot, Unmanned Vehicle)
Manul (Infantry fighting vehicle)
K9 VAJRA-T (Self-propelled howitzer)
PPDU (Remote controlled weapon station)
2S43 Malva (Self-propelled howitzer)
? (Robot, Unmanned Vehicle)
ISV (Patrol Vehicle)
T-90MS Tagil (Modernization of the vehicle)
AGEMA (Robot, Unmanned Vehicle)
Centaur (Robot, Unmanned Vehicle)
