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Defense Industry News - General Dynamics |
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Wednesday
, 1 December 2010, 15:30 PM |
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General
Dynamics Awarded $21 Million for RG-31 Mk5E MRAP armoured
vehicle upgrades.
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LONDON,
Ontario, Canada – The U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command
awarded General Dynamics Land Systems–Canada a USD$21.2
million delivery-order modification for upgrade kits for
RG-31 Mk5E vehicles previously delivered under the Mine
Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle program. General
Dynamics Land Systems, the Canadian company’s parent
corporation, is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE:
GD).
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The RG31 Mk5E
is an increase version in power and payload of the basic
version of the RG31, who is produced by the Defense Company
BAE Systems Land Systems OMC in collaboration with General
Dynamics Land Systems Canada. In service with forces around
the world, the RG-31 MPV is a highly effective multi-role
armored vehicle capable of a variety of military applications
including, an Armored Personnel Carrier, Command Vehicle,
Ambulance, Armored Utility Vehicle and Surveillance Vehicle.
The kits will enhance the survivability
and operation of the RG-31 vehicles to the latest production
configuration. The delivery of the kits is expected to
be completed by October 2011. The contract was signed
through the Canadian Commercial Corporation, a Crown Agency
of the Canadian Government.
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