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General Dynamics Awarded $67Mn by the Peruvian Ministry of Defence for Light Armoured Vehicles.
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| Friday, July 25, 2014 10:01 AM | |||
| General Dynamics Awarded $67Mn by the Peruvian Ministry of Defence for Light Armoured Vehicles | |||
The Peruvian Ministry
of Defence has awarded a USD$67 million contract to General Dynamics Land
Systems-Canada for 32 Light Armoured Vehicles (LAVs) for the Peruvian
Marines. The contract was signed through the Canadian Commercial Corporation,
a Crown corporation of the Government of Canada. |
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 Canadian LAV II "Bison" |
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Vehicles provided under this contract will be personnel carrier variants of the LAV II family of vehicles with amphibious capability. Included in the contract is a complete logistics support package. Deliveries will commence by mid-2015. Danny Deep, vice-president of General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada, said, "We are proud to have been selected by the Peruvian Marines to meet their armoured vehicle requirement and look forward to establishing a long-term relationship with this very important customer." |
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