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Features:

• US Army Outlines Future Improvements for the Stryker

July 2008

• Northrop Grumman, Oshkosh JLTV Undergoes Successful Armor Testing
• German Air-Force to Get 54 New Dingo Armored Vehicles from KMW

June 2008

• IMI To Unveil the new Wildcat at Eurosatory 08
• Afghan Challenge for the Armored SRATS (renamed 'ELSROV')
• First FCS's All-Automatic, Ultra-lightweight 155mm Howitzer unveiled
• KMW, GD Introduce an Autonomous, Air-deployable Self Propelled Artillery

May 2008

• Greece Commissions First Leopard 2A6 HEL Tank
• IMI's Wildcat to Debut at Eurosatory 08
• KMW, Rheinmetall Defense Launch New AFV Families
• Britain Selects Piranha V for Future FRES Utility Platform
• PICS will Alert Army Units on Incoming Rocket, Missile Attacks
• Protector Weapon Stations for the French Army

March 2008

• $1.14 Billion Orders Sustain MRAP Production Through 2008
• Ensign-Bickford to Supply Reactive Armor for the Abrams Tank

February 2008

• British Warriors Get New Armor
• Force Protection to Deliver Cougars, Buffalos to NATO Armies
• U.S. Army Awards M1A1 Upgarade into M1A2 SEP(V2)
• Sweden Cancells SEP Armored Vehicle Program
• Portuguese Armor Modernized with Leopard 2A6, Pandur II
• French Army Receives 100th Upgraded AMX10RC

January 2008

• US Forces Suffer Fatality in the new MRAP
• New Enterprise for Armored vehicles to be Established in Omsk
• BAE Systems details USMC Order for MRAP II Tests
• BAE Systems' RG-33 Selected for US Army MMPV
• Northrop Grumman to Lead JLTV Team with Oshkosh Truck Corp.
• ATK, ADG (Mecar) team to Modernize Stocks of Aging Tank Ammo
• T-95 Main Battle Tanks & Tank Support to Augment Russian Armor Units
• 'Digitized Combat Group' demonstrates Advantages of Integrated Sensors

December 2007

• DoD Releases $2.66 billion for MRAP, MRAP II
• IMI Introduces a new design for the Wildcat Armored Vehicle
• Czech Pandur II Order Scrapped
• British Medium Protected patrol Vehicle Shifts into Higher Gear
• Marines Reduce MRAP Order to 2,300 Vehicles
• AxleTech, Eaton Team to Offer JLTV Components

November 2007

• Heavy Armor at AUSA 2007
• Panoramic Vision for Armored Fighting Vehicles
• Trophy for the MRAP?
• BAE Presents Industry Team for FRES Vehicle Integration
• Dutch Army is Seeking 10 Additional Australian Bushmasters
• US Army Aewards GDLS $89 Million For M-1A2 Upgrades
• Gearing Up For the Joint Light Tactical vehicle
• Light but Protected - Near-term HMMWV Replacements
• Protecting against Blast
• Remote Weapon Systems
• Panoramic Vision Systems

October 2007

• Armored vehicles at DSEi 07
• Future Rapid Effects Systems (FRES) Program Update
• WLIP - Warrior Lethality Improvement Program
• British Medium Protected Patrol Vehicle (MPPV) Program
• Active Protection Systems Are Maturing
• Armored Vehicle Systems at DSEi 07
• Three MRAP Producers will Share future Orders Worth $8.2 Billion
• USMC Releases New Orders for 2,288 MRAPs
• Lockheed Martin's teams with Patria to Expand AFV Offering

September 2007

• Vehicle Armoring - MRAP and Beyond
• IDF Launches the Namer, Merkava based AIFV Program

August 2007

• US Army TACOM To Improve the Protection of Bradley, Strykers
• GDLS Receives more M-1A2 SEP Work
• US Army Orders RG-31 Based Category II MRAP
• RAFAEL Unveils Trophy Retrofit Integrated into Merkava Mk 4
• British Army Evaluates Boxer, VBCI and Pirhana FRES UV

July 2007

• Ceradyne, I3 and Oshkosh Team to run the Bull for MRAP
• International Receives Orders for 755 more MRAPs
• FCS Team Gets Green Light for NLOS-Cannon Production
• PVI Introduces New Armor Protecting Against EFPs
• BAE Systems' LORD Aluminum Based Counter-RPG Bar-Armor
• Pentagon Opts for Bigger RG-33s
• Armor Holdings to Supply 1,170 MRAPs
• IMI Introduces an "Urban Fighter" M-113
• 7 killed as Canadian RG-31Fail to Stop an RSIED in Afghanistan
• Many More MRAPs Down the Road
• GDLS to Deliver 165 New AFVs for Stryker Brigade Teams

June 2007

• International Awarded Long Awaited Order for 1200 MRAP Vehicles
• KMW Introduces the Grizzly Highly Protected Vehicle

May 2007

• Proposed Cuts Could Eliminate FCS' All Manned Ground Vehicles
• Raytheon Delivers Two Radar Systems for Quick-Kill APS
• Spartan to Produce Chassis for MRAPs for $100 Million
• DOD Mandated Report Questions Army Active Protection Selection
• BAE Systems to Acquire Armor Holdings for $4.1 Billion
• Israel's TROPHY Defenses Awaiting Procurement Funding

April 2007

• Force Protection to Produce 1,000 MRAP Vehicles for the USMC
• Lightweight Ammunition Magazine for Future Combat Systems
• BAE Systems Eying Indian Armored Vehicle Opportunities
• Canada Acquires 120 Surplus Leopard 2 Tanks
• India Floats Self Propelled Artillery Tenders
• MRM-CE Hits a T-72 Through Non-Visual Engagement
• Britain Orders More Cougars

March 2007

• Force protection Offload Production to Armor Holdings
• Tank Crews 'Check Six' Via New Rear View Camera
• Korean New Tank Proposed for Turkish MBT Program
• Market for 7,600 New Tanks Within the Next Decade
• BAE Systems Unveil the Future Mortar Firing Platform

February 2007

• Oshkosh to deliver Alpha for USMC's MRAP Program
• PVI, RAFAEL to supply 60 Golan MRAP Vehicles
• USMC Awards $79 million for foreign MRAP designs
• Orders worth US$122 M. Launch MRAP Production
• DRS deliver IR Sights for U.S. Army Combat Vehicles
• Army Unable to Confirm US$ 38 Billions Spent on Reset

January 2007

• BAE Systems, GDLS/C Offer RG-31 Mod 5 for MRAP
• US Navy Invests $1.6 Million to Demonstrate 'Smart Armor'
• US Army Continues Reset of Bradley Fleet
• British Team to Explore Vehicle Survivability Enhancements
• Leopard 2 based Engineer Vehicle for the Swiss Army
• Elbit to fit Belgian Piranhas with 30 mm Turrets
• India Waives Local Assembly, Buy T-90C from Russia
• Lebanon War Analysis - Assessment of the Merkava tank performance
• General Tactical Vehicles - New JV to Bid on JLTV
• Raven CROWS to Protect Australian Bushmasters
• Norwegian Army to Upgrade M113s
• Protector Remote weapon Stations for Swiss Piranhas

Previous news

2006 features: (more 2006 news)

• AUSA 06 coverage
• Defendory 06 coverage
• Armored fighting vehicles at AUSA 06
• Armored vehicles at Defendory 2006
• Up-armored vehicles - Heavier Platforms Required
• Armored Trucks
• Advanced protection technologies at AUSA 06
• AUSA 06 - Active protection systems
• Israel to Pursue Active Protection for Tanks, Light AFVs
• IDF Continues Merkava Mk 4 Evolution
• French Army Urban Warfare Evaluations
• The move toward remotely controlled cannons
• Advanced tank ammunition
• Tracked Armored Fighting Vehicles
• Plasan Customizes a Ford Truck into an Urban Combat Vehicle
• IMI to Introduce new Active Protection System at Eurosatory 2006
• M-1 Tank Urban Survivability Kit
• Armor Formations and Maneuver in Urban terrain
• Tank Firepower Adapted for Urban Warfare
• Improving Visibility when "Buttoned Up" in Tanks
• Operations or Armored Forces in Urban Area

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