General Dynamics Land Systems has been awarded a $714 million contract to upgrade 174 additional M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks to the M1A2 System Enhancement Package Version 3 (SEPv3) configuration on behalf of the US Army. According to General Dynamics, this recent award brings the total number of M1A2 SEPv3 tanks ...
Former service personnel suffering from PTSD or other mental illnesses will be prioritised for social housing under proposals published for consultation by Communities Secretary, James Brokenshire. The measures will also help people who divorce or separate from their partners in the Armed Forces by exempting them from rules requiring them to ...
The US Army has awarded a contract worth $335 million to General Dynamics Land Systems to deliver 12 prototype vehicles for the Mobile Protected Firepower program. The medium-weight, large-calibre MPF combat vehicle will support infantry brigades. The vehicles are required to be highly lethal, survivable and mobile. The contract has Low Rate ...
The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has contracted Lockheed Martin to design and build its $585 million Homeland Defense Radar-Hawaii (HDR-H) in Oahu, Hawaii. According to Lockheed Martin, the state-of-the-art radar will provide ‘autonomous acquisition’ and ‘persistent precision tracking and discrimination’, optimizing the defensive capabilities of the Ballistic Missile Defense System ...