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  • Lockheed Puts UK Fighting Vehicle Turret System Through Live-Fire Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Puts UK Fighting Vehicle Turret System Through Live-Fire Test

    Lockheed Martin‘s U.K. subsidiary has completed an initial manned live-fire test of a turret system the company built for the British army’s fleet of AJAX armored fighting vehicles. The company said Monday that General Dynamics‘ land systems business in the U.K. helped developed the turret as the prime contractor on the AJAX program. Initial tests involved firing on a static target […] More

  • Leonardo-Led Group to Develop APS Prototype for UK Army Land Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo-Led Group to Develop APS Prototype for UK Army Land Vehicles

    The U.K. government’s defense science and technology laboratory has selected Leonardo to lead a group of U.K.-based companies in the demonstration of an active protection system prototype for the British army’s land vehicles. Leonardo said Wednesday the team will demonstrate an operational APS prototype that will work to protect vehicles against live-fire weapons as part of […] More