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Canada Requests $377 Million In FMS For New Radios, Vehicles

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Friday, July 30th, 2010

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Canada wants to spend $377 million in Foreign Military Sales to modernize its forces, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress July 15. The prime contractors would be Thales Raytheon Systems, ITT [ITT], AM General, and Lockheed Martin [LMT]. Canada has requested a possible sale of 10 AN/TPQ-36 (EQ-36) Enhanced Firefinder Radars, or 10 AN/MPQ-64F1 Sentinel Radars, 10 AN/VRC-92E or AN/VRC-92F Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System Vehicular Dual Long-Range System Radios; 10 Sentinel 11521A Humvees, 10 AN/TPX…

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