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Finmeccanica, BAE Sign Thermal Sights Deal

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Friday, July 11th, 2008

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Finmeccanica last week said its SELEX Galileo subsidiary and BAE Systems have signed a partnering agreement to provide thermal weapon sights manufactured by BAE for the forthcoming surveillance and target acquisition increment of Britain's Future Integrated Soldier Technology (FIST) Program. "We are delighted that BAE Systems has agreed to work with us on FIST," Doug Baxter, senior vice resident Land Systems Support and Service Solution at SELEX Galileo, said in a statement. "This builds on an already successful relationship with…

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