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Force Protection Inc. And NP Aerospace To Build More U.K. Wolfhounds

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Friday, April 10th, 2009

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Force Protection Inc. (FRPT) and NP Aerospace Limited, a subsidiary of The Morgan Crucible Company plc, recently jointly announced an approximately $122.6 million award for 97 Wolfhound heavy tactical support vehicles including spares and support by the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (U.K. MoD). The award was made to a new Force Protection and NP Aerospace 50-50 joint venture, Integrated Survivability Technologies Limited (IST). The establishment of IST provides a single point of contact and design authority for future Force…

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