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Force Protection Inc. Unveils Team Timberwolf

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Friday, June 3rd, 2011

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Force Protection Industries Inc. (FRPT), recently said it formed Team Timberwolf--comprised of Force Protection Survivability Solutions Canada, CAE [CAE] , Elbit Systems and Lockheed Martin [LMT] Canada--to compete for the Canadian Forces Tactical Armored Patrol Vehicle (TAPV) project. The pre-qualified bidders list for TAPV from the solicitation of Interest and Qualification that closed June 2, 2010 includes BAE Systems, France's Nexter, Oshkosh Corp. [OSK], Textron [TXT] and Thales. The team was unveiled on the eve of CANSEC 2011, Canada's foremost…

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