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General Dynamics Awarded $1 Billion to Upgrade Canada’s LAV III Vehicles

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Friday, October 28th, 2011

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Canada recently announced the government awarded a $1 billion contract to General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada to incorporate a comprehensive upgrade packaging into the Canadian Army's fleet of LAV III combat vehicles. The The LAV III Upgrade Project will modernize 550 vehicles, significantly enhancing their survivability, mobility and firepower and extending the fleet's lifecycle to 2035, said the Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Minister for Status of Women Hon. Rona Ambrose, and Associate Minister of National Defence the…

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