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Industry Teams Submit Bids On Canadian Tactical Armored Patrol Vehicle Project

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, September 2nd, 2011

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Teams led by BAE Systems, Force Protection Industries Inc. [FRPT], Textron [TXT], and an Oshkosh Corp. [OSK]-General Dynamics [GD] Land Systems Canada team all said have they submitted bids to Canadian Forces for the Tactical Armored Patrol Vehicle (TAPV) project. A contract award to the selected bidder for the TAPV requirement is slated for the second quarter of 2012. Chris Chambers, vice president and general manager, BAE Systems Tactical Wheeled Vehicles, said, “The BAE Systems proposal is based on the…

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