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Army

QinetiQ To Update RPG Protection On Oshkosh M-ATV Vehicles

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, December 5th, 2013

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QinetiQ North America (QNA) yesterday said its Q-Net Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) defeat system has been selected to protect hundreds of Army Oshkosh [OSK] M-ATV vehicles through an $18.3 million contract. M-ATV Photo: Oshkosh Defense Under this contract, QNA will update RPG protection on the Army’s newly purchased military vehicles with a modernized version of the original M-ATV protection kit that QNA manufactured and delivered from 2009-2011 for over 7,500 vehicles. “Q-Net provides lightweight, easy-to-install, superior protection against RPG attacks,”…

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