Vehicles

More than 300 Bradley Fighting Vehicles are to be upgraded and provided to U.S. Army National Guard units by BAE Systems.

The $306 million award is a contract modification from the Army's TACOM Life Cycle Management Command. The earlier award -- worth $340 million -- was for buying materials for the upgrade.

"Our Bradley Fighting Vehicle has served alongside Army soldiers, helping them to accomplish their missions for more than two decades," said Joe McCarthy, vice president and general manager of Combat Vehicles at BAE Systems.

A system that transmits video in real time among vehicles at significant distances from each other has been ordered by the U.S. Army.

Lockheed Martin said the contract for its commercial GyroLink system for the Remote -- Vehicle Optics Sensor System program is worth $21.4 million and will be used in route clearance vehicles.

Installation of the system in the Army's vehicles begins immediately.

OSHKOSH, Wis., Feb. 16 (UPI) -- The U.S. Marine Corps has ordered more than 200 cargo trucks and vehicle haulers from Oshkosh Defense.

The value of the order to the Wisconsin company is more than $94 million and deliveries of the vehicles are expected to be completed by September 2013.

The Logistics Vehicle System Replacement cargo truck is an articulated, 10-wheel tactical system that can carry and pull a total of 45,000 pounds of supplies and other materials. It can climb a 60 percent grade and a maximum speed of 65 miles per hour on roads.

FAIRFAX, Va., Jan. 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army has given ManTech International a contract modification to continue rapid assessment and repair of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles.

The contract period is for two months, with eight one-month options. The value of the award if all options are exercised is $506.8 million.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- The Swedish Defense Materiel Agency FMV has given BAE Systems Hagglunds a $100.8 million contract for all-terrain armored vehicles.

"After evaluating … two bids, including an overall assessment of the two vehicle systems' performance, price and life-cycle cost, FMV decided to assign the contract to BAE Systems Hagglunds and their model BvS10 MkIIB," says Peter Elmlund, project manager at FMV.

The 48 BvS10 MkIIBs for the Swedish military will be manufactured in four variants: armored personnel carrier, ambulance, logistics and command and control.