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The article reports on the 6 million-dollar contract awarded to Cubic to design, supply and install a specialist ballistic fit-out package for a New Zealand Defence Force training facility and mentions the package's enhancements which include urban, maritime and aviation capabilities.

The article discusses the award of the GAMER dual vehicle simulator system requirement of the Norwegian army to defense contractor Saab. Training and simulation chief Henrik Hàjer describes the projectile ballistics and gunner feedback capabilities of the BT46 simulator. Live training equipment is also supplied by the contractor to the Norwegian Combat Training Center.

The article discusses Revision Military's contract with a potential total value of 15 million U.S. dollars for Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier's Integrated Head Protection System (IHPS) Soldier Protective System (SPS). The program aims to refine the Army's next generation helmet system with an initial value of 783,000 U.S. dollars. PEO's Soldier's aim for the program is to conduct iterative human factors testing leading to ballistic and non-ballistic testing.

The article reports that TenCate Advanced Armor USA Inc. will supply ballistic protection of the Daimler Zetros protected transport trucks for Daimler AG. According to TenCate, a key specification of the customer is extensive protection of truck drivers and passengers. Steen Tanderup, managing director of TenCate Advanced Armor EMEA, comments that strategic development toward supplying large automotive customers resulted in this cooperation.

The article reports that a non-binding letter of intent has been signed by MSA Inc., to sell its North America ballistic helmet business. Joseph Bigler, president of MSA North America, explained the factors that were responsible for this decision. There was no disclosure of the terms of the deal, and the potential purchaser's name.

This article describes several trends and developments within the aerospace and defense industries. Armor Australia Pty. Limited says it recently met the first major contract milestone of a two-year project to deliver and demonstrate a light weight, structural ballistic and blast resistant module system that could be used in place of steel for Australian defense vehicles.

The article reports that Armor Holdings said it has acquired Integrated Textile Systems, an early-stage developer of a high-strength ballistic fiber technology, in a deal that gives it control over a core ballistic base technology. Terms of the deal were not disclosed although Armor Holdings said it plans to invest over $12 million over the next two years to significantly increase its capacity for the fiber material, called Tensylon.

The article reports on the successful test of Saber, an advanced 155mm precision projectile from ATK at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. Saber was fired from a 155mm cannon, using the post powerful charge U.S. forces use, Zone-5. Previous tests demonstrated the effectiveness of the Saber inertial navigation system and Global Positioning System guidance. The U.S. Army plans an upgrade for its Excalibur program, and the low cost Saber is a potential candidate for the Block 1B upgrade.

The article reports that Raytheon successfully completed a gun firing test of its XM1156 Precision Guidance Kit (PGK) on March 16, 2006. The test, which took place at Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey, met all test objectives. PGK is designed to show the ability to improve the accuracy of existing ballistic and cargo artillery rounds through the addition of a Global Positioning System guided fuze kit.