DTN News - CANADIAN DEFENSE NEWS: Oshkosh Defense To Display Vehicles Tailored To Needs Of Canadian Forces

DTN News - CANADIAN DEFENSE NEWS: Oshkosh Defense To Display Vehicles Tailored To Needs Of Canadian Forces

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 8, 2012: Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK), will exhibit its Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle (TAPV), the Oshkosh HEMTT A4 vehicle, which is the base vehicle for the Company’s MSVS SMP submission, and a cargo truck from its proven Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) at CANSEC in Ottawa, May 30-31.

The Oshkosh TAPV was designed to provide industry-leading off-road mobility and crew protection for a variety of missions.  With fully integrated life cycle sustainment provided by Oshkosh Defense and General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada, the Oshkosh TAPV solution optimizes vehicle performance and operating costs. The Oshkosh TAPV leverages the combat proven Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV) platform and industry-leading TAK-4® independent suspension system to provide a 70 percent off-road mission profile.

The Oshkosh Defense MSVS SMP is designed around the battle-tested Oshkosh HEMTT A4, which uses a high-performance drive train and advanced suspension. The HEMTT platform has logged over 1 billion kilometres in military service globally. Tailored to the needs of Canadian Forces, the Oshkosh MSVS SMP can provide proven reliability and protection for a wide range of Canadian Army logistics operations.

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Canada Bails Out Of NATO Airborne Surveillance Programs

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Canada Bails Out Of NATO Airborne Surveillance Programs

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - March 18, 2012: The Canadian Forces hope to save $90 million a year by pulling out of NATO programs operating unmanned aerial vehicles as well as airborne early warning planes, according to documents obtained by the Citizen.

Defence Minister Peter MacKay gave U.S. officials a heads-up last year about the withdrawal, pointing out that it will free up 142 Canadians assigned to NATO for new jobs, the documents show.

The shutdown of Canada’s contribution to NATO’s airborne warning aircraft, known as AWACS, will save about $50 million a year, according to the records obtained under the Access to Information law. Another $40 million a year will be saved as a result of Canada’s withdrawal from NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance Program, which would see the purchase of advanced unmanned aerial vehicles to conduct surveillance and intelligence gathering.

Canada has been involved in NATO’s AWACS program for more than 25 years and the aircraft were seen as key to the alliance’s success during the recent war in Libya.

U.S. unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs as they are known in military parlance, were also used to gather intelligence information during the Libyan conflict. NATO wants to ease the strain on the U.S. UAVs by having a pool of Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles at the alliance’s disposal.

Canada’s pull out from the UAV program will be done by the end of April, the Defence Department confirmed in a recent email. The withdrawal from the AWACS program is expected to take much longer.

The Canadian Forces contingent assigned to the AWACS aircraft is the last major Canadian military presence in Europe.

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