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Asia-Pacific country receiving Elbit artillery solution
by Richard Tomkins
Haifa, Israel (UPI) Aug 17, 2015


New Zealand military chooses U.S. firm for new rifle
Wellington, New Zealand (UPI) Aug 17, 2015 - An American gun manufacturer has been named the preferred tenderer to supply the New Zealand Defense Force with a new combat rifle.

The selection of Illinois-based Lewis Machine & Tool as the preferred tenderer was announced by the New Zealand Ministry of Defense last week following a trials program phase of the contract evaluation process.

The New Zealand Defense Force currently uses Steyr AUG rifles, a 5.56×45mm assault rifle designed in the 1960s. The replacement of about 8,800 rifles is part of a larger firearms replacement program.

In competition against Lewis Machine & Tool were: Beretta New Zealand Limited, Ceska zbrojovka a.s., Colt Canada Corporation, FN Herstal, Steyr Mannlicher GmbH, XTEK Limited and Heckler & Kock GmbH.

Additional details were not disclosed by the Ministry of Defense.

Israel's Elbit Systems Ltd is supplying command and control systems and its ATMOS long-range artillery systems to an unidentified Asia-Pacific country.

The contact is a follow-on award worth about $27 million. The systems will be delivered over a period of three years.

"The customer's decision to order additional quantities under this follow-on contract further enhances Elbit Systems' position as a world leading artillery supplier, with a variety of systems that meet the global demand for light, maneuverable and rapid response platforms," said Yehuda (Udi) Vered, general manager of Elbit Systems Land and C4I Division.

Elbit said that under the contract it will provide a complete artillery unit solution -- self- propelled guns, command stations, forward observation stations and target acquisition systems. Also included will be command-and-control systems, in an integrative solution to connect all systems.

The solution will be mounted on various wheeled platforms, it said.


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