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Centurion. , South Africa. Parent. Denel group. Website. www .denellandsystems .co .za. It was formerly Lyttelton Engineering Works (LIW - from Afrikaans: Lyttelton Ingenieurswerke ), a subsidiary part of the commercial network from Armscor. It then became the Systems division of the Land Systems Group of Denel.
BAe's land systems business was RO Defence, a major manufacturer of explosives, ammunition and small arms. MES owned Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd, manufacturer of the M777 howitzer. In June 2003, BAE Systems outbid General Dynamics for Alvis plc, the UK's principal land systems business. What had seemed a certain win for the US ...
The 840-foot ship is the largest that can be accommodated in NASSCO's drydock. National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, commonly referred to as NASSCO, is an American shipbuilding company with four [2] shipyards located in San Diego, Norfolk, Bremerton, and Mayport. It is a division of General Dynamics.
BGM-109G on display at the National Museum of US Air Force. GLCM was developed as a ground-launched variant of the Tomahawk cruise missile in use by the U.S. Navy (along with an undeveloped air-launched version, the Medium Range Air to Surface Missile (MRASM)). Unlike other variants of the Tomahawk, the GLCM carried only a W84 thermonuclear ...
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Elbit Systems Ltd. is an Israel-based international military technology company and defense contractor. Founded in 1966 by Elron, Elbit Systems is the primary provider of the Israeli military 's land-based equipment and unmanned aerial vehicles . Elbit Systems also has subsidiary factories around the world, and sells its products to various ...
Alvis PLC was created when United Scientific Holdings plc acquired the Alvis division of the nationalised vehicle manufacturer British Leyland in 1981. United Scientific maintained its own name until 1992 when the group was renamed Alvis plc. Alvis acquired the armoured vehicle business of the Swedish engineering company Hägglund & Söner in ...
The General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) M60-2000 or 120S was an upgrade of the M60 tank. The development of the M60-2000 was initiated primarily due to the large number of M60 main battle tanks in service with many Middle Eastern nations unable to afford a sufficient force of more modern main battle tanks. The upgrade was marketed at those M60 ...