{"id":1513,"date":"2021-02-07T11:29:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T11:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitone.news\/?p=1513"},"modified":"2021-02-07T11:29:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T11:29:44","slug":"elbit-systems-awarded-46-million-contract-to-supply-armored-personnel-carriers-to-a-country-in-asia-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitone.news\/index.php\/2021\/02\/07\/elbit-systems-awarded-46-million-contract-to-supply-armored-personnel-carriers-to-a-country-in-asia-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"Elbit Systems Awarded $46 Million Contract to Supply Armored Personnel Carriers to a Country in Asia-Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Elbit Systems Ltd. <\/strong>was awarded a contract valued at approximately $46 million to supply VBTP 6X6\u00a0Armored Personnel Carriers (\u201cAPCs\u201d)\u00a0to the army of a country in Asia-Pacific. The contract will be performed over a three-year period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/digitone.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iveco-Defense-Vehicles-VBTP-6X6-APC.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitone.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iveco-Defense-Vehicles-VBTP-6X6-APC.jpg 864w, https:\/\/digitone.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iveco-Defense-Vehicles-VBTP-6X6-APC-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitone.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iveco-Defense-Vehicles-VBTP-6X6-APC-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitone.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iveco-Defense-Vehicles-VBTP-6X6-APC-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/digitone.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iveco-Defense-Vehicles-VBTP-6X6-APC-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/digitone.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iveco-Defense-Vehicles-VBTP-6X6-APC-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/digitone.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Iveco-Defense-Vehicles-VBTP-6X6-APC-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As the prime contractor, Elbit Systems will supply&nbsp;the&nbsp;VBTP 6X6 wheeled APCs that were developed by Iveco Defence Vehicles (\u201cIveco\u201d) in cooperation with the Brazilian Army. The VBTP6X6 APCs&nbsp;will be equipped with&nbsp;Elbit&nbsp;Systems\u2019&nbsp;turrets and a range of the Company\u2019s subsystems including electric drive and stabilization systems, fire control systems, TORCH-X<sup>TM<\/sup>&nbsp;battle management systems,&nbsp;E-LynX<sup>TM<\/sup>&nbsp;software defined radio systems, gunner and commander sights as well as life support systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Yehuda (Udi) Vered, General Manager of Elbit Systems Land,&nbsp;<\/strong>commented: \u201cWe are pleased with our continuous co-operation with Iveco, particularly with our capacity to contribute to the export efforts of the Brazilian defense industry. We believe that our strong portfolio of subsystems positions us advantageously to lead procurement programs of armored vehicles, especially as the missions they are tasked with become more diverse and increasingly networked.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elbit Systems Ltd. was awarded a contract valued at approximately $46 million to supply VBTP 6X6\u00a0Armored Personnel Carriers (\u201cAPCs\u201d)\u00a0to the army of a country in Asia-Pacific. The contract will be performed over a three-year period. As the prime contractor, Elbit Systems will supply&nbsp;the&nbsp;VBTP 6X6 wheeled APCs that were developed by Iveco Defence Vehicles (\u201cIveco\u201d) in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,46],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1513","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-defense","8":"category-sales"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitone.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitone.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitone.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitone.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitone.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1513"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/digitone.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1515,"href":"https:\/\/digitone.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1513\/revisions\/1515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitone.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitone.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitone.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitone.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}