CFB GAGETOWN, N.B. – The federal government has awarded a $708-million contract for the purchase of 500 tactical armoured patrol vehicles for the Canadian Army.
They will be built by Textron Systems Canada Inc., based in Ottawa.
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Once in service in 2014, the new vehicles will be used for reconnaissance, surveillance and the transport of cargo and personnel.
The vehicles are one component of $5-billion in upgrades to the army’s combat vehicles announced in 2009.
The announcement was made today at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown in southern New Brunswick.
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