The British Army awarded a £1m contract to software developer BiSim to pilot the use of virtual reality (VR) for soldier training exercises, and the US Army revealed plans to buy the Iron Dome weapons system, which is currently operational with the Israeli military. Army-Technology.com wraps up key headlines from February 2019.

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BAE Systems to create new UK combat vehicles JV with Germany’s Rheinmetall, US Supreme Court allowed DoD to implement transgender policy changes and CACI International to buy LGS Innovations for $750m. Army-Technology.com wraps up key stories from January.

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Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract to provide cyber/electronic warfare (EW) podded system for the Multi-Function Electronic Warfare (MFEW) Air Large component programme.

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Leonardo Helicopters has secured a £293m ($333.7m) contract from the UK Ministry of Defence to provide maintenance services in support of Apache AH MK1 Integrated Operational Support (IOS) programme.

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General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) has secured a $501m joint force development training contract from the US Department of Defense (DoD).

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SGT, a subsidiary of KBRwyle, has secured a prime contractor position on the US Army's $12.1bn information technology enterprise solutions-3 services (ITES-3S) contract.

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Harris and L3 Technologies agreed to merge to establish a $33.5bn global defence technology conglomerate, General Dynamics acquired federal information technology services provider CSRA in a $9.7bn deal. Army-technology.com wraps up key headlines from 2018.

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The US Department of Defense has awarded a $3.37bn contract to Lockheed Martin for the sale of Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept on Target Advanced Capability-3 (Patriot PAC-3) missiles to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, under a foreign military sales programme.

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The US Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support has awarded a $450m contract to Spacelabs Healthcare Inc for providing equipment and support services to defence organisations.

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Macro Solutions (Msol) has awarded a subcontract to Envistacom in support of a $12.1bn Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-3 Services (ITES-3S) contract.

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