BAE Systems Achieve Record Growth in Mine-Protected Vehicles Business

, BENONI, South Africa: New contracts from the US Army and Sweden have helped BAE Systems Land Systems OMC achieve record growth. During the past two years the company has achieved international sales, worth R900 million, of its world-leading mine protected armoured and peacekeeping vehicles. 
 
In the past few months, BAE Systems has won two major export contracts for 267 vehicles worth more than R630 million:  
 
1. The US Army has ordered 169 of the South African RG31 Mk5 mine-protected vehicles worth US$63 million (about R453 million at current exchange rates). These are additional to an operational fleet of 242 vehicles which were ordered through General Dynamics Land Systems, Canada.  
 
2. Sweden