News Story: Jamaica Defense Forces to acquire 12 Bushmaster armoured personnel carrier from Thales Australia

Cabinet of Jamaica government has approved a five-year recapitalisation project for the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) which will see the JDF replacing obsolete and mainly unserviceable V150 armoured cars in its fleet. Under the project, the JDF (Jamaica Defense Forces) will acquire 12 Thales Australia Bushmaster armoured personnel carriers (APCs) a report from the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) said.

At present, the JDF has a complement of 14 Cadillac Gage V150s, 10 of which were acquired 37 years ago in 1976 and the other four were acquired in 1985, according to the OPM.

Over the course of their service life within the JDF, the vehicles have been utilized as critical enablers in many high risk situations such as internal security deployments in support of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) as well as pre and post disaster response and rescue operations.

Delivery of the armoured vehicles will commence in 2015.

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Textron Marine & Land Systems Grants Cadillac Gage Support License to NAPCO International

NEW ORLEANS & HOPKINS, Minn., Feb 24, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Textron Marine & Land Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today announced that it has granted a license to NAPCO International to provide commercial parts and services in support of Textron Marine & Land Systems' legacy Cadillac Gage light and medium vehicle product line.

With this license in place, NAPCO will have Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) technical data and support so that they can directly provide service to more than 5,000 Cadillac Gage vehicles in use throughout the world.

"NAPCO's core competency of supporting legacy military hardware internationally makes them a perfect fit for supporting the Cadillac Gage brand of military vehicles," said Textron Marine & Land Systems Vice President of Land Systems Program Management and Life Cycle Support, Mike Gelpi. "Their experience, rapid response time and low cost make this license a true win for all Cadillac Gage customers."

Textron acquired Cadillac Gage in 1986, and in 1994, Cadillac Cage became part of Textron Marine & Land Systems. The company has successfully produced highly mobile and survivable armored vehicle platforms such as the V-100, V-150 Commando, V-300, and Stingray^(R) tank. Today, Textron Marine & Land Systems actively produces the M1117 Armored Security Vehicle (ASV), which is currently used by the U.S. Army in operations including the Military Police, convoy protection, as well as Field Artillery Combat Observation and Lasing Teams (COLT) with the M-1200 ASV variant. ASV variants are also being operated by the military and police forces of Iraq, Colombia and Bulgaria.

"Providing new and aftermarket military vehicle components and services worldwide is our business," said NAPCO International President Theunis Botha. "We are confident in our ability to support and sustain the Cadillac Gage product line and we remain committed to providing comprehensive strategic business solutions to our customers, existing and new."

"This license further strengthens the outstanding and comprehensive aftermarket support our customers receive," said Textron Marine & Land Systems General Manager Tom Walmsley. "Cadillac Gage vehicles have successfully filled a wide range of military mission roles for countries around the globe, and will continue to do so with quality aftermarket support."

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Posted because so many Asian countries use these vehicles.

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