Under this contract modification, General Dynamics Land Systems - Canada will manufacture 33 LAV III TOW Under Armour vehicles equipped with refurbished and upgraded Kvaerner Eureka Armoured Launching Turrets.
TOW is a Tube-launched Optically-tracked Wire-guided anti-tank missile used by the Canadian forces to defeat tanks and armored vehicles. The under armour system allows the soldier to track targets and fire the TOW missile from inside the LAV III where he is protected from bullets and shrapnel. Deliveries will take place between September 2005 and May 2006.
General Dynamics Land Systems - Canada, located in London, Ontario, Canada is a business unit of General Dynamics Land Systems of Sterling Heights, Michigan. For more than 25 years, approximately 1500 highly skilled technical personnel design, manufacture and deliver a unique family of light armoured vehicles (LAV).