Fri, Feb 10 2012
Bulgarian Defence Ministry signed a contract for the delivery of seven M1117 armoured security vehicles (ASV) with Textron Marine & Land Systems (TMLS).
The contract was valued at approximately $10.2 million (6.85 million euro), TMLS said in a media statement.
The vehicles were expected to be delivered in the first quarter of 2008.
"We will be shipping these ASVs as soon as we complete the United States export requirements that are well underway. Six of the seven will be going directly to the Bulgarian troops in Afghanistan through the Defence Ministry," TMLS general manager Tom Walmsley said.
The contract included two years of technical support on the vehicles, and would allow the ministry to order additional vehicles, TMLS said.
Works will be reviewed by a group of judges, and winners will receive certificates and prizes.
Seven arrested, including ‘The Squirrel’ who was found in possession of 10 00 euro, Interior Ministry says. Mobile phones, computer equipment and drug paraphernalia seized.
Maximum temperatures across the country will remain mostly below zero.
The first tremor was at about 12.34am, followed by another three minutes later. Their epicentres were located between the towns of Radnevo and Topolovgrad.
There was no risk of blackouts caused by insufficient power supply, Economy Minister Traicho Traikov told Bulgarian National Radio.