Russian Armed Forces To Get New Gen Ratnik-2 Infantry Gears by 2020
The Russian army will be fully equipped with Russia's next-generation Ratnik-2 infantry gear by 2020. "By 2020, the Russian army will be fully equipped with Ratnik-2, by now the troops have received more than 200,000 kits," Russias Central Research Institute of Precision Machine Building told Sputnik on Wednesday
BAE Systems Unveils New Wearable Tech For Soldiers
BAE Systems has introduced a new wearable technology dubbed ‘Broadsword Spine – an invisible power and data network that is built directly into clothing using conductive fabrics instead of wires and cables. The new technology allows vital electronic devices to be plugged straight into a vest, jacket or belt, with custom-built...
Australia To Develop Soldier-Worn System To Capture Crucial Data On Battlefield
Australias defense ministry has announced collaboration with two telecommunications firms to develop a soldier-worn system called ‘Fight Recorder aimed at capturing valuable data on the battlefield. The two industry partners – Myriota and wearable technology company IMeasureU, will receive $700,000 from the Next Generation Technologies Fund which launched in March...
Lockheed Acquires Exoskeleton Tech License For Military Mobility
Lockheed Martin has licensed the bionic augmentation technology Dermoskeleton from B-Temia, Inc., for military, industrial, commercial and first-responder applications
US Army Developing Body-Worn Weapon Mount For Soldiers
The US Army is testing a "third arm" device that will be attached to soldiers protective vests to lessen the weight on their arms. Weighing less than 4 pounds, the body-worn weapon mount currently undergoing testing at the Army Research Laboratory, allows redirecting all of a weapon's weight to the body,...
South Korea To Develop Body Measurement System To Produce Standard Combat Uniform
South Korea will develop a body measurement system capable of gauging soldiers body sizes and analyse the big data collected to produce a standard combat uniform. "The military will develop a body measurement system which gauges soldiers' body sizes and analyzes them to gather big data
Ceradyne Wins $92 Million Body-Armor Contract For US Armed Forces
Ceradyne, Inc, a 3M company, has been awarded a $92.7 million body-armor contract by the US Defense Logistics Agency for delivery of 177,000 pieces
Production Facility For India’s Light Combat Vehicle Production Underway
Indias Tata Motors has proposed to set up a production facility for light combat vehicles, military jackets, rifles and other items on one of its units in Dharwad, Karnataka. Tata had applied for the production of defense equipment after the Indian government decided to produce the equipment indigenously under the ‘Make in India program, The New Indian Express news daily reported Thursday
Ceradyne Wins $34 Million US Army Body Armor Contract
Ceradyne has won a $34 million contract to supply 28,000 ceramic body armor plates to the US Army. The armor is being procured under the Soldier Protection Systems Vital Torso Protection programme for lightweight enhanced small arms protective inserts (ESAPI), the company said in a statement
BAE Systems To Produce Light Weight Torso, Side Body Armor For US...
BAE Systems has won a $45 million US army contract for the low-rate initial production of lightweight torso and side body armor. The company's side body armor apart from protecting soldiers, it also reduces their carrying load
Saab Receives US Army's Camouflage Equipment Order
Saab announced today that it has received an order for the production and delivery of camouflage equipment from the US Army. Deliveries will occur over the next six months
Poorly Equipped Chinese Soldiers Wear Underwear With Strings: Claims Newspaper Article
Chinese soldiers are so poorly equipped that they wear underwear with strings rather than elastic bands and their full equipment may not exceeds the price of two iPhones, according to the Guangzhou based Southern Weekly. The article published on December 4 says that Chinese soldiers wear World War II type steel helmets while American soldiers helmets are made of lightweight kevlar meant to absorb small arms fire
New Generation T-80BVM Tanks Being Assembled at Russian Plant
Russian Military Base May Appear in Central African Republic
Spain Procures Additional NASAMS Air Defence Systems in €410M Deal
U.K. MoD Orders Six Airbus H145 helicopters
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...
China’s “Moderate” 2024 Defense Budget Hides Frenetic Military Build-up
China on Tuesday revealed a draft defense budget draft for 2024 amounting to 1
Battle of Counter-Drone SAMs- Raytheon's Coyote Vs. Russian Pantsir-S1
The spectacular success of drones on the battlefield in Ukraine has prompted Russia and the United States to develop counter-measures...
Grounding of U.S. Military’s V-22 Osprey Fleet Enters Third Month
The grounding of around 400-strong fleet of Osprey V-22 Tilt-rotor aircraft is in its third month with no update on...
How Indian MQ-9B SkyGuardian Acquisition Plan Changes Drone Equation in South Asia
India has recently gained U