German Army to get 1,000 new Rheinmetall Military Trucks
German Bundeswehr placed a €400 million order with Rheinmetall to supply 1,000 military transport trucks for the army. The order is the third call-off from a framework contract signed in July 2017 encompassing over 2,200 military trucks, which the Bundeswehr is purchasing as part of its “Unprotected Transport Vehicles” project
Israeli Eitan Vehicles to get Iron Fist Countermeasures
Elbit Systems has won a $31 million (NIS 109 million) deal to supply Iron Fist hard-kill Active Protection Systems (APS) for Eitan Armored Fighting Vehicles (AFV) of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF). The contract awarded by Production and Procurement Directorate of the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) will be performed over...
Tunisia Agrees To Buy Turkish Armored Vehicles
Turkeys BMC defense company has won an order to supply 9 Medium Class Multi-Purpose Armored Vehicles (MPAVs) to Tunisia. The contract was signed after the Turkish firm won the International Armored Vehicle Tender beating out manufacturers from US, Germany, France and Thailand, Daily Sabah
DAPA Awards Hyundai Rotem $209M for Combat Engineering Vehicles, Tanks
Hyundai Rotem has won a $209.5 million (243
New Russian Air Defense System Gibka-S Works against Ultra-low Flying Threats
Russia has finished state trials of a new close range air defense mobile system, Gibka-S which uses missiles from Verba or Igla man-portable air defence system (MANPADS) installed on Tiger
Montenegro To Get 2,700 Oshkosh Vehicles
The US Army has awarded Oshkosh Defense a contract valued $804 million to supply 2,721 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs) and related support. "Oshkosh Defense was awarded an $804 million modification to Foreign Military Sales (Montenegro) contract for the procurement of 2,721 Joint Light Tactical Vehicle and 16,714 associated packaged or installed kits," the US Department of Defense said in a statement Wednesday
Russia's Atlet Clears Anti-shelling, Anti-Blast Tests, to Enter State Trials in 2020
Russia's latest armored vehicle, the Atlet, is completing preliminary trials where its anti-shelling and anti-blast capabilities are being tested, and is scheduled to enter state trials in 2020. "The Atlet is completing preliminary tests and the stage of state trials is scheduled to begin for it in the spring of next year
US To Test Rheinmetall's StrikeShield Active Protection System for Army Vehicles
The United States will commence testing of Rheinmetall's StrikeShield Active Protection System for its fleet of military vehicles in October 2020. "The US Army has awarded a contract valued at 11 million USD (roughly 10 million EUR) to the team of Rheinmetall Protection Systems and Unified Business Technologies (UBT) for significant testing of the StrikeShield Active Protection System to begin in October 2020 at Redstone Test Center in Huntsville, Alabama," Rheinmetall said in a statement Tuesday
General Dynamics Installs New GPS Systems into US Stryker Vehicles in Germany
General Dynamics announced Tuesday that it has installed a new and improved GPS system onto US Stryker armoured fighting vehicles in Germany that allows US forces to operate in an environment when GPS signals are degraded or denied. Known as Mounted Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing Data (PNT) System (MAPS) Gen 1, the system began fielding in September on select Stryker armored fighting vehicles and could eventually extend to thousands of vehicles across Europe, the company said in a statement
US Begins Paperwork to Greenlight Sale of 100 Abrams tanks for Taiwan
The United States has sent a draft Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) to Taiwan, signalling commencement of paperwork to sell over a hundred M1A1 Abrams tanks to the island nation. The development has come four months after the US State Department gave a nod to Taipeis request of buying 108 M1A2T Abrams Tanks, over 250 Stinger missiles and other related equipment amounting
British Army to get £2.8B Worth Boxer Armoured Vehicles
The UK Ministry of Defence on Tuesday
Finland's Patria Nets €35M to Upgrade Pasi APCs
Finland has awarded Patria an agreement valued €35 million to modernize 139 Pasi XA-180 armored personnel carriers (APCs). “On October 28, 2019, Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen has authorised the Defence Forces Logistics Command to procure supplementary lifecycle upgrades from Patria,” Finnish Ministry of Defence said in a
Russia's Geran-3 Jet-Powered Kamikaze Drone Ready for Operations
Taiwan Worried over China-Developed Tactics in Indo-Pak Aerial Engagement
AeroVironment Unveils Red Dragon Kamikaze Drone with 400km Range
Finnish Patria, Sweden’s ACC Innovation to Develop Military Variant of World’s Largest...
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
