Russian deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin on Sunday said that foreign countries in a race to build advanced battle tanks challenging Moscows new Armata tank lag behind by at least 15-20 years and can never catch up with them. Rogozin said in a reference to media reports about Germany and France...
India defense research and development organization (DRDO) is aiming for higher localization of components of its Arjun Mark-II main battle tank (MBT) as a way to get over shortage of imported parts which were affecting the combat readiness of the tank. Denying media reports that 75% of the tank fleet...
Russia has unveiled the new T-14 Armata Tank for the first time during the final rehearsals in the run up to the Victory Day parade in Moscow on Saturday. Armata is armed with a remote controlled turret with 125mm smoothbore cannon and automatic loading system and is capable of hosting a...
Serial production of the infantry fighting vehicle of a new generation of “Kurganets-25″ is scheduled to begin in the 2019-2020 years, Deputy Chairman of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission, Oleg Bochkarev said on Monday. “Defense Ministry has signed state contracts with our vendors
Rheinmetall announced today that it has successfully passed acceptance tests for Leopard 2 simulators for the Indonesian Army. Rheinmetall has produced driving simulator and gunnery simulator systems for training Indonesian Leopard 2 tank personnel
German military will buy back Leopard 2 main battle tanks from the defense industry for $23.2 million (22 million euros), German Defense Ministry spokesman Jens Flosdorff was quoted as saying by the Associated Press Friday
The western military division of the Russian Ministry of Defense will receive T-72B3 upgraded tanks under re-armament program, Russian MoD announced last week. The T-72B3 is part of the development of the standard Russian-made T-72B series currently in service in the Russian army
The US on Monday has delivered more than 100 military equipment to NATO-allied Baltic nations to deter perceived Russian threat. The deliveries included Abrams Tanks, Bradley fighting vehicles, Scout Humvees, Stryker armored vehicles along with combat support units
Slovakian armed forces will be cutting down on Russian military equipment as part of its modernization program, Slovakian President Andrej Kiska said Tuesday. “The process of modernization of the Slovak armed forces has begun
Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov disclosed about the joint development of a 57-mm artillery system with the UAE, on the occasion of the IDEX defence exhibition in Abu Dhabi. “As for defense cooperation, the matter does not only regard the supplies of our armaments to the UAE, but above all the creation of joint ventures and joint products
General Dynamics Land Systems will upgrade the US Armys M1A1 Abrams tanks to the M1A2 Systems Enhancement Package (SEP) V2 configuration, the company yesterday. The $49
The US Army is considering upgrading the Iraqi armys M1A1 tanks with rotating, remotely operated machine guns to attack snipers as well as to detect roadside or suicide-bomb vehicles. The tank upgrades built by General Dynamics could also include belly armor; lightweight reactive armor tiles; improved night-vision sensors from Waltham, and Raytheon Co