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The VT5, China's made-for-export light tank, is expected to be equipped with an active protection system which will enable the thin-armored tank to significantly expand its defense capability, Liu Xuanzun reports on Global Times.
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The VT5, China's made-for-export light tank, is expected to be equipped with an active protection system which will enable the thin-armored tank to significantly expand its defense capability, Liu Xuanzun reports on Global Times.
A source in the defense industry told TASS that the paratroopers’ Taifun vehicle was set for new trials at special military ranges, which would be over in 2019.
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract for the U.S. Army Maneuver Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) directed energy prototyping initiative. The initiative includes integrating a directed energy weapon system on a Stryker vehicle as a pathfinding effort toward the U.S. Army M-SHORAD objective to provide more comprehensive protection of frontline combat units.
Taiwan will commence the limited-production of its Yun Feng ballistic missile that has a range of 1,500km.
China has used the Soar Dragon, one of its bigger UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) to perform surveillance mission of US Navy ship USS Antietam, a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser of the United States Navy, as it sailed through Taiwan Strait, which separates the autonomous Taiwan Island from the Chinese mainland, on July 25, 2019, according to news published by a Taiwanese media.
Franky Zapata the flyingman and the French inventor of the Flyboard, has successfully crossed the Channel over the sea from Calais in France to Dover in United Kingdom, this Sunday, August 4, 2019. This is the first flyingman to achieve this performance on an autonomous flying machine.
The latest ASN-2 Atlet armored vehicle designed by the Military-Industrial Company (VPK) will begin preliminary trials on August 5, company CEO Alexander Krasovitsky told TASS. "Prototypes of Atlet armored vehicles will begin preliminary trials on Monday," he said.
Navistar Defense was awarded a $7,766,045 firm-fixed-price contract for 4x4 cargo trucks, 6x6 general transport truck, 6x6 30-ton recovery wrecker and medium tactical vehicles general transport truck spares.
Russia has equipped Verba man-portable aid defense systems (MANPADS) with Augmented Reality (AR) elements. The weapon received a unique guidance provision, the Izvestia daily writes.
Reserve and Regular soldiers from 3rd Battalion The Royal Welsh and 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh are taking part in Exercise Northern Strike in Michigan, in the United States.
The U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Republic of Korea of Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) for RQ-4 Block 30 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPS) for an estimated cost of $950 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on July 29, 2019.