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Program Executive Officer Land Systems recently completed fielding all full-rate production units of the Common Aviation Command and Control System. The task was accomplished nearly two years ahead of schedule, saving the government millions of dollars in the process. Ashley Calingo, Marine Corps Base Quantico, reports.
According to a press release published on September 8, 2020, following a joint R&D program led by the Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR&D), in the Israel Ministry of Defense, with leading drone developer, XTEND, and the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO), of the U.S. Department of Defense, an operational pilot program has been launched employing Sparrowhawk drones in the defense of U.S. Special Forces.
Avon Protection announces the signing of an agreement to acquire Team Wendy, a leading supplier of helmets and helmet liner and retention systems for military and first responder markets.
China will participate in the Kavkaz-2020 strategic military drills to be held later this month in Russia, with troops attached to the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Western Theater Command joining militaries from Russia and other participating countries in joint strike and battlefield control exercises, the Chinese Defense Ministry announced on Sept. 10. India, which also has close military ties with Russia, has withdrawn from the upcoming drills amid border tensions with China. Liu Xuanzun reports on Global Times.
Hungary is the first NATO and EU member nation to order Rheinmetall’s newly developed Lynx infantry fighting vehicle. This important contract represents a major breakthrough in the global defence market for the Düsseldorf-based technology group’s innovative new combat vehicle.
As a leader in cross domain solution technology, INFODAS continues to provide innovative high-end security hardware and software solutions for mission critical environments in the public sector and critical infrastructure. After an in-depth assessment that lasted seven years, the German Federal Office of Information Security (BSI) has issued a SECRET approval for the SDoT Labelling Service.
The Estonian Disaster Relief Team (EDRT) utilised Milrem Robotics' Multiscope Rescue unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) during an urban search and rescue (USAR) exercise last week.
South Korea has decided to mass-produce a newly developed 120mm self-propelled mortar system later in 2020, the arms procurement agency announced on Sept. 9, Yonhgap reports.
The Brazilian army is considering modernizing 26 BAE Systems AAV7A1/CLAnf amphibious assault vehicles, a total composed of twenty-two AAVP-7A1 troop carriers, two AAVC-7A1 command posts and two AAVR-7A1 recovery vehicles. The fleet has been operated by the Amphibious Vehicles Battalion (BtlVtrAnf) of the Brazilian Marine Corps since 1986.
Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Southern Command is certified as small Unmanned Aircraft System operators at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, after months of training for the capability to use these small drones to get aerial depictions of a given terrain. 1st Lt. Heather Chairez, Marine Corps Forces South, reports.
Northrop Grumman will lead a nationwide team to deliver the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program.
The United States Marine Corps selected Kollsman, Inc.’s solution for a multispectral, clip-on weapon night sight, allowing Marines to engage in day and nighttime operations at extreme stand-off distances.
U.S. Special Operations Command wants to purchase a new type of armor-piercing ammunition from Black Hills Ammunition Inc., according to the U.S. government’s main contracting website.
In the presence of Minister of Defence Aleksandar Vulin in the testing area of the Technical Test Centre in Nikinci, as part of internal tests of Modular multiple missile system LRSVM M18 Oganj, a guided missile Alas with self-guidance head was launched to test the characteristics of the ground station for missile guidance, integration of container and accompanying electronic equipment.
Belgian company John Cockerill unveils the latest version of wheeled fire support vehicle based on a Boxer 8x8 armored vehicle fitted with a Cockerill Defense 3000 series turret armed with one 105mm NATO-standard tank gun.
Vice President of India, and Secretary Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO Dr G. Satheesh Reddy have congratulated Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for successfully conducting test flight of Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle by using indigenous scramjet engine. « This is an important milestone in our quest towards achieving self-reliance », Vice President of India wrote. (Picture source:
Contemporary concept of warfare is characterised by a requirement to replace personnel in all potentially dangerous and life-threatening situations. The Serbian Armed Forces have recognised this requirement and on those very grounds they have developed and introduced in arms and military equipment system a remotely controlled fighting unmanned ground platform “Miloš N”.
Ruselectronics unveiled its Raht system that can detect drones up to 3.5 km away and destroy them within a radius of up to 2.5 km.
An engineering unit attached to a combined arms brigade of the PLA 78th Army Group conducted in mid-August the first field training of the new amphibious bridging vehicle. Feng Cheng and Niu Hui report on China Military.
According to information published by the Forbes website on September 2, 2020, open sources satellite images showed that China may have deployed HQ-9 air defense missile systems in the Chumbi valley of Tibet, on the border with the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim and the independent kingdom of Bhutan.
According to a contract released by the U.S. DoD (Department of Defense) on September 4, 2020, American company Lockheed Martin Missile Fire Controls, Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $23,067,054 modification contract for the purchase of production parts for the production of M142 HIMARS High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launchers.
According to a contract released by the U.S. DoD (Department of Defense) on September 4, 2020, American company Bell Textron Inc. based in Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $272,161,641 fixed-price-incentive-firm-target contract for the production and delivery of eight UH-1Y and four AH-1Z helicopters for the government of the Czech Republic.
Pictures have just popped up on Caesar@Ninja998998’s Twitter account, showing two of the M113 APCs that the U.S Army had modified to make them somwhat look like BMP-1s and to use them as OPFOR (OPPosition FORce) vehicles for training in the 1980s and 1990s. They were sold to Lebanon which apparently (these pictures are not dated) continues t use them.
On September 2, the Armored Instruction Section of the 1st Mechanized Infantry Battalion (School) - “Regimento Sampaio” conducted specific training for crossing a watercourse for 34 drivers of Armored Personnel Transport Vehicles (VBTP) Guarani.
Tornado-S multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) can now fire a longer-range missile distinguished by high precision. Flight parameters are preset to guide each missile to the target in flight.
