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During a ceremony that was held on Tuesday, January 15, 2019, Turkey has donated armored vehicles and security equipment to Albanian police rapid response teams.
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Lockheed Martin a $31.9 million contract for the Operational Fires (OpFires) Phase 3 Weapon System Integration program. OpFires seeks to develop and demonstrate an innovative ground-launched system to enable a hypersonic boost glide missile system to penetrate modern enemy air defenses and rapidly engage time-sensitive targets.
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In 2020, Novadem NX70 micro-UAVs will be used to support operations of the prestigious Marseille’s Navy Firefighters Battalion (BMPM). These UAVs will bring an aerial intelligence capacity, immediately available, and an operational added-value in a broad range of missions.
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Sig Sauer has recently been chosen by the U.S. Army to supply .300 Winchester Magnum ammunition for its bolt-action sniper rifle. The contract amounts to USD10 million.
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A batch of 30 upgraded T-72B3 tanks will be delivered to the Central Military District’s armored division based in the Chelyabinsk Region in the Urals in 2020, the Defense Ministry’s press office said: "Tank crews will learn to operate the advanced military hardware during driving lessons and live-firing drills due to take place after its delivery to the units".
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Uzbekistan army has upgraded T-64B and T-72B MBTs. The modernized main battle tanks have been unveiled at a military show being held on January 12-14 in Tashkent.
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An artillery regiment of the Western Military District’s Yelnya-based motor rifle division, which is stationed in the Bryansk Region in western Russia, has received the first batch of Msta-SM1 self-propelled artillery systems, the Defense Ministry’s press office said.
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Pierce Aerospace, a Remote ID UAS Service Supplier (RID-USS), participated in the first C-UAS engagement that confirmed the positive ID of UAS with a Remote ID system. Pierce’s Flight Portal ID (FPID), compliant with the ASTM F38 Workgroup “UAS Remote ID and Tracking” standard, delivered Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) information to Counter-UAS (C-UAS) operators, which resulted in the successful execution of an engagement against “hostile” UAS at the US Army Futures Command Maneuver and Fires Integration Experiment (MFIX).
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This transfer is part of the strategic vision of the Information-Cyber-Influence capability dimension and the ISTAR Battalion Battlefield Surveillance Radar Replacement Programme. The remaining Squire radar systems have been upgraded in the past year and will be upgraded in the near future.
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In a recent series of tests in the Negev Desert in southern Israel, Israeli Defense Company RAFAEL demonstrated the SPIKE SR (Short Range) Precision guided missile, proving its unique lethal capability.
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Barrett Communications have recently supplied HF radio communications equipment to the Chinese Ministry of Emergency Management for use by the Bureau of Fire and Rescue and Bureau of Forest Fires.
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The Israel Missile Defense Organization in the DDR&D of the Ministry of Defense has successfully completed a complex test campaign of an advanced version of the Iron Dome System, exactly a decade after the first successful test, Israeli MoD has tweeted.
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In 2018, for the first time, Vietnam decided to contribute to a UN peacekeeping force, Lee Ann Quann reports on Twitter. Composed of medical personnel, the Vietnamese contingent participated in United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS). Expecting hostility, VPA converted a BTR-152 into a medevac. The BTR-152 received an additional 15mm of armor on the front and 10mm on the sides, enough to stop small arms fire.
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On Monday, Jan.13, the Belgian Ministry of Defense gave a restricted briefing to explain and illustrate what happened to an MPPV Dingo 2 armored vehicle a Belgian ISTAR detachment operating under German command in Mali in the framework of the MINUSMA (Mission des Nations-Unies au Mali).
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At the end of December 2019, the German Bundeswehr ordered a thousand logistic vehicles from Rheinmetall worth €382 million, including valued added tax.
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On January 13, Elbit Systems announced that its subsidiary, IMI Systems, was selected by the Finnish Ministry of Defence (Finnish MOD), following a competitive testing by the Finnish Defence Forces (FDF), to provide the Finnish Army with the M339, a NATO compliant 120mm High Explosive Multi-Purpose ammunition, and Data Setting Units, for its Leopard 2 Main Battle Tanks (MBTs).
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OIP Sensor Systems from Oudenaarde, Belgium, and its co-contractor Telefunken-Racoms, Ulm, Germany, to deliver optics that will be fitted on FN SCAR®-H PR according to the contract won by the Belgian Company FN Herstal to deliver 2,620 FN SCAR®-H PR 7.62mm NATO caliber precision rifles to the French Army.
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The U.S. Army has informed the National Advanced Mobility Consortium that it will award other transaction agreements to QinetiQ North America and Textron to build four Light and Textron to build four Medium Robotic Combat Vehicles.
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On October 28, 2019 at the U.S. Army Base in Grafenwoehr, Germany, the 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, 41st Field Artillery Brigade began New Equipment Training and new software fielding of the Multiple Launch Rocket System Field Artillery Launcher. As the only U.S. rocket artillery brigade in the European theater, the unit prepares to deliver long-range precision fires to defend NATO allies and deter aggression from near-peer adversaries using M270A1 MLRS Multiple Launch Rocket System.
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General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada, a subsidiary of General Dynamics, has released the first photo of the newest medium-weight, large-caliber Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) combat vehicle. The MPF program is designed to provide a mobile, protected, direct, offensive fire capability across the spectrum of terrains and operations for the army’s Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT).
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On Jan.6, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe repeated his intention to deploy a contingent to the Middle East to ensure the safety of its ships.
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A large Southern Military District rocket unit stationed in the Astrakhan Region in south Russia has been fully rearmed with advanced Tornado-S multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS).
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Although Iranian missiles damaged equipment and infrastructure at U.S. and ally-occupied military installations in Iraq Tuesday, training and defensive readiness paid off in no lives being lost, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said. C. Todd Lopez, Defense.gov, reports.
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Armed forces of Myanmar used Chinese drones to fight armed rebel groups in the country. The army of Myanmar began using the combat drones in attacks against Buthidaung and Rathedaung townships on January 2, 2020.
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A batch of 5.45mm AK-12 assault rifles will be delivered to the Russian Defense Ministry in 2020, the Defense Ministry’s press office said. "In accordance with the state defense order, the defense contractor will hand over 40,000 firearms to the Defense Ministry," the press office said.
