June 2015 Defence & Security Industry - Military - Army News
 
 
 
 

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Off Road Trucks KrAZ-6322 6x6 All Wheel Drive to Be Operated in an African Country
 
Off Road Trucks KrAZ-6322 6x6 All Wheel Drive to Be Operated in an African Country 640 001 AutoKrAZ completed another order for delivery of a batch of the KrAZ-6322 6x6 AWD (all wheel drive) trucks to an African country. Delivery is made through authorized Ukrainian exporting company. The trucks have been shipped to customer by the due date under the contract terms. The KrAZ-6322 platform truck is still one of the most popular models with military and rescuers due to its ruggedness, excellent off road performance, easy maintenance and repair.
 

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U.S., Spain Agree to Make U.S. Crisis Force Deployment in Spain Permanent
 
US Spain Agree to Make US Crisis Force Deployment in Spain Permanent 640 001 On June 17, U.S. and Spanish officials signed an amendment to the nations' defense agreement that will change the deployment of the U.S. crisis response force at Moron Air Base from temporary to permanent, defense officials said today. The amendment, when the Spanish parliament approves it, will make permanent the temporary deployment of the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force for Crisis Response at Moron Air Base.
 

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Belarus is negotiating the delivery of S-400 air defense missile systems from Russia
 
Belarus is negotiating the delivery of S-400 air defense missile systems from Russia 640 001
Belarus will deploy four batteries of air defense missile systems S-300 by the end of 2015 and is negotiating the delivery of air defense missile systems S-400 from Russia, BelTA learned from an interview of Belarusian Defense Minister, Lieutenant-General Andrei Ravkov with the Russian news agency TASS.
 

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Georgia signs a contract with France to purchase advanced air defense missile systems
 
Georgia signs a contract with France to purchase advanced air defense missile systems Crotale Mk3 640 001
Georgia and France have finalized a blockbuster air defense deal that was the source of a major political crisis in Tbilisi last year, though many of the details of the deal and the crisis remain shrouded in mystery. Defense Minister Tina Khidasheli on June 15 signed an agreement with the company ThalesRaytheonSystems in Paris on the purchase of “advanced” air defense systems that will “guarantee country’s air defense,” Khidasheli said, according to Georgian news website.
 

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New FN Herstal FN Mag and FN M2-QCB Machine Guns for the Netherlands
 
New FN Herstal FN Mag and FN M2-QCB Machine Guns for the Netherlands 640 001 On June 12, Dutch Minister of Defence signed a contract with Belgian company FN (Fabrique Nationale) Herstal for the delivery of 2050 FN Mag 7,62 mm machine guns and 840 M2-QCB 12.7 mm heavy machine guns. Those weapons are supposed to replace the weapons currently in service in Dutch Army.
 

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Iveco Defence Vehicles supplies military trucks to the Spanish armed forces
 
Iveco Defence Vehicles supplies military trucks to the Spanish armed forces 640 001
Iveco Defence Vehicles announces that on May 27, 2015 the Spanish Army and Iveco signed a contract for the supply of multi-purpose military trucks to the Spanish armed forces. The tender invitation was issued in 2014 by the Ministerio de la Defensa, Ejercito de Tierra and resulted in the selection of Iveco Defence Vehicles, whose bid was rated as the best in technical and economic terms, after three months of intensive on and off road trials.
 

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Russia and UAE to sign a contract for the delivery of Khrizantema-S anti-tank missile
 
Russia and UAE to sign a contract for the delivery of Khrizantema-S anti-tank missile 640 001
Russia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are set to sign a contract on the delivery of Russia’s unique self-propelled antitank system Khrizantema-S; pre-contractual works are currently underway, according to the chief designer of the company which developed the weapons.
 

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Nexter presents the first Aravis in peacekeeping configuration for the Gabonese Army
 
Nexter presents the first Aravis in peacekeeping configuration for the Gabonese Army 640 001
Today, in Satory, Mr Philippe Burtin, CEO of Nexter Systems, presented the first ARAVIS® in peacekeeping configuration to Mr Ernest Mpouho Epigat, Minister of Defence of the Gabonese Republic. The Aravis is a combat proven 4x4 armoured vehicle which was deployed by the French Army in Afghanistan.
 

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Thales launches STAR NG new generation of surveillance radar for civil and military applications
 
Thales launches STAR NG new generation of surveillance radar for civil and military applications 640 001
On the opening day of the Paris Air Show 2015, Thales announces the unveiling of STAR NG, revolutionary new generation Air Traffic Control (ATC) radar. STAR NG is an S-Band Primary Surveillance Radar (PSR) which can perform all the operational primary surveillance requirements of both civil and military air traffic control.
 

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