BAE
Systems has been awarded a £135 million ($200m) contract to commence
series production of 48 Archer 155mm self-propelled artillery gun systems
and their associated ammunition handling systems for the Swedish and
Norwegian armed forces. ....
The
commander of the Russian Ground Forces has arrived in Russia's Far East
to inspect the preparation for upcoming strategic military exercises
in the region. The Russian Armed Forces will conduct large-scale Vostok-2010
military exercises in Siberia and the country's Far East in June-July.
....
The
Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) has just delivered the last of
three new-generation SDTI (interim tactical UAV system) aerial vehicles,
ordered in August 2009 from Sagem (SAFRAN Group) under the economic
recovery plan. This acquisition, worth 5 million euros, also includes
an initial support package (spares and technical documentation).....
General
Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD),
has been awarded $37 million for Abrams Tank Systems Technical Support
(STS) by the U.S. Army TACOM Lifecycle Management Command of Warren,
Mich. . ....
The
Indian Army has dispatched a global request for information (RfI) for
the import of 12.7 mm heavy machine guns (HMGs) capable of firing varied
ordnance to a range of 2000 m as part of its Future Infantry Soldier
as a System (F-INSAS) programme, which is currently under development.
....
Over
300 paratroopers from the 76th Airborne Division will be airdropped
during military exercises in northwest Russia on Thursday, Airborne
Troops spokesman Col. Alexander Cherednik said. The New armoured 2S25
Sprut-SD will be drop for the first time ....
Russia
has delivered the first batch of Mi-35M Hind E attack helicopters to
Brazil, a Russian state arms exporter said on Thursday. Rosoboronexport
spokesman Sergei Svechnikov said a total of 12 helicopters are to be
delivered under a 2008 contract, worth $150 million. ,
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The
British Ministry of Defence has selected General Dynamics UK as the
preferred bidder for the demonstration phase of the new SV program,
for the delivery of 600 new armoured vehicles., ....
The
Vietnamese defense minister said on Tuesday that the current visit of
his Russian counterpart to Vietnam would strengthen bilateral military
ties, which have seen a significant improvement in the last few years.,
....
The
first 10 Pantsir S1 (SA-22 Greyhound) antiaircraft surface-to-air missile
systems entered service with the Russian Air Force, a Defense Ministry
spokesman said on 18 March 2010, see video, ....
The
Israel Defence Force (IDF) Army Headquarters will establish a fourth
combat engineering battalion and expand its explosive ordnance disposal
capabilities to guard against future conflicts in Lebanon and the Gaza
Strip, ....
Thursday,
18 March 2010, the Chechens police force killed six terrorists among
whom an Al-Qaïda representative during a police operation announced
the Chechen Minister of Interior Rouslan Alkhanov. see video news,
....
Iranian
Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi reiterated on Wednesday
that the country is determined to continue its eye-catching progress
in different fields of defense in the coming Iranian year (beginning
on March 21) ....
The
BAE Systems FRES Scout contender and common base platform has completed
mobility performance trials which verify it meets demanding UK Ministry
of Defence growth targets for its top-priority FRES SV programme.
....
Ukraine
is going to supply the Democratic Republic of Congo with 20 T-72 main
battle tanks, 100 lorries and thousands of arms and ammunitions, according
to a document sent to the United Nations ....
Oshkosh
Defense has received a delivery order for 40 next-generation Heavy Expanded
Mobility Tactical Trucks HEMTT for the United Arab Emirates. The delivery
order, valued at $11.9 million, is part of the UAE's Patriot Advanced
Capability (PAC)-3 missile systems purchase approved by the U.S. Congress.,
....
Israeli
warplanes bombed at least four targets in the Gaza Strip during the
night in response to a rocket attack from the Palestinian enclave which
killed a foreign worker on a kibbutz in Israel., ....
Krauss-Maffei
Wegmann (KMW) handed over the first series-production vehicle of the
Joint Fire Support Team (JFST) FENNEK to the German Federal Office of
Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB) and the Armed Forces at the
artillery school in Idar-Oberstein., ....
The
first two Light Multirole Vehicles for the Austrian Army were presented
at the Military Arsenal in Vienna, Austria, with the Minister of Defence,
Norbert Darabos, being present., ....
Elbit
Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT) announced this 15 March 2010 that it was
awarded a contract from the Department of Defence of the Commonwealth
of Australia in the amount of approximately $298 million U.S. dollars,
....
The
Russian government has approved a draft agreement on a joint military
base in the former Georgian republic of South Ossetia, the Russian Cabinet
published on its website this 12 March 2010, ....
Canada
is to field its upgraded Leopard 2A4 main battle tanks (MBTs) in Afghanistan
later this year, according to military officials. Lt Col Alan Bolster,
Director Land Requirements 3, Armoured Fighting Vehicle Systems, ....
French
Company Panhard has delivered 80 TC54 trucks and six PVP wheeled armoured
vehicles to Togo's Armed Forces. These vehicles will mainly be used
to facilitate the deployment of Togolese units engaged in the MINURCAT
mission in eastern Chad.
More
than 2,000 servicemen from Russia's Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) are
taking part in large-scale command-and-staff exercises that started
on Wednesday, a military spokesman said.
Oshkosh
Defense has received a contract modification valued at $29 million from
the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) to supply more
than 75 next-generation HEMTT A4 Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks
to branches of the Egyptian armed forces. ....