MBDA’s MMP (Missile Moyenne Portée) programme has passed a major phase in its development. MBDA has just demonstrated the firing capabilities of its MMP missile in an operational configuration. The launch tests were carried out in a confined space in the presence of the operator, using his firing post, and the team leader.

Friday, April 25, 2014 06:39 PM

On 7 April 2014, the OCCAR-EA BOXER Programme Manager released the delivery of the first Netherlands’ Ambulance (NL AMB) BOXER. The NL AMB is part of the fleet of 472 BOXER vehicles in total to be delivered.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014 05:39 PM

The new Russian unmanned ground mobile security robot Taifun-M, designed to provide security at strategic missile facilities, has been shown on the Russian Vesti news program.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014 04:18 PM

A company-sized element of the U.S. Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team -- about 150 soldiers -- will arrive in Poland tomorrow to begin a bilateral infantry exercise with Polish troops, the Pentagon press secretary said today. In the coming days, about 450 additional soldiers from the Vicenza, Italy-based 173rd ABCT will arrive for similar exercises in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby said.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 07:17 AM

The Lockheed Martin Team’s [NYSE: LMT] Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) has achieved 100,000 miles in the government’s Engineering & Manufacturing Development (EMD) reliability, availability and maintainability (RAM) testing. In August 2013, Lockheed Martin delivered 22 JLTVs to the U.S. Army and Marine Corps for EMD testing, which will continue through the fall.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 05:54 PM

Due to a failed bidding back in November, the Philippines Department of National Defense (DND) has called for a second round of bidding for eight new amphibious assault vehicles worth P2.5 billion to replace old LVTH-6 in the Philippine Marine Corps.
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014 05:15 PM

General Necdet Özel, chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) , met on April 17 with Lt. Gen. Wang Guanzhong, deputy chief of general staff of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), who headed a Chinese military delegation to attend the 4th China - Turkey High-Level Dialogue Meeting on Military Cooperation in Ankara.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 05:15 PM

Pakistan successfully test- fired a nuclear-capable ballistic missile on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, the military said. Pakistan's Short Range Surface-to-Surface Ballistic Missile Hatf III (Ghaznavi) can carry nuclear and conventional warheads to a range of 290 km, an army statement said.
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014 04:21 PM

The Obama administration said Monday, April 21, 2014, it has "indications" chemical weapons were used in Syria earlier this month, and is investigating whether the Assad regime might have been responsible. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki discussed the allegations a day after French President Francois Hollande said France also had indications the regime is still using chemical weapons.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 08:28 AM

During the military parade in Tehran, Friday, April 18, 2014, the Iranian army has unveiled the new heavy tactical vehicle Zoljanah produced locally by the Iranian defense industry. In recent years, Iran has made great achievements in its defense sector and has attained self-sufficiency in producing essential military equipment and systems.
Monday, April 21, 2014 11:00 PM

Iranian army has presented Sunday, April 20, 2014, a 155mm self-propelled howitzer dubbed Hoveyzeh which is based on the American-made M109A1. The Hoveyzeh is a rebuilt M-109A1 which has been built using scraped and decommissioned M-109s. Many parts of the vehicle are manufactured by the Iranian army defense industry.
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Monday, April 21, 2014 09:53 PM

The Iranian Army has unveiled another home-made main battle tank, dubbed as Sabalan, during a ceremony in Tehran, April 20, 2014. The new main battle tank was unveiled by the Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan.
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Monday, April 21, 2014 09:13 PM

The Iranian Army's Ground Force has unveiled its new local-made Moharram 6-barrel 12.7 mm Gatling-type machine gun. During the military parade in Tehran on April 18, 2014, the Moharram was mounted at the rear of a local-made neinava 4x4 light tactical vehicle.
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Monday, April 21, 2014 08:06 PM

The Iranian Army's Ground Force unveiled a series of new achievements in a ceremony in Tehran today, two days after the National Army Day. Tehran launched an arms development program during the 1980-88 Iraqi imposed war on Iran to compensate for a US weapons embargo. Since 1992, Iran has produced its own tanks, armored personnel carriers, missiles and fighter planes.
Monday, April 21, 2014 10:28 AM

Warsaw and Washington may announce the deployment of additional American troops in Poland next week, Polish Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak said following a meeting with his US counterpart, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel at the Pentagon on Thursday, April 17, 2014
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Sunday, April 20, 2014 07:34 AM