Turkish defense sources said the U.S. bidders, a partnership of Raytheon and Lockheed Martin, recently proposed to Turkey a batch of used PAC-2 systems, deployed in Germany.
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Tuesday, April 8, 201410:21 AM

Top defense procurement official of Turkey has proposed new options for the acquisition of a new air defense missile system after the decision to buy Chinese-made CPMIEC’s FD-2000 missile-defense system over rival offers from Franco-Italian Eurosam SAMP/T and Raytheon Patriot based on better price and better terms of technology transfer.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 09:39 AM

Palestinian women who will become a part of the elite Presidential Guard stand during a training in Jericho, West Bank, on April 6, 2014. Twenty-five Palestinian women are set to become the first female members of the Presidential Guards, a Palestinian elite force of 2,600 men.
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Monday, April 7, 2014 02:32 PM

Turkish defense industry exports increased by 20 percent in January-March period reaching US$322 million, according to a national association of exporters. Turkey's defense exports for the first quarter of this year are valued at US$322 million, a 20 percent increase on the same period last year, according to figures from the Turkish Exporters' Assembly (TIM).
Monday, April 7, 2014 10:37 AM

The Japanese Ministry of Defence has ordered four Bushmaster 4x4 armoured vehicles for deployment with the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force (JGSDF). The vehicles, all troop carrier variants, will be manufactured at the company’s facility in Bendigo, Victoria in Australia, for delivery in late 2014.
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Monday, April 7, 2014 08:42 AM

The press-service of the Russian Ministry of Defence has announced that new models of military equipment would be displayed during the Victory Day parade on Red Square in Moscow. Thus, on May 9, one will be able to take a look at state-of-the-art anti-aircraft missile complexes Tor-M2U and anti-tank missile systems BMP-3 Khrizantema-S.
Sunday, April 6, 2014 11:04 AM

Japan’s defense minister has ordered the Japanese Armed Forces to shoot down any North Korean ballistic missiles that are tested in the coming weeks, Reuters reported on Saturday, April 5, 2014.
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Saturday, April 5, 2014 10:27 AM

Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, the Princess of Kingdom of Thailand, accompanied by Thai Army Chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha, visited Sakeav polygon (Thailand), where the examination of weaponry and vehicles of Thai Royal Army was carried out. Among the samples of military vehicles the newest BTR-3E1 8x8 armored personnel carriers and Oplot tanks of Ukrainian production were presented in Thai Army.
Friday, April 4, 2014 04:20 PM

Poland is open to further strengthen cooperation with Azerbaijan in the military-technical sphere, head of the Department of International Security Policy of the Ministry of Defence of Poland Katarzyna Friedrich said at a meeting with Azerbaijani journalists in Warsaw.
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Friday, April 4, 2014 01:00 PM

Rheinmetall AG of Düsseldorf has just won another major order for military wheeled vehicles. The Norwegian armed forces will soon be taking delivery of a large number of logistical vehicles made by Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV). RMMV is a joint venture with Rheinmetall AG holding 51% and MAN Truck&Bus AG holding 49%.
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Friday, April 4, 2014 11:55 AM

South Korea has conducted last week, successfully launching of a new ballistic missile capable of striking most of North Korea, its Ministry of National Defense said on Friday, April 4, 2014. The new missile has a range of 500 km and a payload of 1,000 kg , was launched on March 23 from a test site in Taean, a coastal town 110 km southwest of Seoul.
Friday, April 4, 2014 09:53 AM

Last generation military trucks "Typhoon-K" will participate in this year's Victory Day Parade on May 9 in Moscow, Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday, April 2, 2014.
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Thursday, April 3, 2014 10:43 AM

Ukraine Companies of Ukroboronprom State Concern are ready to supply in the nearest future 74 BTR-4 8x8 armored personnel carriers in order to equip 10 military units of National Guard of Ukraine. In total 100 vehicles are to be supplied.
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Thursday, April 3, 2014 10:02 AM

South Korea was reportedly considering purchasing advanced surveillance radar to spot small- sized, low-flying unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) dispatched from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). The South Korean news agency Yonhap, citing a military official, reported that the military was mulling acquiring the low-altitude surveillance radar from overseas as it failed to detect several unmanned aircrafts deployed by the DPRK recently. Thursday, April 3, 2014 07:57 AM

The PL-01 prototype of stealth light tank, developed by Polish Defence Company Obrum and Britain's BAE Systems that uses stealth technology thanks to thermal painting camouflage to blend in with its surroundings could enter in service in 2018.
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014 09:43 AM

The U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command in Quantico, Va., has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems – Force Protection a contract valued at $74.7 million for egress upgrade kits in support of the Mine Resistant, Ambush Protected (MRAP) program.
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014 08:30 AM

The Windsor Police Service of Canada is currently refitting a Cougar variant of the Canadian military’s AVGP (Armoured Vehicle General Purpose) for law enforcement use. The six-wheeled, 10-ton armoured fighting vehicle was donated to the city by the Department of National Defence last year.
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014 08:15 AM

Japan significantly eased its rules on sales of military equipment after nearly four decades of tight restrictions on weapons exports, in line with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policy of having the country's defense establishment play a greater role.
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 01:47 PM

Elbit Systems Land and C41, a defense material manufacturer based in Israel, won the bid to supply the Philippines Army more than P368 million worth of artillery, a source privy to the bidding said.
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 01:13 PM

The United States is trying to sell or dispose of billions of dollars in military hardware, including sophisticated and highly specialized mine resistant vehicles as it packs up to leave Afghanistan after 13 years of war, officials said Monday, March 31, 2014. But the efforts are complicated in a region where relations between neighboring countries are mired in suspicion and outright hostility.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 11:54 AM

US defence services provider and equipment manufacturer Dyncorp International and its partner OTT Technologies Mozambique have rolled out the first 16 of 115 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) for use by African Union peacekeepers in Mali.
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 11:22 AM