2018
Firing tests in winter conditions for Barys 8x8 armored in Kazakhstan
According to the Kazakhstan Ministry of Industry, trial tests of the Kazakhstan’s Barys 8x8 armoured vehicle fitted with a turret armed with a 2A42...
BAE Systems Australia to upgrade Australia's long-range radar network
BAE Systems Australia today welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Marise Payne and the Minister for Defence Indust...
Serial production of Russian PL-14 pistol soon to begin
The Izhevsk Mechanical Plant of Kalashnikov Concern of Rostec State Corporation will launch the serial production of the Lebedev pistol (PL) in the...
China's Defense Budget Increase to be mainly used for New Weapons Development
The Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China (PRC) published the report on the central and local budget draft for 2018 at the first se...
Russian arms export in 2017 exceeded $15bn says Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin chaired the first meeting of the commission for military-technical cooperation this year and said the country has ...
WFEL delivered first deployable military bridges to Australian Defence Force
Under the Land 155 Enhanced Gap Crossing Capability Project, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) has taken delivery of the first scheduled tranche o...
Turkish active protection system ‘Akkor Pulat’ to equip tanks in Syria
Developed by the Turkish company Aselsan and the country's top scientific body, Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), ...
Russia and Qatar boost military cooperation
On January 25, Qatar’s Ambassador to Russia Fahad bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah told TASS that Doha had reached an advanced stage of negotiations with Mo...
EXPAL showcases its capabilities at Future Indirect Fires conference
Bristol will host between 6th and 7th March, the Future Indirect Fires Conference that will focus on artillery, mortars and simulators. In this int...
China to raise defense budget by 8.1% in 2018
China will raise its defense budget by 8.1 percent in 2018, up slightly from last year's 7 percent, but still considered moderate in view of the co...
Joint Light Tactical Vehicle tested by Army and USMC
US marines and Army soldiers have started testing the new Oshkosh 4x4 Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) in eastern California’s Mojave Desert at ...
Russia to create self-propelled antitank gun on Boomerang platform
Russia is to create a self-propelled antitank gun on the Boomerang platform in the near future, said Alexander Krasovitsky, CEO of the Military-Ind...