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Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen officiated at the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF)'s Commando Formation's 50th-anniversary parade at Hendon Camp on December 4.
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After a top Chinese arms firm showcased multiple types of artificial diamonds at a recent jewelry exhibition, military experts on Wednesday said the gemstones could also be used in military equipment, including laser weapons and other precision machines. Huang Panyue reports on Global Times.
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Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said the Islamic Republic has gained full self-sufficiency in the field of defense, Tasnim news agency reports.
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General Dynamics European Land Systems-Mowag announced today, Dec. 5, that it signed a contract with Armasuisse on November 18th, 2019, for the delivery of 100 protected Eagle 6x6 reconnaissance vehicles for the Swiss Army. The Eagle 6x6 was selected after an international competition conducted by Armasuisse, the Swiss federal office for defence procurement. This first order of the Eagle 6x6 is a milestone for the latest development of the Eagle vehicle family.
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Kollsman, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems of America, has been awarded a military prototype project agreement for the U.S. Army’s Multi-Domain User Sensor Architecture (MDUSA) targeting system, Optics.org reports. Elbit Systems' approach consists of laser marker designator, target locator and azimuth and vertical angle module. The company was awarded the prototype project through the Sensors Communications and Electronics Consortium (SCEC) other transaction agreement (OTA). Financial details of the contract were not disclosed.
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India on Tuesday, Dec. 3, successfully carried out a night test-firing of the over 300 km strike-range Prithvi ballistic missile off the coast of Balasore, the Economic Times reports. The test was conducted by the Strategic Forces Command.
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Saab has received an order from the Latvian Armed Forces for deliveries of the shoulder-launched disposable AT4 weapon system. Deliveries will take place in 2021.
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Signal units of the Russian Central Military District’s 41st Combined-Arms Army, which are based in Siberia, have received advanced military hardware, the Defense Ministry’s press office said.
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Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS has signed a contract with Armasuisse for delivery of the Kongsberg Protector Remote Weapon Station (RWS) to the Swiss Army.
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The U.S. Army has awarded a contract valued at 11MioUSD (roughly 10 MioEUR) to the team of Rheinmetall Protection Systems and Unified Business Technologies (UBT) for significant testing of the StrikeShield Active Protection System to begin in October 2020 at Redstone Test Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
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A battalion of Tor-M2DT Arctic-designed air defense missile systems from a Northern Fleet separate motor rifle brigade has assumed combat duty in the Murmansk Region in northwest Russia, the Defense Ministry’s press office said.
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The Defence Technology Institute of Thailand (DTI) will be evaluating Milrem Robotics' THeMIS robotics combat vehicle (RCV) next year to determine its suitability for the country's armed forces. The THeMIS RCV exhibited last week during the Asian Defense & Security Exhibition in Bangkok will undergo tests in cooperation with the Royal Thai Army. The tests are designed to evaluate the vehicles’ capabilities in the harsh terrain and climate conditions where local armed forces operate.
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Raytheon unveiled a new immersive military training product today at I/ITSEC, the world's largest modeling, simulation and training event. The Synthetic Training Environment Soldier Virtual Trainer, or STE SVT, uses virtual reality to train squads of soldiers in multiple scenarios while using real and virtual weapons.
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MBDA has successfully completed a series of trials of the CAMM-ER air defense missile, validating the high-performance of the system.
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Tank crews from an Eastern Military District motor rifle large unit based in the Jewish Autonomous Region in Russia’s Far East have completed their training and have been allowed to operate upgraded T-80 tanks recently delivered to them," the Defense Ministry’s press office said.
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In preparation for unexpected chemical agent exposures, U.S. Army Soldiers, with Charlie (C) Troop, 1st Squadron, 303rd Cavalry Regiment (1-303 CAV), 96th Troop Command (96 TC), Washington Army National Guard (WAARNG), partnered with Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF) Chemical Support Unit (CSU) instructors for a Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Subject Matter Expert Exchange (SMEE) at Joint Training Center-Jordan in November.
