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According to information published by the United States Africa Command on August 14, 2020, the United States donated more than $8 million in military equipment including MK7 Mamba 4x4 armored vehicles to Niger in a ceremony August 5, 2020. The equipment will aid the West African nation and its G5 Sahel Joint Force partners in the fight against terrorism in the region.
According to a press release published by Boeing on August 12, 2020, Boeing submitted its offer to the U.S. Missile Defense Agency for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) competition, proposing a design that leverages the company’s more than 60-year track record and expertise in strategic missile and weapon systems.
According to a statement released by the Israeli Ministry of Defense on Thursday, August 12, 2020, Israel and the United States complete a successful flight test of Arrow-2 ballistic missile.
According to information released by the Stars and Stripe website on August 13, 2020, Hungary has signed a deal with the United States to purchase NASAMS (National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System) air defense missile systems for around 1$ billion. The agreement was signed by Hungarian Defense Minister Tibor Benko and David Cornstein, the U.S. ambassador to Hungary.
According to a contract released by the U.S. DoD (Department of Defense on August 11, 2020, General Dynamics' Land Systems unit has won a potential five-year, $428.2M contract to perform field-level maintenance work on the U.S. Army's Stryker 8x8 armored combat vehicles.
According to a Tweet published by the Turkish Defense Industries Presidency Chairman Ismail Demir on August 6, 2020, the Turkish Company BMC has delivered a new 4x4 armored vehicles called Vuran to the Turkish armed forces. The Vuran is 4x4 combat vehicle in the category of MRAP (Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected) developed and designed by the Company BMC.
According to information published by the World Socialist Web Site on August 10, 2020, Germany has announced a plan to boost its defense spending. The German Defense Minister has published a first priority list for the acquisition of military equipment to continue the modernization of its armed forces.
According to information published by "The Korea Herald" newspaper website on August 10, 2020, in the next five years, South Korea will start the development of a new air defense missile similar to the Israeli Iron Dome able to counter long-range artillery threats of North Korea.
According to information released by the Australian Minister for Defence Industry, Hon Melissa Price on August 7, 2020, Australia has awarded $7.7 million contract with BAE Systems Australia to convert 16 M113AS4 Armoured Personnel Carriers into Optionally Crewed Combat Vehicles (OCCVs), increasing the OCCV fleet available to 20 vehicles and support experimentation over two years. Conversions will be conducted in South Australia by BAE and in regional Victoria by Defence’s Joint Logistic Unit (Victoria).
According to information published by the Greek Reporter website on August 6, 2020, Israeli companies SK Group and Plasan intend to acquire 90% of the Hellenic Vehicle Industry (ELVO), a manufacturer of military vehicles based in Thessaloniki.
According to information published by the U.S. Strategic Command on August 4, 2020, A joint team of United States Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen and Navy sailors launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with three test reentry vehicles from aboard the Airborne Launch Control System at 12:21 a.m. Pacific Time Aug. 4 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
According to information released by the UrduPoint website on August 6, 2020, Belarus has successfully finalized the first tests of 9A33-2B air defense missile system, a modernized version of the Soviet-made 9K33 Osa air defense system, NATO reporting name SA-8 Gecko.
The U.S. has transferred additional FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missiles to Lithuania worth over $ 31 million. According to the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense, the army plans to purchase more anti-tank missiles from the U.S. for $ 104 million in the next decade.
NanoCommerce Sdn Bhd (NCSB), a subsidiary of NanoMalaysia Bhd, and Pulsar UAV Sdn Bhd (PUSB), have signed a partnership agreement to commercialise a hydrogen-powered drone also known as the High Endurance Fuel Cell Powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV).
On August 4, the Government of Canada announced that production on the first Armoured Combat Support Vehicle (ACSV) has begun in London, Ontario at the General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada manufacturing facilities. These new vehicles will fulfill a variety of combat support roles such as that of Troop/Cargo Vehicle (TCV), ambulance, command post, and mobile repair and recovery.
Lt. Gen. Gilbert I. Gapay, Commanding General of the Philippine Army, greeted the reception of the newly-customized Mobile Command Center 4 (MCC4) KM-450, part of a fleet of mobile command posts which serve as coordinating venues between the Army Signal Regiment and other government agencies in the event of disasters or other crisis incidents, Defense Studies reports.
Tectonica has secured a major contract with Rheinmetall Defence Australia for the manufacture of sophisticated camera technology for Army’s new Boxer 8×8 Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles (CRVs) delivered under the Commonwealth of Australia’s Mounted Combat Reconnaissance Capability project (LAND 400 Phase 2).Tectonica Altera LSAS (Picture source:
According to information published by the USSAA News website on August 4, 2020, U.S. Army is ready to field two types of laser weapon systems in 2022 including a 50-kilowatt laser weapon that will be used to destroy drone and artillery rockets and a 300-kilowatt laser weapon which will be able to shoot down cruise missiles.
As reported by Laurent Lagneau on Opex360, the current armored vehicles used by te French Gendarmerie, designated VBRG (Véhicules blindés à roues de la Gendarmerie, Wheeled Armored Vehicles of the Gendarmerie) have over 40 years of service. Often mentioned, their replacement has never been successful, while the maintenance in operational condition, despite all the goodwill in the world, is more and more complicated to ensure and imposes "cannibalization", that is to say to recover the good parts on other vehicles to make continue to operate those which are still in an acceptable condition. Of the 155 VBRG delivered to the Gendarmerie Mobile for its law enforcement missions, only around 80 remain operational.
The [4th Guards] Kantemirovskaya tank division of the [1st] Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District received ten modernized T-80BVM tanks.
According to a Tweet released by Lockheed Martin UK, in July 2020, the Warrior Capability Sustainment Programme (WCSP) to upgrade the British army Warrior MCV-80 tracked armored IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicle), has successfully finalized important milestone Test Phase 1, completed 59 Battlefield Missions with the British army.
According to information published by the Info Defensa website on August 2, 2020, the Uruguayan National Army has launched a request for the maintenance of its fleet of AVGP (Armored Vehicle General Purpose). In 2008, the Uruguayan Army has purchased 44 second-hand armored vehicles Cougar that was used by the Canadian Army.
The reconnaissance units and special forces of the Russian Airborne Forces will be the first to receive the new Typhoon-VDV armored vehicles. The commander of the Airborne Forces, Colonel-General Andrei Serdyukov, said that, this year, the paratroopers will receive a batch of Kamaz K-4386 Typhoon-VDV for trial operation. Mass deliveries of it to the troops are expected in 2021. Earlier it was reported that whole battalions would receive these armored vehicles.
Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., an Israeli-based defense technology company, have signed a joint venture to establish an Iron DomeTM Air Defense Missile Weapon System production facility in the United States. The new partnership, called Raytheon RAFAEL Area Protection Systems, anticipates finalizing a site location before the end of the year.
Due to the arrival of tropical storm Isaia, the Netherlands (Dutch) Defense has been supporting local authorities in Saint-Martin (in the Caribbean). The armed forces assist the police on request with three Iveco Anaconda off-road vehicles. They are intended to be used on roads where police cars can no longer come, for example, due to rainfall or damage.
