November 2022 News Global Defence & Security Industry - Military |
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According to information released by the Turkish Ministry of Defense, the Russian-made S-400 air defense missile system that Türkiye bought from Russia is ready for action and will be used if the country is threatened, said Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar.
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According to information published on the Facebook account of the Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Army, the U.S. Army awarded multiple contract options worth $520.814 million on October 21 and November 2, 2022, to Lockheed Martin for Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems in order to replenish GMLRS (Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System) provided from U.S. DoD (Department of Defense) inventory to Ukraine.
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According to a Tweet published by the Polish Ministry of Defense on November 21, 2022, Poland accepted the proposal of the German Ministry of Defense to deploy additional Patriot air defense missile systems in Poland, near the border to Ukraine. This request was made following the crash of the S-300 missile in Poland on November 15, 2022.
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According to information published by German company Rheinmetall on November 23, 2022, As part of another backfill activity commissioned by the German government, Rheinmetall is supplying Marder 1A3 Infantry Fighting Vehicles to Greece. The first units of these Marder Infantry Fighting Vehicles were presented as part of the parade of the Hellenic Armed Forces on the occasion of the national holiday on October 28th, 2022, in Thessaloniki.
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According to information published by the Finnish company Patria on November 23, 2022, Patria has completed the XA-180 armored personnel vehicle Mid-Life-Upgrade project as the last vehicles have now been delivered to the Finnish Army. The agreement of Mid-Life-Upgrade (MLU) of XA-180 armored personnel carriers was signed by Patria and the Finnish Defence Forces in 2013.
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According to a Tweet published by François Bausch Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg on November 21, 2022, Luxembourg has sent High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) to Ukraine that come from its military inventory.
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According to information published by the Daily Sabah website on November 22, 2022, the Turkish company FNSS has delivered the first PARS IV 6x6 Special Operations wheeled armored vehicle to Turkish Security Forces.
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According to information published by BAE Systems on November 21, 2022, Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) from Poland and BAE Systems signed a memorandum of understanding to provide the M88 Armored Recovery Vehicle (ARV) and other combat vehicle solutions to the Polish Armed Forces, if requested and agreed, to support their Abrams-based heavy brigades.
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According to a Tweet published on November 17, 2022, by the Polish Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense Mariusz Błaszczak, the first American M142 HIMARS MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System) will be delivered next year to Poland.
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Russia’s Strategic Missile Force has conducted successful flight tests of the prospective RS-28 Sarmat silo-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), Strategic Missile Force Commander Colonel General Sergei Karakayev said at an enlarged meeting of its Military Council.
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Germany provides support for Ukraine by supplying equipment and weapons, these come from supplies of the Federal Arms Forces and from deliveries from industry financed from the Federal Government’s funds for security capacity building. Among these impressive deliveries, there will be 8 Oshkosh M1070 heavy tank transport tractors, a vehicle type that is not in service with the Bundeswehr (German army).
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The U.S. Army Integrated Fires Mission Command (AIAMD) and soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, conducted a successful missile flight test with the Integrated Air & Missile Defense Battle Command System at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico on November 17, 2022.
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According to pictures published on the "Ukraine Weapons Tracker" on November 21, 2022, the United Kingdom delivers the next generation of Brimstone missiles to Ukraine. In the pictures, we can see that Brimstone 2 anti-tank missiles are on the way to Ukraine.
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The U.S. Army awarded multiple contract options worth $520.814 million on Oct. 21 and Nov. 2, 2022, to Lockheed Martin for Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems in order to replenish GMLRS provided from DoD inventory to Ukraine.
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According to information published by the Canada National Defense Department, the Canadian Department of National Defense has ordered 39 additional ACSV Armored Combat Support Vehicles to replace armored vehicles it donated to Ukraine earlier this year.
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During an interview with the French newspaper "Journal du Dimanche" on November 19, 2022, the French Minister of Defense, Sébastien Lecornu, confirmed the delivery to Ukraine of two batteries of Crotale NG air defense missile system and two LRUs, a French version of the American M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System.
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According to information published on the "Defense Arab" Twitter account on November 19, 2022, the second generation of Hafeet 6x6, a wheeled armored vehicle produced by the defense company NIMR from UAE (United Arab Emirates) will arrive in Algeria.
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Chinese defense industry introduces its new LD-3000 also called Type 1130 Close-in Weapon Station (CIWS) at AirShow China 2022. The CIWS consists of a remotely operated turret armed with an 11-barrel 30mm Gatling design which is mounted on a two-axles trailer.
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With Gray Eagle 25M, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems elevates U.S. Army’s current flagship medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aircraft to a new degree of power, interoperability, and combat capability.
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On November 16, President of the Hungarian Republic Katalin Novák and Minister of Defense Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky visited the Israeli Iron Dome missile defense system, Hungary Today reports. Minister Szalay-Bobrovniczky said that, among other things, they were shown the combined air defense system that Hungary should study in light of the Polish missile incident on November 15.
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According to a Tweet published by the Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic, Jaro Nad, on November 18, 2022, the 7th Slovak-made Zuzana 2 8x8 155mm self-propelled howitzer was delivered to Ukrainian armed forces.
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Firing tests of its newly received NORINCO VT5 Light Tanks have been conducted y the Bangladeshi army at Chittagong Firing Range.
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On November 10, the DGA announced that it had delivered to the Ground Force (Armée de Terre), on October 25, five new intelligence mini-drone systems (SMDR) pursuant to a contract notified at the end of 2016 to the company Thales. The SMDR is a medium-range surveillance drone system designed to collect real-time, day and night, environmental and target acquisition information.
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According to Yusuf Çetiner in Overt Defense, the JARMOL laser system developed for the Turkish Gendarmerie General Command was showcased by Tübitak Informatics and Information Security Advanced Technologies Research Center (BİLGEM) for the first time. The Tübitak Gebze Complex’s BİLGEM High Power Laser Research Center Integration Laboratory and Test Tunnel served as the site of the system’s presentation and demonstration.
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On November 17, the Royal Norwegian Air Force selected the Lockheed Martin TPY-4 next-generation ground-based air surveillance radar to enhance the country’s long-range surveillance capability.