African police chiefs agreed Tuesday, February 11, 2014, at a conference held in Algiers to set up an African police body, or Afripol, the Algerian police chief announced. Speaking to reporters, Major-General Abdelghani Hamel said the African Police Chiefs Conference proposed to establish the mechanism for coordination and cooperation between African police institutions in Algeria.
Thursday, February 13, 2014 09:28 AM

One more Armored Corps Brigade of the Israeli army will be equipped with the latest generation of main battle tank, Merkava IV, fitted with the active protection system Trophy to replace old Merkava Mark II. Merkava IV tanks integrated with Trophy active protection systems are presently being deployed in combat areas along Israel's borders.
Thursday, February 13, 2014 08:28 AM

The Irish Defence Forces has once again extended its relationship with FAUN TRACKWAY – the leading manufacturer of portable roadways and runways – with a third order for the company’s Heavy Ground Mobility System (HGMS), worth €1.6m.
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Wednesday, February 12, 2014 03:15 PM

The Nexter Group delivers the 42nd Upgraded Engineering corps armored vehicle (EBG-VAL) to the School of Military Engineering in Angers, thus concluding the program to upgrade the EBG-F1 (initial version) and Pyrotechnic anti-tank mine clearing systems (SDPMAC), driven by the French Army Procurement Agency (DGA).
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Wednesday, February 12, 2014 09:24 AM

Singapore Technologies Kinetics Ltd (ST Kinetics) announced today that it has entered into a marketing partnership with Gibbs Amphibians Ltd (Gibbs). The partnership concerns the Humdinga, an amphibious truck, which ST Kinetics intends to use as part of its plan to enhance its offering of smart disaster relief and first responder solutions.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 08:40 AM

The Cobra Gold 2014 military exercise, set to open on Feb. 11 in Thailand's Phitsanulok, will involve forces from eight countries in a range of drills. China has sent troops to attend the multilateral military exercise for the first time, said the Chinese Ministry of National Defense on Monday, February 11, 2014.
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Wednesday, February 12, 2014 08:25 AM

Israel Aerospace Industries' (IAI) revealed its new Super Heron heavy fuel Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) during a special ceremony held at the IAI chalet at the Singapore Air Show. "The Super Heron introduces the latest technology and redefines Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial Systems", said Joseph Weiss, IAI's president and CEO.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 07:47 AM

In recent weeks Rheinmetall has won major orders in the field of military air defence. Indonesia and a European nation have ordered air defence products for air force and naval applications which, together with accompanying services, are worth a total of about €50 million.
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014 11:58 AM

The Russian Defense Company KBP Instrument Design Bureau has completed the delivery of anti-aircraft weapons system Pantsir-S1 to the United Arab Emirates. And now, during the defense exhibition in India, Defexpo 2014, KBP and Rosoboronexport signed another contract to negotiate the delivery of Pantsir-S1 to Brazil.
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014 11:25 AM

Russian State arms exporter Rosoboronexport is looking to expand cooperation with India and is focussing on joint production with the country. The company is expected to discuss the progress of the tender to supply 152mm self-propelled artillery systems 2S19 MSTA-S.
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014 09:33 AM

Elbit Systems launched TREASURES, an unattended ground sensors (UGS) system for intelligence gathering, force and border protection and enhanced situational awareness, enhancing a short and efficient sensor-to-shooter cycle in encountering the enemy.
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014 08:28 AM

The Iranian Defense Ministry announced on Monday, February 10, 2014, that it has successfully tested two new missiles, including a laser-guided surface-to-surface and air-to-surface missile and a new generation of long-range ballistic missiles carrying Multiple Reentry Vehicle payloads.
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Monday, February 10, 2014 08:03 PM

On 24th January 2014, the Division of General Armaments (DGA) of the French Ministry of Defence placed an order for 250 logistic military trucks with the Iveco (CNH industrial Group) and Soframe (Lohr group) consortium. This batch forms part of the « Porteurs Polyvalents Terrestres » (PPT) programme, launched in 2010 to provide the French land forces with a fleet of modern logistic vehicles.
Monday, February 10, 2014 06:35 PM

The Agni-5 intercontinental ballistic missile, which has a strike range of more than 5,000 km, is expected to be ready for induction into the armed forces by next year after completion of development trials, said DRDO chief Avinash Chander.
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Monday, February 10, 2014 09:18 AM

Commander of Iran’s Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmayeeli said the air defense unit is protecting the country's sky through a network of nerve endings which have stretched to 3,600 important and strategic sites now.
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Monday, February 10, 2014 08:07 AM

The U.S. Army and Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) successfully fired 30 GPS-guided Excalibur Ib projectiles during an extensive First Article Test series at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. This test series validated performance and reliability of the Excalibur Ib production configuration, and moves the program toward full-rate production.
Saturday, February 8, 2014 01:39 PM

China on Friday, 7 February, 2014, delivered 26 military trucks and 30,000 sets of military uniforms to Cambodia in order to help relieve the difficulties of the Cambodian army.
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Saturday, February 8, 2014 01:03 PM

According to the Azerbaijan Press Agency APA, the Turkish Defense Company FNSS a leading manufacturer and supplier of tracked and wheeled armoured combat vehicles and weapon systems, is going to deliver its products to Azerbaijani market.
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Friday, February 7, 2014 02:03 PM

On February 4, 2014 the first batch of five T-84 Oplot main battle tanks arrived to the Kingdom of Thailand. Ukrainian tanks produced by the State Enterprise “Malyshevplant” arrived to the Port of Sattahip (Thailand) where they were discharged and directed to the place of acceptance testing. After the final testing by the Thailand side, the tanks will be finally accepted under the terms of the contract.
Thursday, February 6, 2014 04:36 PM

Iran has doubled the range of the area covered by the radar systems of its medium range Hawk (named Shahin in Iran) air defense missile shield and improved its tracking and targeting capability by 40%, Commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmayeeli announced on Monday, February 3, 2014.
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Monday, February 3, 2014 02:25 PM

PLATH GmbH successfully has delivered the new system demonstrator to the German Armed Forces. The subject of the procurement was to equip three protected vehicles with modular and scalable equipment for tactical communication intelligence, particularly to be used in areas of conflict. This system displays the entire signal scenario in the relevant frequency ranges.
Monday, February 3, 2014 10:07 AM

General Dynamics Canada, has signed a cooperation agreement with Samtel Avionics Ltd, to co-produce digital displays in India for a range of military and non-military vehicles worldwide.
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Monday, February 3, 2014 09:43 AM

Defense and Security News Web TV Episode January 2014, a global monthly TV Channel bringing you coverage and reports on military news as well as defense and security, business, technology, exhibition, events, and products with the goal to serve an audience of senior military, government and industry decision-makers throughout the world.
Monday, February 3, 2014 08:55 AM

According to the French newspaper website "L'Opinion", France will lend a few of 8x8 armoured infantry fighting vehicles VBCI to British army to be tested and maybe to be purchased. According to a French military source, the British Army could be interested to purchase the VBCI.
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Sunday, February 2, 2014 06:40 PM

According to the Russian press agency Interfax, the Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) launches a new factory in Vietnam to produce assault rifles Galil ACE 31 and ACE 32, to replace in the future all the Russian-made Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle in service with the Vietnamese army.
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Sunday, February 2, 2014 05:27 PM