February 2020 Global Defence & Security Industry - Military News |
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US National guards from Arizona trained with Jordan Armed Forces soldier on how to enhance their skills in driving MRAP armored vehicles during various situation.
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The U.S. plans to allocate a large budget to the improvement of the performances of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system and augment its interoperability with the Patriot (PAC-3) air defense missile system on the Korean Peninsula.
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Patria, a global market leader in the production of armoured wheeled vehicles, have been selected with their 6x6 platform to be part of a joint programme to develop sustained mobility enhancement for the Finnish and Latvian Armies. Alcon Components Ltd, world-class specialists in brake and clutch systems, is the principal supplier of braking components for Patria’s heavy armoured vehicle range, and specifically the Patria 6x6.
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Last January, a group of Marines assessed next-generation night-vision goggles in a realistic setting. Matt Gonzales, U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command, reports.
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More than 2,500 regular and reserve British soldiers from 7th Infantry Brigade (the Desert Rats) are currently deployed on a six-week training exercise on Salisbury Plain. Exercise Wessex Storm is one of the biggest exercises of its kind in a decade and is designed to test the soldiers on the skills needed to live and fight for long periods of time under harsh conditions. Later this year, the Desert Rats will deploy on operations in Mali, Afghanistan and Poland. This Exercise is a key part of ensuring their readiness for those operations.
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An Australian company has been awarded a contract to build the seating frames for the Australian Army’s new Boxer 8x8 Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles.
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The Russian armed forces are operating more than 20,000 BTR-80/82-family armored personnel carriers, Director General of the Military Industrial Company (VPK) Alexander Krasovitskiy told the Expert magazine on January 27.
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UVision Air Ltd. – a global leader in Loitering Munitions Systems of all sizes for a variety of missions- announces a successful demo of its Hero-120 system for a strategic NATO customer. All of the strict criteria demanded by the Customer were met, including loitering time, accuracy and radius. This is the first time the new Hero-120 platform has been demonstrated, following its recent public release at the Paris Airshow and AUSA.
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On January 13, 2020, the Arquus site in Saint-Nazaire handed over the first 15 TRM2000 4x4 trucks to the teams of the SIMMT (Structure Intégrée du Maintien en Condition Opérationnelle des Matériels Terrestres) and the Service de la Maintenance Industrielle Terrestre (SMITer).
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Lincad, UK designer and manufacturer of specialist batteries and charging systems, has won a significant new contract from Team Leidos to supply arange of cells and batteries for ultimate use by British armed forces.
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According to the Vedomosti newspaper, the Russian Defense Ministry has taken a decision regarding the tank troops development: by 2027, there will be about 900 really modern tanks. The Russian armed forces will start receiving T-90M tanks of both new production and mostly upgraded from the existing T-90A tanks in 2020. Alexander Potapov, General Director of the Uralvagonzavod concern, said on Thursday, February 13, 2020: "I think that we will see them [T-90M tanks] soon this year".
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From 18 to 20 February 2020, Rheinmetall is on hand at the GPEC 2020 international security conference and exhibition in Frankfurt, displaying the Survivor R special operations protected vehicle.
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French company Parrot Group has won a contract to supply the Swiss armed forces with mini-drones as part of the “Swiss Mini UAV Program” (Swiss MUAS) call for tender against major civilian UAV players. Product specifications, quantities and prices are not disclosed.
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The U.S. Army is about to start testing a four-wheeled electric scooter known as the EZRaider at the annual Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiments (AEWE) taking place in Fort Benning, Georgia. AWE is used to conduct war games and mock battles designed to give soldiers the opportunity to test out new and experimental equipment.
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Bittium has received a purchase order from the Finnish Defence Forces to continue porting the European ESSOR (European Secure SOftware-defined Radio) program’s OC1 (Operational Capability 1) wideband waveform to the Bittium Tough SDR radios that will be delivered to the Finnish Defence Forces.
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Approximately 1,600 service members from more than 30 African and partner nations are participating in Flintlock 2020 at multiple locations in Mauritania and Senegal from Feb. 17-28, 2020.
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Kazakhstan Paramount Engineering (KPE) Kazakh-South African joint venture has been developing a common range of remotely operated weapon stations (ROWSs) for ground and sea applications, according to the news agency Informburo.KZ.
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On June 6, 1944, U.S. Army Soldiers participated in the largest amphibious landing ever conducted. By the end of the battle, allied troop casualties stood at over 200,000. Marines fighting in the Pacific took this as a learning opportunity and adapted a better manual for amphibious fighting. Lance Cpl. Brian Bolin Jr., 2nd Marine Division, reports.
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According to a statement released on the U.S. Department of Defense on February 14, 2020, the American Company Oshkosh Defense LLC was awarded a $407,335,834 modification (P00291) to contract W56HZV-15-C-0095 to procure Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) and associated kits. For this contract, Oshkosh Defense will deliver JLTVs to U.S. Marine, Lithuania and Slovenia.
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As announced by Army Recognition last 7th January, the Kalashnikov AK-203 7.62 mm assault rifle will become a standard firearm of the Indian military, according to local sources.
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More than 500 U.S. soldiers and dozens of tanks and heavy fighting vehicles are deployed to Lithuania to bulk up NATO’s eastern flank. US Army armored cavalry troops exercised in Lithuania after training alongside NATO Allies for several months.
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U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, currently attached to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, and Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, worked alongside the JGSDF during Northern Viper in Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 27-28, 2020.
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Mack Defense has assembled the 1,587th and final truck for the Medium Support Vehicle System (MSVS) Standard Military Pattern (SMP) program. The truck rolled off the assembly line on Feb. 13 in Saint Nicolas, Quebec, in front of a group of dignitaries, military officials and Mack Defense employees.
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NATO member states have been united in their response to Russia’s new SSC-8 cruise missile system, which the alliance deems to be non-compliant with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in his opening remarks at NATO’s ministerial meeting in Brussels on Thursday, Feb.13.
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BAE Systems to develop advanced analytics technology to assist in the detection and deterrence of mass destruction activity, helping to protect national security.