General Dynamics Land Systems has been awarded $132.7 million for the procurement and production of 69 Saudi M1A2 (M1A2S) Abrams tanks for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This work is part of a plan by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to upgrade its fleet of tanks.
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 08:56 AM

Afghan forces and the NATO-led coalition or International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops will continue to press insurgents across the war-hit Afghanistan during the winter, an ISAF spokesman said on Tuesday, January 8, 2013.
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 07:52 AM

Germany began sending Patriot missiles to Turkey on Tuesday, January 8, 2013, as a ship carrying the equipment left the northeastern German seaport Lubeck-Travemunde for Turkey. The ship named "Suecia Seaways," loaded with 300 vehicles and over 130 containers, will arrive at Turkey's Iskenderun Port on Jan. 21, according to a German statement issued on Monday, January 7, 2013.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 06:59 AM

As part of the "Gladius" project, Thales has received the subcontract from Rheinmetall Defence to manufacture and supply 310 night vision goggles of type Lucie II D and 16 IR modules for 30 combat systems of the "Infantry Soldier of the Future" (IdZ 2). In addition, Thales will supply this highly modern combat gear with 300 UHF radios of type SOLAR 400 EG-E.
January 8, 2013, 02:19 PM

Elbit Systems Ltd.’s (the “Company) subsidiary, Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop Ltd. (“Elop”) recently was awarded a contract to supply long-range observation and target acquisition systems to the Israel Ministry of Defense ("IMOD").
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January 8, 2013, 01:29 PM

Mexican police will acquire 40 new armored vehicles for a total of $ 5.5 million. The selected armoured vehicle has not yet been unveiled but some local police of Mexico are already using the Tiger 4x4 armored vehicle manufactured by MDT Armor based in United States.
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January 8, 2013, 11:37 AM

The United States has given 200 M113 tracked armoured personnel carrier vehicles to Lebanon, the Lebanese army said on Monday, January 7, 2013, bolstering forces that have been struggling to deal with sectarian violence inflamed by the war across the border in Syria. The M113 armored personnel carriers (APCs) arrived by ship to Beirut on Sunday, the army said in a statement.
January 8, 2013, 10:31 AM

ReconRobotics announced that its international headquarters in Lugano, Switzerland, has closed the year with strong sales of micro-robot systems to military and police users in Norway, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Hungary and France, in addition to an unspecified country in the Middle East.

January 8, 2013, 10:44 AM

The first 10 airborne armoured infantry fighting vehicles BMD-4 will be delivered to the Airborne troops of Russian army for the second half of 2013, has announced in December 2012, the Airborne troops commander, General Colonel Vladimir Shamanov. The Russian Defence Minister has also agreed the production of 10 BMD-4M and 10 BTR-MD Rakushka for the first half of 2013 for the infantry units of Russian Navy. Tuesday, January 8, 2013, 09:44 AM

Russia will start building new radar stations of the Voronezh class in three regions this year, spokesman for Russia’s Space Forces Col. Alexei Zolotukhin said on Sunday, January 6, 2013. “The construction of new radar stations of the Voronezh class will start in [east Siberia's] Krasnoyarsk Territory and in [south Siberia’s] Altai Republic and in the Orenburg region [central Russia],” Zolotukhin said.
Monday, January 7, 2013, 01:47 PM

Russia will conduct in April state tests of military equipment sets Ratnik, nicknamed “future soldier uniforms,” Defense Ministry ground forces spokesman Lt. Col. Nikolai Donyushkin said on Sunday, January 6, 2013.
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Monday, January 7, 2013, 01:36 PM

Elbit Systems Ltd.’s (the “Company”) subsidiary, Elbit Systems Land and C4I Ltd., was recently awarded a contract by the Israeli Ministry of Defense (“IMOD”) to supply Cardom artillery systems (known in the Israel Defense Forces as "Keshet").
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Monday, January 7, 2013, 10:18 AM

Ukraine will deliver its first batch of T-84 Oplot main battle tanks to the army of Thailand in May, army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha said, Saturday, January 5, 2012. Under the staggered delivery schedule, five of the tanks will be delivered in May, with another 50 tanks due by the end of 2015, he said. The army has ordered a total of 200 of the T-84 Oplot tanks.
Monday, January 7, 2013, 08:42 AM

In September 2013, at the defence exhibition Russian Expo Arms (REA) in Nizhny Tagil, many new heavy armoured vehicles will be presented based on the development of a single universal combat platform called "Armata".
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Sunday, January 6, 2013, 09:55 AM

The first United States soldiers have arrived at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, in support of a NATO plan to deploy six Patriot batteries to defend Turkish airspace from potential missile strikes from neighboring Syria, U.S. European Command announced Friday, January 4, 2013.
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Sunday, January 6, 2013, 08:41 AM

The Dutch Patriot missile defense systems will leave the Netherlands for Turkey On Jan. 7 to support the NATO operation Anatolian Protector, the Dutch Ministry of Defense confirmed on Friday, January 4, 2013. The Patriot missile defense systems will be boarded for transport on Monday.
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Saturday, January 5, 2013, 04:10 PM

Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili on Saturday, January 5, 2013, pledged continued contribution to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. Ivanishvili made the pledge after attending the funeral for a Georgian soldier who had been found dead after missing for 10 days in Afghanistan in December last year.
Saturday, January 5, 2013, 03:18 PM

The United States has signed a $3.5 billion sale for the delivery of THAAD Theater High Altitude Area Defense missile system to the United Arab Emirates, part of an accelerating military buildup of its friends and allies near Iran.
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Friday, January 4, 2013, 11:49 AM

The United States could keep between 6,000 and 15,000 troops in Afghanistan after the official 2014 NATO withdrawal, say officials familiar with plans submitted to the Pentagon by the current U.S. commander in that country, Gen. John Allen.
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Friday, January 4, 2013, 09:02 AM

In 2012, the Western Military District of the Russian armed forces has received more than 2,000 armoured vehicles including main battle tanks T-72B1, 8x8 armored personnel carrier vehicles BTR-82, BREM-K wheeled armoured recovery vehicle based on the BTR-80 8x8 APC, and multirole tracked armored vehicles MT-LB VMK.
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Thursday, January 3, 2013, 10:33 AM

Senior military officials announced on Tuesday, January 1, 2013, that Iran is now testing the subsystems of Bavar (Belief) 373 missile defense system - the Iranian version of the sophisticated S-300 long-range air-defense missile system.
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013, 10:21 AM

Bumar Amunicja S.A. (Eng. Bumar Ammunition) manufactured its 2000th GROM Anti-Aircraft Missile Set. Those anti-aircraft missiles are used in the POPRAD anti-aircraft system (used by the Polish Armed Forces).
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013, 04:26 PM

A historic mission for the 401st Army Field Support Brigade of U.S. Army came to an end, Nov. 12, when AFSBn-Bagram issued 49 M1114 vehicles to the Afghan National Army, under a Foreign Military Sales case. The 49 vehicles were the last of more than 950 vehicles that were involved in the program that lasted about two and one-half years.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013, 03:06 PM

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the faithful cooperation during 2012. Our very best wishes and Happy New Year 2013 to you and your family.
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