Russia does not want to buy more foreign drones in the future, the country has launched its own production of these military equipment, announced Alexander Fomin, Director of the Russian Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) on the radio, Echo of Moscow.
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 02:19 PM

By next summer, Russia will supply Iraq with helicopters and anti-aircraft batteries, has indicated, the Iraqi Foreign Minister, Hoshyar Zebari. "I think the first deliveries of Russian weapons in Iraq will take place no later than the summer. The main equipment are helicopters and air defense batteries," said the diplomat in Iraq during an interview with the Voice of Russia.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 01:36 PM

Brazil intends to buy Russian air defense systems Pantsir-S1 to ensure security during the football world championship in 2014 and Olympic Games of 2016, announced Tuesday, March 5, 2013, to RIA Novosti a source close to the Russian agency of export arms, Rosoboronexport.
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 01:00 PM

Moscow and Bratislava plan soon to sign a series of agreements for the production of Russian and Soviet arms under license in Slovakia, announced Tuesday, March 5, 2013, Dmitry Rogozin, Russian Deputy Prime Minister in charge of the military-industrial complex.
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 11:56 AM

200 British instructors are expected in Mali for the training of local soldiers under the auspices of the European Union Training Mission (EUTM), according to British Foreign Secretary William Hague.
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 10:00 AM

Patria delivered the first Patria AMV armoured wheeled vehicles to the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV). This was the first delivery of altogether 113 Patria AMV armoured wheeled vehicles to the Swedish Defence Forces, based on the agreement signed with FMV in 2010. The total value of the contract is approximately EUR 250 millions.
Tuesday , March 5, 2013, 06:32 PM

Malaysian fighter jets and soldiers on Tuesday, February 5, 2013, waged an offensive against a group of armed invaders from the Philippines, who have staked a claim to a remote part of the island of Borneo, authorities said. Previous efforts by Malaysian police to turn the men back had ended in deadly clashes.
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Tuesday , March 5, 2013, 11:55 AM

Vietnam and Russian defense ministers met in Vietnam's capital Hanoi on Tuesday, March 5, 2013, to discuss measures to lift bilateral defense ties to a new height. "At the meeting, the two sides discussed issues of implementing the consensus reached by the two countries' leaders, exchange of visits by high-ranking military officials, cooperation in military engineering, human resources training, and weapons purchase." Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 10:31 AM

After years of development, the military of Taiwan has deployed the ultra-secret Hsiung Feng IIE (HF-2E) land-attack cruise missile (LACM) and appears to be disguising the road-mobile launchers as a fleet of medium-sized express delivery vehicles, Internet reports have said.
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Monday, March 4, 2013, 11:09 PM

The new Malaysian 8x8 armoured vehicle AV-8 designed for the 21st century has been revealed to the public during the 80th Army Day anniversary celebration in Port Dickson, Negri Sembilan. The Malaysian defence ministry spokesman said, the Turkey-designed armoured vehicle was flown to Malaysia and currently placed at an army camp in Port Dickson.
Sunday, March 3, 2013, 07:41 PM

A French soldier has died in some of the most intense fighting thus far in the seven-week-old military campaign to push back a jihadist advance in Mali, officials said Sunday, March 3, 2013. Parachutist Corporal Cedric Charenton was killed Saturday night in an assault in the Adrar des Ifoghas mountains along the Algerian border, where the jihadists have retrenched as French troops have swept through the country's north. Sunday, March 3, 2013, 03:22 PM

Libya has received 20 Italian-made PUMA transport and combat vehicles destined to enhance the military and security capacity of the North African nation which is facing major terrorism threats and security challenges posed by armed groups.
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Sunday, March 3, 2013, 01:49 PM

In the first two months of 2013, Russia sold over $2.5 billion worth of weapons to other countries, the head of the Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation said Friday, . “In the first month of this year, we sold arms worth $1 billion. In the first two months, total weapons sales exceeded $2.5 billion,” Alexander Fomin told Ekho Moskvy radio.
Saturday, March 2, 2013, 01:40 PM

The French Defence Company Nexter has announced Thursday, February 28, 2013, it had won an order from Indonesia for 37 Caesar 155mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer, for a total amount of 115 million euros.
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Saturday, March 2, 2013, 11:50 AM

The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) will begin the integration of the “Tamnun” portable command and control (C2) system in March 2013. The first units to put the system to use will be the intelligence collection units of the IDF Ground Forces. The system includes an encrypted computer and a monitor adapted for operation in harsh terrain conditions.
Saturday, March 2, 2013, 11:22 AM

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency of United States notified Congress Feb. 27 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Iraq for a number of RAPISCAN System Vehicles and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $600 million.
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Friday, March 1, 2013, 01:54 PM

Elbit Systems Ltd. ("ESL") has delivered a Hermes® 900 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to a customer in the Americas. The program includes delivery of ESL's Hermes® 900 unmanned air vehicles, Universal Ground Control Stations (UGCS) including installation in a mission control center, advanced electro-optic systems and additional unique systems.
Friday, March 1, 2013, 11:55 AM

Russia's Airborne Forces (VDV) should expand the scope of their mission and be prepared to operate as a rapid reaction force, said Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. “The Airborne Forces are to be used as rapid reaction forces in responding to crises,” Shoigu told an meeting of senior officers at the Defense Ministry, but did not elaborate.
Friday, March 1, 2013, 11:22 AM

The IDF's (Israeli Defense Forces) Air Defense Command is integrating an upgraded radar into its Patriot long-range missile defense system, following improvements developed by American defense industries as part of a special program of the U.S. Armed Forces, in conjunction with the IDF.
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Friday, March 1, 2013, 09:47 AM