March 2019 Global Defence & Security Industry - Military News |
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Michigan companies are looking to attract Raytheon and Rheinmetall looking to build 3,500 KF41 Lynx (nicknamed Fox 2 in the U.S.) infantry fighting vehicles. "It's a big $42 billion franchise program and it's a big activity, so we need to get started quickly," said Brand Barnard of Raytheon.
The Army’s newest Electronic Warfare Tactical Vehicles (EWTV) were tested at Fort Irwin National Training Center (NTC), a major training area for the service located in the Mojave Desert in northern San Bernardino County, California, in January, Tradeforprofit.net reports.
The Combat Engineer Battalion of the Estonian defense forces on 14 March put the capabilities of Estonian and allied heavy equipment to surmount and clear obstacles built by the combat engineers to a test at the old airfield of the Tapa military base.
Mahindra Marksman is India’s first armoured capsule-based light bulletproof vehicle to provide protection to the personnel of defence, paramilitary and police forces against small arms fire and grenade attacks. It has the capability to be used in counterterrorism as well as conventional roles.
Lockheed Martin UK is starting a series of tests on the FV510 Warrior infantry fighting vehicle update for the British Army. If the results of these trials are positive, the manufacturer will start negotiations with the Defence Equipment and Support arm of the ministry.
Russia has deployed another regimental set of the S-400 Triumph air defense missiles in its westernmost exclave of Kaliningrad, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday, March 15. The new set of missiles has been supplied to the Russian Baltic Fleet from the Kapustin Yar test site in the southern Astrakhan Region after successful test launches, a ministry statement said.
On March 13, 2019, the U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Australia of AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and related equipment for an estimated cost of $240.5 million. These items are in support of Australia’s purchase of the National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System (NASAMS).
The U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Spain of AAVP-7A1 Assault Amphibious Vehicles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $107 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on March 14, 2019.
Russian National Guard (Rosgvardiya) has begun updating its small arms inventory, Rosgvardiya`s Director Viktor Zolotov said at a meeting of the service`s scientific-technical committee.
Danish Company INVISIO (IVSO) has received an order for its communication and hearing protection systems valued at approximately US $3.12 million from an existing customer in the U.S. Department of Defense. Delivery is scheduled over the next two quarters.
British Armed Forces Minister Mark Lancaster has confirmed that a new specialist Gurkha battalion is being formed. The 3rd Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles will be established as a Specialised Infantry Battalion and will begin recruiting in 2019.
Florence Parly, French Minister of Defense, accompanied Emmanuel Macron, President of the Republic, to Djibouti and Ethiopia, on March 11 and 12, 2019, to consolidate or create bilateral defense cooperation.
The U.S. Army has awarded Northrop Grumman a $713 million contract for the production of Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) for the first phase of Poland's WISLA air and missile defense program. WISLA plans also call for the Patriot missile defense system to be acquired, with that system expected to be integrated into the IBCS network.
On March 14, 2019, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg released his Annual Report for 2018. The Report outlines how NATO is responding to today's security threats, adapting to new challenges, and investing in the future. It covers NATO's activities and achievements to strengthen its deterrence and defense posture, to boost its efforts to fight international terrorism, to increase its capacity building support to partners and to accelerate its modernisation and innovation agenda. The Annual Report includes the details of estimated 2018 national defense expenditures for all 29 NATO Allies.
Saab has received an order to deliver the Mk II missile for RBS 70 to the Army of the Czech Republic. The deliveries will take place in 2019.
On 13 March, thousands of Cambodian and Chinese soldiers descended upon a 10,000-hectare training area in Kampot Province, southern Cambodia, to kick off the largest-ever joint military exercise between the two nations, as Ben Sokhean reports in the Khmer Times.
India’s Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) on Wednesday 13 March night conducted one more successful trial of the newly designed and developed Man Portable Anti Tank Guided Missile (MP-ATGM) at Rajasthan desert. It was first tested on 15 and 16 September 2018 at the Ahmednagar range in the western Indian state of Maharashtra.
U.S. Marines are officially getting a new set of wheels. The Marine Corps will start fielding the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) to Marines, following a decision made Dec. 12 by the Program Executive Officer Land Systems, Ashley Calingo reports on DVIDS. But serious cuts in the JLTV programme are firmly requested by U.S. Army officials to spend money on other defense priorities.
Nearly 1,000 troops have gone through final preparations for their imminent deployment to Afghanistan. The deployment sees 1st Battalion The Rifles, and 1st Battalion The Royal Irish operating together for the first time since World War Two.
The Armed Forces of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are set to receive its ordered Belarusian-made MZKT-741351 tank transporters by the end of 2019, according to the Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant (MZKT Volat) that manufactures the vehicles.
On March 7, the Spanish Army announced that soldiers of the 7th field artillery “Galicia”, stationed in Pontevedra (Galicia), tested the SK95, a new artillery tractor developed by UROVESA.
The IDF’s Technology and Logistics Division has completed the development of a new armored personnel carrier nicknamed Panther, which will be used for ongoing low-intensity confrontation operations, Yoav Zitunforsem reports.
The Next Generation Armoured Fighting Vehicle (NGAFV) designed to equip the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has received a new unmanned turret developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. On March 1, Singaporean reporter Mike Yeo published on his Twitter account a photograph showing the so-updated version of the AFV.
The Madrid-based company Star Defense Logistics & Engineering (SDLE) has signed a framework contract with the Spanish army for the maintenance and supply of material to the Jaime I military base located in Bétera (Valencia).
An agreement between Turkey and Qatar for the purchase of Turkey's first domestically made main battle tank, the Altay, has been inked, officials said on 12 March, Daily Sabah reports.
