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The Nicaraguan army has taken delivery of 12 trucks on May 24, 2018. The trucks were delivered through Guasaule via Honduras. While few details were released by the Ministry of Defense, a statement on its website indicates that the trucks were ordered months ago to initiate the replacement of Nicaragua's current inventory of ageing vehicles.
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Mozambique is currently in talks with Russia to discuss weapons it would like to get under the military and technical cooperation agreement, Mozambican Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Pacheco told TASS on the threshold of the talks in Moscow.
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Russia’s 12.7mm OSV-96 heavy sniper rifle will be upgraded to receive a new cartridge and become a precision weapon, a representative of the Shipunov Instrument-Making Design Bureau told TASS.
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To increase battlefield effectiveness and accuracy of current Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives (CBRNE) detection capabilities, the US Army Joint Services are updating with a few pieces of new equipment at the Aberdeen Proving Ground.
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FLIR Systems, Inc. has been awarded a $2.6 million order from the United States Army to deliver FLIR Black Hornet® Personal Reconnaissance Systems (PRS). The units delivered under this contract will support squad-level surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities in the Army’s first batch order for the Soldier Borne Sensor (SBS) program.
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The US-based vehicle manufacturer Mack Defense LLC has been awarded a $296 million contract for the delivery of 683 M917A3 Armored Heavy Dump Trucks, the US Department of Defense announced on May 29, 2018.
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Sweden close to sign a deal in the next few weeks to purchase American-made Patriot air defense missile system from the U.S. Company Raytheon. The contract could reach an amount of 10 billion crowns ($1.13 billion) and is the biggest military purchase since 2013 from the Swedish armed forces.
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Otokar, a Koç Group company, with products used in more than 30 countries across the world, attends at HEMUS Exhibition which take place between May, 30th and June, 3rd, 2018 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. During the five-day exhibition Otokar promotes its ARMA 8x8 armored fighting vehicle.
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Finally, the deal has been cut. According to the Pravda, Russia plans to ship several regimental sets of S-400 air defense missile systems to India. The deal is evaluated at about $6 billion, sources at the Russian Ministry of Defense told RBC. "It goes about five regiments, which is ten divisions," the source said. Most likely, Russia and India will announce the deal prior to the summit of the leaders of the two countries in October of this year.
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According to the Baltic Times newspaper website, Latvia will receive Stinger Man-portable air-defense missile systems (MANPADS) purchased from Denmark. The planned deal is expected to be completed in the first half of 2018 when air defense systems will arrive in Latvia.
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Zala Aero of Kalashnikov Concern launched the serial production of a new unmanned aerial vehicle, ZALA 421-16Ev2, the Kalashnikov said.
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A new Russian-made 12.7mm silenced sniping rifle based on the MTs-116M rifle will be unveiled at the Army 2018 exhibition in Kubinka in the Moscow Region in late August, a representative of the Shipunov Instrument-Making Design Bureau told TASS. The Shipunov Instrument-Making Design Bureau is the developer of the rifle.
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A new Central Military District NBC protection unit being formed in the Altai Territory in south Siberia has received TOS-1A heavy flamethrowers, the district’s press office said.
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The defence production sector of Pakistan has signed a deal to export locally manufactured light armoured vehicles called ‘Interceptor’ to Bahrain.
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General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) will present a new variant of its advanced 8x8 wheeled infantry fighting vehicle Piranha IFV at the XIII International Defence Exhibition HEMUS 2018 taking place between May 30 and June 2 in Plodiv, Bulgaria.
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The Philippine Army is now equipped with platforms that can provide situational capability and secure communication to its units in the field. The equipment being referred to is the "Blue Force Tracking System" that was developed by the Army Signal Regiment under its situational awareness capability program.
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The NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency has awarded Airbus a € 40 million contract for the delivery of the first phase of the new NATO Communications Infrastructure Project. The contract also includes options for future phases of the project, worth up to € 50 million.
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This combat helmet from Welp Armouring offers unprecedented bullet resistance according to VPAM HVN 2009 protection class 6. This is equivalent to ballistic protection against calibre 7.62 x 39 mm ammunition. This exceptionally high ballistic protection is provided throughout the helmet’s entire surface area of 1,335 cm².
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A brand-new missile system at the heart of the British Army’s future air defences has completed its first successful firing trials, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced. The trial, which followed previous munitions tests, was the first time Land Ceptor had been test-fired as a whole system, including the cutting-edge SAAB Giraffe radar.
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For many years, the war in Afghanistan has been rehabilitating the tracked main battle tanks. But except on that theatre of operations, the Mobile Gun System "philosophy" has taken over on the "old concept". No more tracks, but wheels. So, the Canadian army wants MGS vehicles.
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Poland wants a permanent U.S. military presence. To obtain it, the country proposes as much as USD 2 billion, according to a defense ministry proposal obtained by Polish news portal Onet. The Trump administration has pushed NATO allies to increase their defense budgets up to 2% of GDP, as the alliance suggests. Poland has been at or above 2% since 2015.
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The Australian Army is currently the biggest user of Nano UAS in the world. It is also the first in the world to proliferate the technology to the conventional forces down to combat platoon level.
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The U.S. Department of Defense has announced on May 25, 2018, the contract calls for Raytheon to build Romania's first brand-new Patriot air defense missile fire unit Configuration 3+. In July 2017, the U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Romania for Patriot air defense systems, related support and equipment. The estimated cost is $3.9 billion.
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MAPLE RESOLVE 2018, largest annual military training exercise for Canadian army with the participation of 5,500 military personnel focused on validating three Level 6 headquarters from 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (5 CMBG) from 13 to 24 May at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, Alberta.
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Kazakhstan bought a battalion of Russian Buk-M2E air defense missile systems and plans to procure another one, said the Kazakh Defense Minister Saken Zhasuzakov at KADEX-2018 defense exhibition and arms trade show in Kazakhstan.