May 2020 Global Defence & Security Industry - Military News |
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The Rosoboronexport company of Rostec State Corporation has begun marketing work to promote the 59N6-TE mobile three-coordinate radar station of the development and production of the Nizhny Novgorod Radio Engineering Research Institute to the world arms market.
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The United States and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan have continued to cement their military partnership through the Jordan Operational Engagement Program (JOEP) in past months. U.S. Army Capt. Bryan Elliott and U.S. Army Capt. Ernest Wang report.
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The procurement time and number of S-350 Vityaz air defense weapons in the coming years have been determined. The launchers are currently supplied to air defense training centers but will be soon be delivered to combat units. Experts believe the deliveries will call for large-scale retraining of the personnel to operate in modern warfare and repel massive strikes by cruise missiles and prospective weapons, the Izvestia daily writes.
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On May 22, Serbian Minister of Defence, Aleksandar Vulin, attended the test firing of RLN-IC test surface-to-air missiles, which was carried out by members of the Military Technical Institute in the area of the "Pasuljanske livade" military complex.
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otector Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has signed a contract with General Dynamics Land Systems - Canada for delivery of the Protector Remote Weapon Stations (RWS) to the Canadian Army valued 500 MNOK.
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Virtual meetings between key leaders may be more frequent and create even closer partnerships after the pandemic, U.S. and foreign military officials across the Indo-Pacific region said during an online forum this week. Sean Kimmons, Army News Service, reports.
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Following an official tender, the DroneGun Tactical, designed and manufactured by the company DroneShield has been selected as the preferred portable counter-drone system by the European Union police forces. The agreement represents the first framework rollout of counter-drone equipment by any Government customer, anywhere in the world. The process was run by Belgium Police, with an EU-wide framework. Sales, training, and local support will be managed by DroneShield’s Benelux region partner ForcePro BV.
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China's first unmanned helicopter AR500C designed to be used for plateau regions has completed its maiden flight recently in the eastern province of Jiangxi, sources with the developer said, on May 21, 2020.
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According to the French Newspaper website "La Tribune", Morocco bought the French-made short-range air defense missile system VL Mica designed and produced by the company MBDA. Some few days ago, Army Recognition announced that Morocco has purchased missile systems without information about the type of missile.
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On May 19, 2020, FN America, LLC, the makers of the world’s most battle-proven firearms,® proudly announces the release of the FN 509® Compact Tactical, the smallest and most concealable 9mm tactical pistol available on the market.
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French Defense Minister Florence Parly paid a visit to the 3rd RIMa (Régiment d'Infanterie de Marine, Marine Infantry Regiment) in Vannes, where she attended an operational preparation sequence and a presentation of the capabilities of the new VBMR Griffon armored vehicle, part the Scorpion program.
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On May 22, Army Recognition mentioned armaments contracts signed by Morocco with France and, at last, officially announced. According to Michel Cabirol in the French newspaper La Tribune, it is possible to publish precisions about one of the two types of equipment (we shall come back later on the second one): Caesar self-propelled howitzers.
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21 May 2020, Leading high mobility military vehicle developer, Supacat, with operations in Devon, UK, and Melbourne, Australia, signed a Teaming Agreement in March 2020 with Soucy International Inc., the Quebec, Canada, based global leader in Composite Rubber Tracks (CRT) for defence equipment.
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On May 18, 2020, the Japanese Ministry of Defense has announced that Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) orders 323 semi-automatic pistols SFP 9 manufactured by the German company Heckler & Koch.
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On May 14, 2020, Australian Company Bisalloy Steel Group has announced the extension of its longstanding teaming agreement with Rheinmetall Defence Australia (Rheinmetall) for the further development and production of high-performance armor steel for military vehicles. This steel is to be used for Rheinmetall’s Australian manufactured BOXER 8×8 Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles (CRV), for export customers and specifically, once certified by the German Government, used as a source of supply for Rheinmetall in Germany.
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On May 14, 2020, the Department of Transport, Royal Thai Air Force, published a document announcing the medium price for the purchase of two Light Armored Vehicles for the amount of 25,000 baht (USD 780,518.25) to Thailand Panus Assembly Co Ltd. and Chaiseri Metal and Rubber Co. Ltd.
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Standing for Main Ground Combat System, MGCS is a joint Franco-German defence project. The programme, to be implemented under German political leadership, is tasked with developing the main combat system to succeed the Bundeswehr’s Leopard 2 and the French Army’s Leclerc starting in 2035.
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France is Morocco’s second-largest arms supplier, providing 44% of the total weaponry, while the US accounts for 53%, Hamza Guessous reminds on Morocco News. Next order(s) will benefit to MBDA France.
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The Japanese Ground Self Defense Force currently uses the Howa Type 89 assault rifle. On December 6, 2019, the Japanese Ministry of Defense announced that plans had started to get a successor. It’s done! The Howa Type 20 assault rifle, so named since it is being introduced in fiscal 2020, was displayed to the media on May 18 at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward.
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The Spanish army extends maintenance contract with the UTE formed by the companies Comercial Hernando Moreno (Cohemo) and Flensburger Fahrzeugbau Gesellschaft (FFG) for three years to support the maintenance of its Leopard 2E, Leopard 2A4 and Recovery Leopard 2ER.
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The TLVS program is currently entering a decisive phase. As part of many years of contributing to TLVS Thales Deutschland has submitted an offer for medium-range radar (MRS) to the responsible Joint Venture.
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The Arquus teams of Limoges have recently completed the production of the 1,000th Sherpa armored vehicle. It is a major milestone for the Sherpa family, founded in 2006, which has constantly evolved since. It thus joins a very select circle of multipurpose vehicles, 14 years after its first presentation at Eurosatory 2006.
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The Armament Department of the People’s Liberation Army will host "Crossing Obstacles 2020" land-based unmanned system competition in the forthcoming September and October, in a bid to further promote the innovation and development of the PLA Army’s unmanned system equipment. Wang Xinjuan reports on China Military.
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As reported by RIA Novosti on May 18, 2020, Russia and Kyrgyzstan are discussing the supply of 9K37 Buk-M1 (SA-11 Gadfly in NATO code) anti-aircraft missile systems and Mi-8 helicopters from the Russian Armed Forces, the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST) reports.
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Troops from NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence battlegroup in Lithuania are training together with British and Spanish pilots from the Alliance’s Baltic Air Policing mission. The training, which began on Monday (11 May 2020) and wraps up this week, provides an opportunity to improve close air support and aircrew procedures and skills.