November 2019 Global Defence & Security Industry - Military News |
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Russian-made S-400 NATO reporting name SA-21 Growler, air defense missile systems will go on combat duty in Turkey in the spring of 2020 and operators are undergoing training at present, chief of Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Dmitry Shugayev told reporters at Dubai Airshow-2019.
Star Defense Logistics & Engineering (SDLE) keeps developing the project awarded by the Jordanian Army a year and a half ago for the commissioning of a fleet of 80 Centauro Cavalry Reconnaissance Vehicles (CRV). During the next weeks, SDLE will deliver one of the most relevant milestones of this Program, in the next weeks SDLE will deliver the first batch of its third generation thermal cameras.
MBDA has signed an agreement to purchase GDI Simulation from Airbus with closing subject to regulatory closing conditions. Terms of the deal are not being disclosed.
Military working dogs played a vital role in the recent raid and death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi; however, temporary and permanent hearing loss due to high-decibel noise in training, transport and operations put these animals at risk. Now, thanks to an Army small business innovation program, canines may have new gear to protect their ears.
Barrett Communications have recently delivered equipment as part of a United States funded program into Egypt. The contract was to supply High Frequency (HF) and Very High Frequency (VHF) radio communications equipment.
Eurospike, a joint venture between Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., Diehl Defence GmbH & Rheinmetall Electronics GmbH has signed a multi-year framework contract for the supply of SPIKE (also known as MELLS in Germany) Missiles & launchers to the German Army. The missiles and launchers will be manufactured in Germany by local German companies, in keeping with RAFAEL’s global policy of teaming up with domestic industry, resulting in knowledge transfer and local job creation.
According to a statement released on November 17, 2019, French firms MBDA France and Dassault Aviation are set to sign agreements with Tawazun Economic Council to open up a missile engineering facility and flight testing centre in the UAE (United Arab Emirates).
On 6 November 2019, MBDA demonstrated the increased capabilities of its Mistral 3 missile by successfully intercepting a moving target at a range of over 7 km.
The Swedish Army is fielding a ground-launched version of the IRIS-T, designated RBS 98, to replace the RBS 70 missile system. Four missiles are carried on a special version of a BV 410 tracked armored vehicle. The target to be fought in this case is one of FMV's unmanned target robots.
Diehl Defence participates in the development and production of a new Mobile Ground Based Air Defence system, which will be delivered to the Norwegian Army. The prime contractor of this program is Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS.
A tank battalion of a Northern Fleet separate motorized infantry brigade has received the final batch of 26 T-80BVM tanks and completed the rearmament procedure. The tanks were upgraded by the Omsktransmash Plant in East Siberia.
Soldiers assigned to Joint Multinational Readiness Center’s Sustainment Team, known as the Adlers, had the opportunity to oversee soldiers of 746th Combat Sustainment Support Brigade, from California National Guard, during exercise Dragoon Ready. The mission was for 746th CSSB to supply fuel to the 501st Main Battle Tank Regiment (501e Régiment de Chars de Combat), Free French 2nd Armored Division, soldiers at a fuel collection point in the Hohenfels training area to test interoperability.
Earlier this November month, the Griffon and the Jaguar, two of the new armored vehicle types of the Scorpion program that will equip both the French and Belgian armies were submitted to boarding and landing (embarkation/disembarkation) tests carried on with a Landing Craft Utility and Landing Craft Utilities catamaran (EDAR) of the French navy.
BAE Systems was awarded research and development funding through the U.S. Army to create an advanced radar jamming technology. The technology aims to improve air survivability and mission effectiveness for U.S. Army rotary-wing aircraft and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) by detecting and defeating complex and unknown threats in electronic combat.
Motovilikhinskie Zavody Enterprise of Rostec shipped the final batch of Tornado-G multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) to the Russian Defense Ministry, Rostec said: "The enterprise fully and timely overhauled and upgraded Grad MLRS to Tornado-G level in the framework of 2019 program," it said.
End of October, EDA’s Cyber Defence Research and Technology (R&T) Ad Hoc Working Group (AHWG) organised its 10th meeting in Madrid, combined with a research workshop on cyber defence technologies innovation management.
General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) has started on November 6th the production of PIRANHA 5 8x8 armored vehicles at the factory of its strategic Romanian partner Uzina Mecanică București (UMB) which marks an important milestone in the PIRANHA 5 Program for the Romanian Army.
November 12, 2019, the Council of the European Union gave the green light to the TWISTER (Timely Warning and Interception with Space-based TheatER surveillance) capability project for implementation within the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) framework.
The Indian Army has launched a major exercise comprising more than 40,000 troops, besides several tanks, artillery guns and attack helicopters, on India’s western front with Pakistan from Wednesday, November 13.
Russian Eastern Military District logistics support large units have received the first batch of advanced ATZ-12-10-63501 and ATs-7-5350 fuel short-term storage vehicles, the Defense Ministry’s press office said.
Innovations and technologies for Defense and Security industries will be boosted in UAE (United Arab Emirates) by the new Industrial Group EDGE who was launched on November 5, 2019, by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.
Denel's expertise in long-range artillery was on display last week when record distances and unmatched accuracy were achieved during testing in the Northern Cape.
On Nov. 12, the European Defence Agency (EDA) has for the first time been chosen to support the development of a PESCO project as an Agency initiative, in line with the PESCO commitment to use EDA as the European forum for project capability development.
President of Defense Industries (SSB) İsmail Demir confirmed on Nov.12 that the Turkish armed forces have added 10 more self-propelled Korkut Air Defense Gun Systems to its inventory, DailySabah reports. Demir told Anadolu Agency that, with this last delivery, there is now a total of 13 systems developed by leading defense company Aselsan in the Army's inventory.
On Nov.7, two Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Cost Reduction Initiative (CRI) interceptors successfully intercepted two tactical ballistic missile targets in a test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The PAC-3 CRI intercepts support the U.S. Army's Field Surveillance Program (FSP) ensuring the reliability and readiness of fielded PAC-3 missiles. The test also marked the twelfth and thirteenth successful PAC-3 CRI FSP intercepts in seven years.
