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American Company Lockheed Martin recently demonstrated its laser weapon system for the U.S. Air Force at a government test range at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where the system successfully engaged and shot down multiple fixed-wing and rotary drones.
According to a news released on November 8, 2019, on the official website of the "Times of India", the Indian Ministry of Defense has signed a contract with the Heavy Vehicles Factory at Avadi, in Chennai, to produce 469 Russian T-90 Main Battle Tanks (MBTs), that could be the MS version of the T-90 family.
India is set to develop defense cooperation with Russia despite US pressure, the Russian government quoted Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh as saying at a meeting with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov.
Uzbekistan’s army has held the first live-fire tests of its Chinese-made FD-2000 (or HQ-9, said to be a non-licensed variant of the Russian S-300 air defense system), the Ministry of Defense reported on November 8.
Russia and Egypt have completed the ‘Arrow of Friendship 2019’ (Strela Druzhby 2019) joint exercise held between October 26 and November 7 near Cairo, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Lithuania is set to reinforce its army and deploy a new battalion in the west of the country, the draft bill approved by the Lithuanian government reads.
Two fully autonomous M113s were the centerpiece of a landmark demonstration for the Australian Army this week, providing crucial insights into the capabilities of integrated autonomous technologies on future battlefields, Australian Defence reports. The ‘battlefield simulation’ demonstration was held at the Majura Training Site where the Chief of Army observed the two M113s in operation.
The Russian-Indian joint venture (JV) Indo-Russian Rifles Private Limited (IRRPL) located in Amethi (Uttar Pradesh, India) will produce 670,000 Kalashnikov AK-203 assault rifles for the Indian military, according to the Indian newspaper Economic Times.
In recent years, with the introduction of new-type homegrown ground-to-air missiles into the military training and combat preparedness of the new era, the ground-to-air defense units of the PLA Air Force (PLAAF) have formed a combat system with comprehensive coverage ranging from long, medium to short-range, as well as from high, medium to low altitude. Their systematic combat capability under the conditions of information technology has been fully improved. Li Jianwen and Wang Zhijia report on China Military Online.
With 50 total points, Coordinated Robotics finished in first place in the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Subterranean (SubT) Challenge Virtual Tunnel Circuit event, and as the top self-funded team, earned $250,000. Eight teams developed, tested and submitted their software-based solutions for simulation-based evaluation on the SubT Virtual Testbed.
Jankel, a world-leader in the design and manufacture of highly specialized defense, security and NGO protection systems, has launched its next-generation seating solutions during the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) defense exhibition, the largest Land Warfare tradeshow in North America that was held in Washington DC, 14-16 October 2019.
Russia will deliver a Pantsir-S gun-missile air defense system to Serbia even though the U.S. has warned of possible sanctions against the Balkan country in case of such purchases. The Pantsir-S system will be delivered to Serbia "in the next few months in accordance with the signed contract." But Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told RTS national television on Nov. 6 that the country will not buy the S-400 air defense missile system.
The final 2019 check took place in the Russian Airborne Troops in the past month, the Russian Defense Ministry said. "The final check engaged more than 40,000 servicemen from all the formations, military units and airborne units deployed in the Western, Central, Southern and Eastern Military Districts. The final check events took place in two stages in accordance with a plan of training troops," it said.
World-class specialists in the design and production of high-specification armored vehicles, US-based Jankel Tactical Systems (part of the global Jankel group of companies), has been awarded a Lifecycle Management Services (LMS) contract by the US DoD (Department of Defense).
The Australian Army has selected Systematic to deliver its interim Track Management Capability (TMC). The programme will see Systematic’s best-in-class SitaWare Headquarters solution equip the service with a range of advanced command-and-control (C2) capabilities.
The British Defence Secretary has announced that the army will receive more than 500 Boxer 8x8 Mechanised Infantry Vehicles, which are high mobility, network-enabled armoured vehicles to transport troops onto the frontline. The contract amounts to £2.8 billion.
United Arab Emirates has launched EDGE, the new United Arab Emirates Defence and Technology companies cluster on 5 November 2019, in Abu Dhabi, the official ceremony was attended by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and the Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.
Two fully autonomous armoured vehicles were the centrepiece of a landmark demonstration for the Australian Army this week, providing crucial insights into the capabilities of integrated autonomous technologies on future battlefields. The ‘battlefield simulation’ demonstration was held at the Majura Training Site where the Chief of Army observed the two M113 vehicles in operation.
U.S. troops stationed in Syria have yet to receive instructions regarding their mission, including the basic rules of engagement (ROEs), according to a military official in a CNN report published on Nov. 4, echoed by David Choi.
The testing phase of an upgraded version of the BMP-2 is nearly complete.
Rosoboronexport supplied arms to 43 countries worth over 11 bln dollars in 2019, the arms trader said.
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, said production of the first set of Mines Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles by the Nigerian Army Command Engineering Depot in Kaduna is at 80 percent completion, The Nation reports.
Japan may deploy an upgraded version of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) air defense systems in the Tokyo metropolitan area before the Olympic Games in July 2020, The Japan Times reports.
The latest Tor-M2 air defense systems were supplied to the antiaircraft missile regiment of the army corps of the Baltic Fleet, the Defense Ministry said. "Tor-M2s were delivered to the unit after successful live-fire drills at a range in Astrakhan region," it said.
According to the contract for the new generation of Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACV) awarded in 2018, CNH Industrial subsidiary Iveco Defence Vehicles is providing its 8x8 amphibious armored platform design, core components and services.
