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The Defence Research and Development (DRDO) has started work to produce hypersonic missiles that travel at five times the speed of sound, or a little over a mile every second. A wind tunnel to test and fine-tune the technology will be operational soon, a senior government said. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is expected to inaugurate the facility soon. Sudhi Ranjan Sen reports in the Hindustan Times.
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Rheinmetall is pleased to confirm it has signed the Risk Mitigation Activity (RMA) contract with the Commonwealth of Australia for participation in the RMA, including the delivery of three Lynx KF41 Infantry Fighting Vehicles to compete in trials for the AUD 15 billion (EUR 9.5 billion) LAND 400 Phase 3 program. The RMA contract now signed has a value of AUD 50 million (about EUR 30 million).
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Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has selected Kongsberg to design and manufacture an advanced, remote medium caliber turret. The solution includes Cortex ICS vetronics and combat services solutions for SAIC’S Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV), formerly designated Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle), “at the edge” offering to the Office of Naval Research And the U.S. Marine Corps.
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Special operations units of the combined-arms army of the Western Military District (ZVO) deployed in the Leningrad region have been re-armed with modified AK-74M assault rifles equipped with the Obves set, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
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Audax – a Plymouth, UK-based body-worn video (BWV) company – has won a number of major contracts to supply Vietnam’s military and police forces with thousands of its BWV cameras. So far, Audax has shipped 2,000 cameras with another 2,500 to shipped before Christmas.
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Airbus CyberSecurity and Thales, two European leaders in cybersecurity, have signed a partnership agreement to offer a unique solution against cyber attacks. The solution will combine the file analysis system Orion Malware from Airbus CyberSecurity with Thales’s intrusion detection system Cybels Sensor, which obtained Security Visa from the French national cybersecurity agency (ANSSI) in April 2019.
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The Czech Ministry of Defence has announced it received three initial bids to supply new infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) to the country’s military, with one player deciding to pull out of the competition.
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A batch of new R-419L1 radio stations was supplied to communication units of the combined arms army of the Eastern Military District deployed in Amur region, the Defense Ministry said.
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Leonardo DRS, Inc. and RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. of Israel (RAFAEL)announced that the partners have delivered on time the first Trophy Active Protection Systems (APS) to defend the US Army’s M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks against a variety of anti-armor threats. This delivery marks the first of several that will ultimately outfit four brigades of tanks.
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Oshkosh Defense announced today, Oct. 18, that it has celebrated a production milestone as the 5,000th Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) drove off the production line. More than 49,000 are expected to be fielded by 2040.
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During DSEI 2019 in London and the 4th Global SOF Symposium in Brussels, Precision Technic Defence (PTD) showed a new device for keeping Situation Awareness (SA) while wearing NV or see-through goggles: the ARC4 RECON from Applied Research Associates, Inc., USA.
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Forty-eight US helicopters arrived in Zeebrugge this October 15th. They will then fly to the base of Chièvres before joining their base of deployment in Europe, as part of the Atlantic Resolve mission.
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The first batch of the latest Buk-M3 Vikingair defense launchers was supplied to the Central Military District, the Defense Ministry said.
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South Korean Company Hanwha Defense Systems has unveiled its new generation of tracked armored IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicle ) at ADEX 2019, Seoul Aerospace defense Exhibition that was held in South Korea. It is a contender for the Land 400 Phase 3 program of the Australian army aiming to replace the old M113AS4 tracked armored personnel carriers.
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Raytheon has been selected to provide the US Army with their next-generation, 360-degree capable radar - the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS). Raytheon will receive more than $384 million to deliver six production representative units of the advanced LTAMDS radar under an Other Transactional Authority U.S. Army agreement. LTAMDS is a new radar that will ultimately replace the current U.S. Army's Patriot radars. It will operate on the Army's Integrated Air and Missile Defense network.
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U.S. Army aviation officials have launched an effort to restore full air assault capability to the 101st Airborne Division — a capability the Screaming Eagles have been without since 2015, Matthew Cox reports on Military.com.
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The Russian Strategic Missile Troops (RVSN) will receive a Taifun-M simulator to train security personnel and reconnaissance troopers, the Russian Defense Ministry said. "The servicemen will learn to install intrusion detectors, which can detect conditional saboteurs in any meteorological conditions at any time of the day," it said.
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Fresh from performing at The Queen’s Birthday Parade, the infantry soldiers of British 1st Battalion the Grenadier Guards deployed to the austere jungle of Belize to hone their elite skills. The Foot Guards, world-renowned for their immaculate red tunics and bearskins, donned multi-terrain pattern camouflage uniform to test their operational drills in one of the planet’s toughest environments.
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Each year, the National Gendarmerie needs to acquire between 2,000 and 3,000 new vehicles in order to renew part of its fleet which is in great demand. However, with past budget restrictions and budget freezes still slow to be released, the average age of this fleet has increased from four years and ten months in 2010 to seven and a half years now. Laurent Lagneau reports on opex360.
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The first tests of the Serval, light VBMR of the Scorpion program, took place on the proving ground of the DGA Center of Expertise and Field Testing in Angers at the beginning of September 2019. These tests were carried out on different types of terrain to test all the movement conditions.
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Army leaders in Europe revealed details Tuesday, Oct. 15, of a massive exercise that will send 20,000 U.S. soldiers to the continent next spring to conduct force projection and readiness training across ten countries. Defender-Europe 20 is slated to be the largest deployment of U.S.-based Soldiers for an exercise to Europe in 25 years. Sean Kimmons, U.S. Army News Service, reports.
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Leonardo’s U.S. defense unit has received an $89 million contract to supply advanced infrared weapon sights to the U.S. Army.
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From 7 to 13 October, at the Adazi camp in Latvia, the French tank crewmen of the Lynx 6 Tactical Inter-Service Sub-Group (Sous-Groupement Tactique Interarmes, S-GTIA) participated in an inter-alliance exercise gathering the battle tanks of eight nations taking part to the enhanced Forward Presence (eFP). This demonstration of the full operational capability of the soldiers and their armament was organized by the Canadian force, the umbrella organization for eFP in Latvia.
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The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems a new $437 million task order to provide open-source support for the Army and Army Intelligence & Security Command (INSCOM) approved partners.
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The Defence Chiefs of the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) member countries are in Singapore from 14 to 16 October for the 19th FPDA Defence Chiefs' Conference (FDCC). Chaired by Singapore's Chief of Defence Force (CDF) Lieutenant-General (LG) Melvyn Ong, this year's conference was attended by Australia's CDF, General Angus Campbell; Malaysia's CDF, General Tan Sri Dato' Seri Panglima Hj Zulkifli bin Hj Zainal Abidin; New Zealand's Vice CDF, Air Vice-Marshal Tony Davies; and United Kingdom's Vice Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Tim Fraser.