April 2018 Global Defence & Security Industry - Military News |
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Not surprisingly after the 14-April massive air raid on Syria, Raytheon has won another contract for Tomahawk cruise missiles. This contract is worth $143,270,000 and exercises an option for 100 full-rate production Lot 15 Tomahawk Block IV all-up-round vertical launch system missiles. Work on this contract is expected to be completed in August 2020.
The Israeli Merkava IV main battle tanks and Namer armored personnel carriers have been heavily used during Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, last summer. So, the decision to double the orders for spare parts sticks to the necessity to maintain Merkavas and Namers in operational condition.
The Kalashnikov Group's AK-103 assault rifle meets Indian military's requirements for counter-insurgency (COIN) missions, according to the Economic Times daily.
Kongsberg Geospatial, Echodyne Corp, and uAvionix announced on 26 April that they have integrated their technologies to create a new counter-drone system called “Argus CUAS”, the world’s most affordable 3D Radar Counter-UAS System.
Harris Corporation has introduced a new advanced two-channel handheld radio that simultaneously delivers voice and data networking to U.S. Army leaders, significantly improving critical battlefield communications.
Saab as signed a contract with the Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command Headquarters (FDFLCHQ) for deliveries of training systems to the Finnish Army. Deliveries will start in 2018.
The US-based defense giant Lockheed Martin was awarded an $828 millions foreign military sales contract for Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems, the US Department of Defense announced on April 27 on its website.
Vietnamese defense industry has unveiled a medical evacuation vehicle based on the chassis of the BTR-152 armored personnel carrier (APC), according to the QPVN news channel.
The European (potential) theatre of operations appears adequate for using a more mobile 105mm howitzer than a towed version. Hence a clever adaptation of the long-serving M119 howitzer, so much appreciated in the U.S. infantry brigades, on a light 4x4 vehicle.
The Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic are planning to get 25 Zuzana-2 155 mm self-propelled howitzers (SPH) based on the Cold War-era Dana SPH, according to the country's Ministry of Defense (MoD). The Dana is a 152mm 8x8 self-propelled howitzer that was developed in the late 1970s to respond to a request for the Czech army for a new mobile artillery system.
The final testing of the “Vilkha” guided rocket is now complete. Over a dozen of UkrOboronProm enterprises, as well as other Ukrainian defense enterprises, are involved in the manufacture of this missile system which is claimed to be “better than the Russian analogue Smerch by all odds,” said Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov.
China will continue to strengthen military relations with Russia to address new security challenges in the world, Chinese senior military officials said on 24 April.
Serbia celebrated its Army Day on 23 April. The government wants to increase its military budget, currently set at 600 million euro. And, hence, modernize and reinforce the army.
Both drones - "Yasir" and "Bina" - are displayed in the Iranian governmental institutions' booth during the Eurasia 2018 airshow which is underway in Antalya from April 25 to 28.
On 23 April, BAE Systems and Dell EMC announced a collaboration to offer the first scalable, hybrid cloud solution of its kind for the U.S. government. The federated secure cloud is flexible enough to power agency-level IT modernization or support smaller, forward-operating units.
The Company NIMR Automotive, manufacturer of light to medium-wheeled military vehicles headquartered in United Arab Emirates has demonstrated its NIMR Ajban 440A light armoured tactical vehicle in Lithuania fitted with the Kongsberg Protector 12.7mm RWS (Remotely Weapon Station) and Metravib Pilar V Acoustic Shot Detection System.
The U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Netherlands of 3,500 M1156 Precision Guided Kits for an estimated cost of $70 million.
Iran’s Air Defense unveiled a new indigenous air defense missile system on Wednesday in a military parade marking the National Army Day on 18 April.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), a global leader in Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), announced today that it will conduct maritime surveillance flight demonstrations in May 2018 using the GA-ASI manufactured MQ-9 Guardian RPA.
Hensoldt, the leading German sensor solutions provider, is presenting its passive radar system called “TwInvis” to the public for the first time in live operation during this year’s International Aerospace Exhibition (ILA) in Berlin.
Russian Central Military District special operations units have used Taifun-K armored vehicles for the first time during an exercise at the Shilovo training range in the Novosibirsk Region in West Siberia, the district’s press office said. Kamaz-63968 Typhoon is a family of Russian multi-functional, modular, armoured, mine resistant MRAP vehicles. The Typhoon family is part of Russia's Typhoon program launched in 2010.
With only a few days into the Joint Warfighter Assessment, “Sky Soldier”s have already conducted an 18-hour Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise, planned a night air assault mission, and incorporated multiple new systems into brigade operations.
Russia’s Defense Ministry has accepted BMPT-72 Terminator tank support combat vehicles for service and started their serial deliveries to the troops, Uralvagonzavod defense manufacturer reported on 20 April.
Nexter Systems maintains the CAESAR 155mm/52 cal self-propelled howitzer in serial production for ongoing export orders and for possible follow-on orders from the French army.
The United States is building an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) base in Niger, Africa. These UAVs will enable the United States and its allies to monitor wide areas of West and North Africa for anti-government Islamic militants and other rebel groups.
Soon, Taiwan will put new long-range strike missiles into production. The range of these weapons may be sufficient to reach targets deep inside the Chinese mainland, perhaps including the capital.
India has over more than 3,500 T-72 and T-90 main battle tanks. Their serviceability and maintenance is a major cause of concern. UVZ, the Russian manufacturer of the T-72 and T-90 "Brishma" tanks, has authorized the Indian private enterprise Punj Corporation Limited to carry out repair and maintenance of the tanks locally.
According information from Anadolu, a Turkish press agency on April 24, 2018, the Turkish Company BMC, a manufacturer of wheeled armoured and tactical vehicles, has won the contract to continue the development and production of the indigenous MBT Main Battle Tank dubbed Altay.
Sergei Lavrov, the Russian minister of Foreign Affairs, warned there exist a certain risk of more “provocations” by Western countries against Syria. But the question of providing S-300 air defense systems to Syria has not been settled yet, Lavrov told the media in Beijing on 22 April.
At Expo Seguridad in Mexico City Plasan has just unveiled the Yagu an all-new Ultralight Tactical Armored Vehicle that moves the boundary of what was previously believed to be possible.
At the Directorate of Depot (Arsenal) located at Boulogne, a static – and impressive - sample of the wide range of material recently acquired by the Argentinian army has been showcased.
Filipino President Duterte has announced that the Kingdom of Jordan was donating dozens of M113 APCs and two Bell AH-1F Cobra attack helicopters to the Philippine government. The latter would just pay for the repair and refurbishing done through the Jordanian Armed Forces, plus paying for the shipping of the armored vehicles to the Philippines.
The Yorkshire Regiment recently completed their tour in Afghanistan, handing over the reins to the Welsh Guards.
Rather than simply store or destroy its obsolete military equipment, India plans to give some of them to friendly countries unable to afford such devices and having already expressed their intention to require such gifts. So far, India has only gifted used Mi-25 helicopters to Afghanistan.
At International Aerospace Exhibition (ILA) 2018 in Berlin, the sensor solutions provider Hensoldt unveiled a new example in its Xpeller counter-UAV system line, a compact and deployable version called the "Xpeller Rapid."
Successful testing of the new antitank guided missile system "Skif" modification (an export variant of the Ukrainian "Stugna-P"), developed by the UOP SE “State Kyiv Design Bureau “Luch”, was successfully tested at one of the military testing grounds.
The People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) is upgrading its fleet of heavy armored vehicles, Russian and Vietnamese defense sources say.
India will probably ask the US to exempt its sanctions over Russia to clear its path to buy S-400 air defense systems from Moscow. Indeed, India might face US sanctions for this purchase under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA).
Following an international tender won by the Swedish manufacturer Scania, more than 2,000 trucks will be built and delivered to the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) of the Netherlands' Ministry of Defence.
Belarus' BSVT-VV company has developed MM-60 multipurpose grenade launcher. The mockup of the MM-60 was unveiled at the DSA 2018 defense show in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
