2019
United States Department of Defense establishes U.S. Space Force
On December 20, 2019, the U.S. President signed the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act and with it, directed the establishment of the U.S. Spa...
Russia’s Tecmash to upgrade Tornado-G Multiple Launch Rocket System
The Tecmash Group, a subsidiary of Russia’s Rostec state hi-tech corporation, is carrying out work to upgrade the 122mm Tornado-G multiple launch r...
Russian troops receive first set of advanced S-350 Vityaz surface-to-air missile system
Russian troops have received the first set of the advanced S-350 ‘Vityaz’ surface-to-air missile system, the Almaz-Antey defense manufacturer annou...
BAE Systems will deliver 60 additional M109A7 155mm howitzers to US Army
The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems a $249 million contract modification to complete an additional 60 M109A7 155mm self-propelled howitzers that ...
Elbit Systems awarded contract to supply Soldier Systems to the Armed Forces of the Netherlands
Elbit Systems announced that it was awarded an approximately $65 million follow-on contract from the Dutch Ministry of Defence to supply additional...
Swiss armed forces choose Photonis 4G image intensifier tubes to modernize night vision equipment
Bordeaux, France 20.12.2019, Photonis announces that Armasuisse chooses 4G image intensifier tubes to modernize the night vision equipment of the S...
General Dynamics and Patria submit valid offers for Bulgarian armored vehicles tender
Bulgaria has received two valid offers from Patria and General Dynamics for its tender for the purchase of 150 armored vehicles worth an estimated ...
TAG delivers Terrier LT-79 armored cars to Lybian general Haftar
Despite the UN arms embargo, the American armored vehicle manufacturer TAG and its Libyan partner Ismail Al-Shtewi have supplied several vehicles t...
Hungarian record-sized Defense budget for 2020
As reported by the Budapest Business Journal, the Hungarian Ministry of Defense will get a total budget of HUF (Hungarian Forint) 616 billion (= EU...
Alliant Techsystems Operations to produce M829A4 120mm APFSDS rounds
Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, Plymouth, Minnesota, was awarded a $100,294,127 firm-fixed-price contract for the production of the M829A4 120m...
India successfully tested two Pinaka missiles in salvo mode
As part of the series of flight trials of Pinaka missile system, two test firings have been conducted by Defence Research and Development Organisat...
EOS Defence Systems awarded contract for Australian army weapon systems
The Department of Defence and Canberra-based EOS Defence Systems have signed a $49 million contract to supply remote weapon systems for the Army's ...