2019
Egyptian military to receive locally-produced wheeled armored vehicles
As reported by defenceWeb on January 15, 2019, the Egyptian military is to start receiving locally-produced mine-resistant, ambush-protected (MRAP)...
Northrop Grumman demonstrated an APS Vehicle that defeated ATGMs
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Jan. 15, 2019 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) demonstrated advanced Vehicle Active Protection System technologies aga...
Philippines looking to buy small arms from Czech Republic
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte told the new Ambassador of Czech Republic that the Philippines is looking into acquiring small-arms from his ...
Finland to procure Israeli counter-battery radars from Elta Systems
The Defence Forces’ Logistic Command of Finland has received a mandate, on 11.1.2019, from Minister of Defence Jussi Niinistö to procure counter-ba...
Indian snipers to replace AK-57 Dragunov with US and Italian rifles
The subject has popped up a few times since April 2018: the Indian army will at last get 5,719 sniper rifles (instead of 6,500 initially planned) f...
Russian Northern fleet Arctic brigade trains on A-1 snow vehicles
Scouts of the Arctic motorized rifle brigade of the Northern fleet are training roadstead actions on snow vehicles. The first drills were held at t...
Saab receives RBS 70 NG order from the Brazilian army
Saab has signed a contract with the Brazilian Army for deliveries of RBS 70 NG – the latest generation of the RBS 70 man-portable air defence system.
First Tornado-S MLRS supplied to Russian Southern district
The first Tornado-S multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) have been supplied to the Southern Military District. They are the most powerful MLRS in ...
ShieldAfrica 2019: Army Recognition Official Media with Daily News & Web TV
Belgian Company "Army Recognition Group" is appointed with its online Defense and Security magazine Army Recognition, as Official Media Partner for...
U.S. artillery brigade support battalion reactivated in Europe
On Friday 11 January 2018, the U.S. Army activated the 589th Brigade Support Battalion in Grafenwöhr to support its new field artillery brigade per...
More M110 semi-automatic sniper rifles for U.S. Army
In a statement released on 20 December 2018, the U.S. Department of Defense said that Knights Armaments Co. was awarded a $16,5 million contract fo...
Turkish defense industry to become more autonomous
Turkey currently meets 68 percent of its domestic demand for military products and plans to further boost the level of import substitution in the d...