2020
Rheinmetall supplying German army with Fuchs KAI 8x8 armored transport vehicles for EOD work
Unexploded ordnance, mines and improvised explosive devices pose a grave threat to troops deployed in harm’s way. The German Bundeswehr is currentl...
Barrett Communications USA deliver first order of US-manufactured Barrett 4050 HF SDR transceivers
The Barrett 4050 HF SDR is the first of the Barrett 4000 series products to be manufactured in the USA. The initial order for a US State Government...
Supposedly Russian-supported troops in Ukraine use ‘silent’ mortars
A tweet published by “Caesar” contains two pictures showing a “silent mortar” being fired in the Donbas conflict area by unidentified warfighters, ...
AAI Corp. awarded U.S. Army contract for Aerosonde Mk4.7 small UAS
AAI Corp., doing business as Textron Systems, was awarded a $25,610,000 firm-fixed-price contract for three Aerosonde Mk4.7 systems, initial spare ...
Engine problem on Turkish Altay Main Battle Tank MBT (about to be) solved
President of SSB (Turkish Defense Industry) İsmail Demir recently stated that the engine problem faced by the Altay (indigenous Main Battle Tank) i...
New Belarus BTR-70MB1 and upgraded variant of BTR-80 8x8 armored vehicles at military parade 2020
During Belarus's Victory Day military parade of May 9, 2020, a new upgraded version of Soviet-made BTR-70 and BTR-80 8x8 armored personnel carrier ...
Army of Japan to acquire more local-made Type 10 Main Battle Tanks MBTs
According to the latest Defense Budget Plan of Japan, the Japanese army would like to acquire 12 more Type 10 main battle tanks. Currently, the Jap...
Danish forces with Piranha 3 armored vehicles are repositioned to other Iraqi bases
Due to successful operations against ISIS by Iraqi security forces, Coalition forces including Danish soldiers using Piranha III 8x8 armored vehicl...
South Korea has test-fired its new local-made ballistic missile Hyunmoo-4
According to news published by the South Korean press agency Yonhap, South Korea has conducted last month, the first test-firing of a new ballistic...
Turkey activates some elements of its S-400 air defense missile systems
Turkey continues deploying Russian-made S-400 surface-to-air missile systems and has activated some of their elements, Head of Turkey’s Defense Ind...
Poland plans to purchase 60 Rosomak-S Spike anti-tank missile carrier 8x8 armored vehicles
According to a Tweet published on May 1, 2020, by the Polish Ministry of Defense Mariusz Błaszczak, Poland plans to purchase 60 new Rosomak-S 8x8 a...
Dynetics to build and increase power of U.S. Army laser weapons
Dynetics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leidos, is playing an integral role in the U.S. Army’s weapon modernization initiatives, where the latest di...