The United States Army recognized the M240L 7.62mm Medium Machine Gun among the 2010 Army Greatest Inventions (AGI) during an awards ceremony at the Association of the United States Army Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., Oct. 11.
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Sunday, December 18, 2011, 09:54 AM

A picture taken in China shows a convoy of anti-riot armoured vehicle on the way to be transfer in Africa. On the sides of the vehicles it is written "Uganda Police".
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Sunday, December 18, 2011, 09:10 AM

The last convoy of United States soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, December 18, 2011, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives and left a country still grappling with political uncertainty.
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Sunday, December 18, 2011, 08:17 AM

A senior officer of the Indonesian army said on Friday that the army has allocated some 14 trillion rupiah (about 1.5 billion U.S. dollars) to purchase several military equipment from producers in Europe and the United States in the near future.
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Friday, December 16, 2011, 03:11 PM

Russia will develop a new liquid-propellant intercontinental ballistic missile to overcome the U.S.’s prospective missile defense system, Strategic Missile Forces chief Lt. Gen. Sergei Karakayev said on Friday, December 16, 2011.
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Friday, December 16, 2011, 02:36 PM

The new VAB Ultima is the latest development of the 30 years old VAB armoured personnel carrier designed and manufactured by the French Defence Company Renault Trucks Defense. To answer to the new threats in Afghanistan and the use of FELIN, the future soldier equipment which is entered in service in the French infantry units, Renault Trucks Defense presented this new upgrade of the VAB at the end of November in Draguignan, France. Thursday, December 15, 2011, 04:50 PM

The Council of State of Finland granted an export licence for 36 Patria Nemo mortar systems. These had been selected as one of the weapon systems for the General Dynamics Land Systems vehicle, as part of the US Government Foreign Military Sales (FMS) project.
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Thursday, December 15, 2011, 03:04 PM

The geopolitical situation around Syria and Iran pushes Russia to improve urgently its armed forces in Transcaucasia, in the Caspian Sea and in the regions of the Mediterranean and Black Sea, information from the Russian Newspaper Nezavissimaïa Gazeta ("The Independent Newspaper"), December 15, 2011.
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Thursday, December 15, 2011, 02:13 PM

The Japanese Air Self Defense Forces (JASDF), operating Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) Patriot Configuration-3 systems, successfully concluded its annual training exercise at Fort Bliss, Texas. The exercise included target engagement and successful test firings of the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System in tactical mission configurations.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011, 02:42 PM

A new missile system has been deployed in Russia’s Northern Caucasus republic of Chechnya, a senior military official said on Wednesday, December 14,2011.
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011, 09:24 PM

French defence company Thales was named as preferred bidder for a A$1.5 billion ($1.53 billion) contract to supply the military with light armoured vehicles, heading off rivals with its locally-designed Hawkei.
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 11:09 PM

British troops and Afghan commandos have conducted a daring dawn raid under fire to target a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) factory in Helmand province. Operation EAGLE'S SHADOW saw more than 90 soldiers from the Brigade Reconnaissance Force (BRF) fly in three helicopters to the suspected factory in northern Nahr-e Saraj district.
Monday, December 12, 2011, 03:38 PM

Cash-strapped Greece is considering a free offer of hundreds of redundant M1A1 Abrams tanks extended by the US government, the Greek army said on Wednesday, December 7, 2011. Ta Nea daily newspaper of Greece reported that the tanks, stored in Nevada, saw action in the 1990-1991 Gulf War and were first offered by the US government a year ago.
Saturday, December 10, 2011, 07:18 AM

The Qatari Internal Security Forces (ISF) have just ordered 22 HIGUARD (MRAP) and 5 Sherpa light APCs from Renault Trucks Defense. The delivery of the vehicles is scheduled for 2012/2013.
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Friday, December 9, 2011, 12:01 AM

Five French soldiers and two civilians were wounded on Friday, December 9,2011, by a powerful roadside bomb that targeted a UNIFIL patrol in the southern coastal city of Tyre, a spokesperson and media reports said.
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Friday, December 9, 2011, 11:23 AM

In recent events in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Congolese security forces have deployed a new armored vehicle made in China, according to our first analysis of video images broadcast by EuroNews Press Agency.
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Friday, December 9, 2011, 10:42 AM

Germany’s Bundeswehr (German army) has contracted with Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles to supply it with HX 81 tractors. Thus, for the first time ever, German troops will have a fleet of protected heavy equipment transporter vehicles at their disposal.
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Thursday, December 8, 2011, 05:47 PM

United States army Special Forces soldiers have begun providing training and logistical support to Ugandan soldiers hunting Joseph Kony, leader of the Lords Resistance Army (LRA).
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Thursday, December 8, 2011, 09:59 AM

Kenya's parliament has approved the integration of government troops in Somalia into the African Union (AU) force fighting militant Islamists.
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Thursday, December 8, 2011, 09:29 AM

United States army Soldiers are one step closer to receiving a digitized M119A2 howitzer that will make it possible for them to start firing rounds and evade return fire quicker. The M119A2 is a lightweight 105mm howitzer that provides suppressive and protective fires for Infantry Brigade Combat Teams.
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Thursday, December 8, 2011, 09:19 AM

Russian state arms trader Rosoboronexport will increase arms exports by 11% year-on-year to $9.7 billion in 2011, a deputy head of the company said on Wednesday, December 7, 2011.
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011, 10:14 AM

Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE:ESLT) ("Elbit Systems") announced today that it was awarded contracts to supply Lightweight Weapons Stations (LWS) to the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD) and to a European Army.
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011, 09:07 AM

SAIC Inc. (SAI)’s protest of the U.S. Army’s decision to award development contracts for a new ground combat vehicle to two competitors was denied by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The decision was released in an e-mail today by Ralph White, managing associate general counsel for procurement law at the GAO.
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011, 07:23 PM

Afghan National Army artillerymen with the 201st Corps’ 1st and 2nd Brigades will receive instruction from a Franco-Georgian Mobile Training Team at Forward Operating Base Gamberi during the next four months.
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011, 08:00 AM

The Bangladesh army has ordered 80 additional wheeled armoured vehicles personnel carrier BTR-80 which will be used in peacekeeping missions of the UN by the armed forces of Bangladesh.
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Monday, December 5, 2011, 06:42 PM