DECEMBER 2021 News Global Defence & Security Industry - Military |
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According to a video published on Youtube on December 29, 2021, the Norwegian version of the South Korean K2 Black Panther Main Battle Tank (MBT), called K2NO, has arrived in Norway to participate in a winter trial.
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According to pictures released on the Internet on December 31, 2021, the Philippines has received the first ATMOS 2000 155mm wheeled self-propelled howitzers from the Israeli company Elbit Systems.
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According to news published by the Russian press agency TASS, India could be the first foreign customer of the new Russian-made S-500 also named 55R6M and nicknamed Triumfator-M or Prometheus, the latest generation of Russian surface-to-air defense missile system.
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According to information published by the "Israel Defense" website on December 28, 2021, Morocco continues the negotiation with IAI (Israel Aerospace Industries) for the acquisition of the Barak 8, a surface-to-air defense missile system.
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According to information published by the FMV (Defense Materiel Administration) of Sweden on December 21, 2021, the FMV has signed a contract with the Swedish company SAAB for the purchase of RBS 56 BILL, a Swedish-made anti-tank guided missile system developed by AB Bofors for an amount of around €20 million.
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According to information published by the Serbian Ministry of Defense on December 28, 2021, the Serbian army will receive in 2022, 12 new PASARS mobile short/medium-range air defense systems armed with 40mm Bofors gun L/70 and MISTRAL 3 surface-to-air missile manufactured by the company MBDA.
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According to information released by the Serbian Minister of Defense, Mister Nebojša Stefanović, Serbia will receive in December 2021, Russian Kornet anti-tank guided missile that will be used by the 72nd Special Operations Brigade. The Russian missile will be mounted on the Milosh, a 4x4 armored vehicle.
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According to information published by the Russian press agency "Sputnik" on December 29, 2021, Russia and India could jointly develop a new main battle tank based on the T-14 Armata platform.
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According to information published by the Czech Ministry of Defense on December 21, 2021, the Czech army will acquire 949 FN Herstal Minimi machine guns via the Czech company CB Servis Centrum sro. The contract includes MINIMI and MINIMI Mk3 machine guns in 7.62mm and 5.56mm calibers.
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Ukrainian company Synergy DPE announced that its new modular unmanned ground vehicle has passed the next stage of factory tests.
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According to information published by the Estonian Center for Defence Investment, Estonia and Latvia have ordered Carl Gustaf M4 man-portable anti-tank weapon designed and manufactured by the Swedish company SAAB.
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According to information released on December 28, 2021, the Estonian Centre for Defence Investment (ECDI) and Patria renewed the Life Cycle Support Agreement for XA-180 and XA-188 fleets manufactured by Patria. The purpose of the new agreement is to support ECDI in the maintenance, repair, modifications as well as spare part supplies of the XA fleet.
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According to information published by the "Defense Express" website on December 23, 2021, the Ukrainian company Shepetivka Repair Plant will produce Bureviya 220 mm MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System) based on Tatra T-815-7 8x8 truck chassis from the Czech company Excalibur Army.
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BAE Systems will deliver next year, the first prototypes of the M88A3 Armored Recovery Vehicle (ARV) to the U.S. Army. The ARV is an upgrade version of the M88 designed for single-vehicle recovery of the latest version of the Abrams main battle tank.
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According to a contract released by the United States Department of Defense (DoD), on December 22, 2021, the U.S. Navy, on behalf of the Marine Corps, awarded Northrop Grumman Systems of Linthicum, Maryland, a $245.8 million modification to the firm-fixed-price portion of a previously awarded contract (M67854-19-C-0043), exercising five contract line item options to procure eight TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) systems, and associated spares, data, and travel.
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According to a Tweet published by Mahmoud Gamal on December 22, 2021, Egypt's Minister of Military Production and South Korean DAPA (Defense Acquisition Program Administration) hold talks on the possibility to co-produce in Egypt the South Korean K2 Black Panther Main Battle Tank (MBT).
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Serhiy Vilkov, Head of the Development Department of the Ukrainian company Practika has announced that the Kozak-2M2, 4x4 light tactical armored vehicle could be produced in Indonesia.
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According to information published on the Twitter account of Mahmoud Gamal on December 22, 2021, Egypt could sign soon an agreement for the acquisition of the K9 Thunder 155mm self-propelled howitzer manufactured by the South Korean company Hanwha Defense.
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According to information released by the Indian Ministry of Defense on December 23, 2021, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) of India successfully conducted a second flight test of indigenously developed conventional Surface-to-Surface missile Pralay from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha on December 23, 2021.
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According to a contract published by the United States Department of Defense on December 23, 2021, BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P., Sterling Heights, Michigan, is awarded a $169,334,012 modification contract to produce more Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACV) for U.S. Marine Corps.
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According to information released by the Russian press agency TASS on December 23, 2021, Russian company Uralvagonzavod (UVZ) enterprise had sent a batch of upgraded armored overhaul and evacuation vehicles BREM-1M to the Russian Defense Ministry.
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According to information published by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) on December 20, 2021, Nammo Defense Systems Inc., Mesa, Arizona, was awarded a $498,092,926 firm-fixed-price contract for the full-rate production of M72 Light Assault Weapon variants and components for shoulder-launched munitions training systems.
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The U.S. Department of Defense announced on December 22 that Raytheon Missiles & Defense is awarded a $21,164,178 firm-fixed-price, undefinitized contract for the production of the U.S. Navy/Marine Corps Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) naval strike missile (NSM) launcher unit (NLU) and weapon control system (WCS) production representative models.
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According to Himaja Ganta in Army Technology, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has notified Congress of a potential foreign military sale (FMS) of 230 FGM-148F Javelin missiles and associated equipment to Lithuania. Under the deal, Lithuania has also requested 20 Javelin command launch units (CLUs).
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Henk Kamp, Dutch Minister of Defense, issued a document on December 14, 2021, announcing his project for the Mid-Life Updating (MLU) of the Thales Bushmaster armored vehicles currently operated by the army of The Netherlands.