May 2022 News Global Defence & Security Industry - Military |
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The Armed Forces of the Philippines has a need to supply Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles (MRAP) 4x4 total of 900 vehicles for security and anti-insurgency in the country, Defense Studies reports. Hence, Chaiseri Metal & Rubber Co. Ltd. has offered its First Win 4x4 wheeled armored vehicle in a left-hand drive version to the Philippines which could order 200 units.
The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) has selected Thales to install the NCOP system at 30 fixed and deployed command centres and to train end-users.
According to information published by "The Australian" newspaper website on May 18, 2022, Australian Minister for Defense Peter Dutton has announced a new military aid for Ukraine with the delivery of 14 M113 tracked Armored Personnel Carrier vehicles and 20 Bushmaster 4x4 armored vehicles.
Rheinmetall has successfully tested the technology demonstrator version of a laser weapon built on behalf of the Bundeswehr (German army). The first trials with the laser testbed were conducted at Rheinmetall’s proving ground in Unterlüß as part of a Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System (C-UAS) campaign.
According to information published by the French website "OPEX360" on May 18, 2022, the Colombian army could acquire at least four CAESAR 155mm wheeled self-propelled howitzers manufactured by the French company Nexter.
EU foreign ministers have agreed to allocate an additional €500 million from the European Peace Facility for arms supplies to Ukraine. This will bring the total amount of the EU military support to Ukraine to €2 billion. At the same time, however, ministers failed to agree on a sixth package of sanctions against Russia and an oil ban, EU High Representative Josep Borrell reported last night.
American Company Flyer Defense presents its Flyer 72 Heavy Duty (F72-HD) ground mobility vehicle, a new generation of 4x4 wheeled light combat vehicle specially designed for Special Forces units.
At Uralvagonzavod, which is part of the UVZ concern of the Rostec State Corporation, a solemn dispatch of a train of T-90M "Proryv" tanks to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation took place on May 17. The event was attended by the leaders and employees of the enterprise, as well as the rector of the church in the name of the Holy Right-Believing Grand Duke Dimitry Donskoy, Archpriest John Bragin, Rostec writes.
According to what Soňa Fialová published in ekonomickydenik-cz on May 16, a proposal to acquire German Leopard tanks may be coming to the Czech government this week in the framework of a donation procedure of its own T-72 tanks to Ukraine. The Minister of Defense Jana Černochová and her team managed to negotiate a variant in which the Czech Republic will receive from Germany a donation of 20 Leopard 2 A4 tanks and will buy 40 Leopard 2A7 tanks.
According to information published by the German newspaper website "SPIEGEL", in the past two weeks, Germany would have already delivered to Ukraine 2,450 RGW 90 man-portable anti-tank weapons, 1,600 DM22 and 3,000 DM31 anti-tank mines.
The Slovenian government, represented by the European procurement organization OCCAR, and ARTEC, a consortium of Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and Rheinmetall, have signed a contract for the delivery of 45 Boxer armored vehicles in four different variants. The volume of the order amounts to EUR 281.5 million. Delivery of the Boxer vehicles is scheduled to begin in 2024 and be completed in 2026. Now that EU and NATO member Slovenia has joined the Boxer program, it has six user states.
Elbit Systems announced on May 16 that its U.S. subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America LLC, was awarded a delivery order valued at $49 million for the supply of Squad Binocular Night Vision Goggle (SBNVG) systems to the U.S. Marines Corps. The order will be executed in Roanoke, Virginia and will be supplied through September 2023. This additional order is part of a $249 million five-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract from September 6, 2019.
In four weeks of continuous live-fire exercises, an industry team led by Raytheon Intelligence & Space and Kord, a wholly-owned subsidiary of KBR, defeated multiple 60mm mortar rounds with a 50kW-class high energy laser integrated on a Stryker combat vehicle.
According to information published on May 16, 2022, the U.S. Army recently awarded the Javelin Joint Venture two production contracts for Javelin anti-tank missiles and associated equipment and services with a total value of $309 million. These contracts include more than 1,300 Javelin missiles funded from the recent Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act and orders for several international customers including Norway, Albania, Latvia, and Thailand.
According to information published by the website "Aktuality.sk" on May 16, 2022, the Slovak Minister of Defense Jaroslav Naď has confirmed that currently, Ukrainian soldiers are training on the Slovak-made Zuzana 2 155mm 8x8 self-propelled howitzer. Slovakia to deliver 8 Zuzana 2 howitzers to Ukraine.
According to information published on May 16, 2022, Nine companies of the Polish Armaments Group (PGZ) have concluded an agreement with MBDA UK regarding cooperation in the tank destroyer segment. The agreement will allow for the design and production of wheeled or tracked combat vehicles with the use of MBDA UK Brimstone anti-tank guided missiles.
Since World War 1, Arquus has been the main provider of the French Army’s fleet of military vehicles, as wheeled vehicles still remain much more numerous than tracked ones. Among the sites operated by Arquus throughout France, Garchizy (located between Nevers and Bourges) plays a strategic role in the maintenance of the vehicles in operational condition (MCO, Maintenance en Condition Opérationnelle).
According to a Tweet published by the "Ukraine Weapon Tracker" on May 14, 2022, approximately 7,000 small arms, including M4A1 5.56mm caliber assault rifles, were recently donated by the United States as military aid for Ukraine and now the M4A1 is in service with the Ukrainian army.
Defence Technology Institute (DTI) has delivered a command vehicle variant of the Norinco VN1 8×8 armored vehicle to Royal Thai Army’s Cavalry Center based at Fort Adisorn, Saraburi province, on 5 May 2022, Military Leak reports. The Defence Technology Institute (DTI) is a research and development agency operating as a public organization under the oversight of the Thai Ministry of Defence.
According to a contract released by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) on May 12, 2022, BAE Systems Land & Armaments was awarded a $24,120,717 modification contract for the production and delivery of a new batch of M109A7 155mm tracked self-propelled howitzer and M992A3 tracked artillery ammunition vehicles for the U.S. Army.
On May 13, 2022, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby announced the deployment of U.S. troops to Europe to replace forces ordered there earlier this year. Kirby said Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has ordered the deployment of around 10,500 personnel in the coming months to replace Army units ordered to the region in advance of, and in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Jim Garamone reports..
According to information published by the Italian newspaper website "la Repubblica" on May 13, 2022, the Italian government will provide new military aid to Ukraine including mortars, Stinger MANPADS, machine guns, ammunition, anti-tank weapons, and FH70 155mm towed howitzers.
According to information published by the German newspaper website "Bild" on May 14, 2022, Germany continues to discuss an option to deliver 100 Marder tracked armored IFVs (Infantry Fighting Vehicles) to Ukraine, despite the German parliament suspending the decision.
On May 13, 2022, Belgian and French defense ministries signed a contract for an amount of €62 million to acquire nine CAESAR NG (New Generation) 155mmm 6x6 self-propelled howitzers. The new artillery howitzer is a modernized version of the French CAESAR manufactured by the French company Nexter.
According to information published by the German Newspaper website "Bild" on May 14, 2022, Germany is studying an option for the delivery of the German-made Diehl Defence IRIS-T SLM air defense missile systems to Ukraine.
