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According to a video released by the British Company Gravity Industries, the Jet Suit backpack designed by Gravity Industries has been deployed with a British army artillery unit to trial the concept of rapid service support on the battlefield using flying soldier.
According to a contract released by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) on October 16, 2020, American Company Navistar Defense, Melrose Park, Illinois, was awarded a $44,817,631 modification (P00013) to contract for technical support services for Mine Resistant Ambush Protected MaxxPro family of vehicles of the U.S. army.
Lockheed Martin teamed with Aerojet Rocketdyne on a proposal to compete for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) contract for The Missile Defense Agency (MDA).
During the virtual edition of AUSA 2020, the United States Army Association defense association, General Dynamics Land Systems has presented its Stryker A1 8x8 armored vehicle fitted with a medium caliber weapon system armed with 30mm automatic cannon.
According to information published by Defence Web on October 16, 2020, Ghana has approved the purchase of 19 wheeled armored vehicles from the Israeli company Elbit Systems.
According to information published on the Twitter account Fridolin Ngoulou on October 15, 2020, Russia has delivered ten BRDM-2 wheeled armored vehicles to the Central African Republic (CAR) on October 15, 2020. They were delivered by an An-124-100 Russian transport aircraft to the airport in the capital of the country, Bangui.
According to information published on October 16, 2020, by the Russian press agency TASS, Turkey has conducted the first test-fire with its new Russian-made S-400 air defense missile systems during a military exercise near the town of Sinop on Turkey’s Black Sea coast.
According to a press release published on October 16, 2020, Thales launches AirMaster C ultra-compact airborne surveillance radar able to cover the full spectrum of land, air and maritime surveillance missions and offers state-of-the-art target detection capabilities.
According to a press release published on October 15, 2020, Swedish Company Saab has signed a multi-year framework contract with the U.S. Army for the latest version of the Carl-Gustaf multi-role, man-portable shoulder-fired weapon, known as the M3E1 in U.S. Army service and M4 globally. Saab has been awarded an $87 million MUSD (approximately 770 MSEK) Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract for M3E1 weapons with an initial order of $9.2 million MUSD (approximately 80 MSEK) with deliveries in 2021.
Following a competitive selection process, the Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) has awarded the Ruag Defence France and Agueris consortium the Serket tender for the development, production, commissioning and support of cabin simulators with a realistic and kinetic environment for tactical training on army armoured vehicles.
FLIR Systems announced it has been awarded a $26 million contract modification in support of the Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle Sensor Suite Upgrade (NBCRV SSU) program for the U.S. Army. The Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreement was awarded through the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND) as a follow-on to a $48 million contract announced in April 2019.
As Lockheed Martin continues the work with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to advance the unique hypersonic technologies of its Operational Fires (OpFires) program, the company today announced its initial round of key subcontractors on the program. OpFires seeks to develop and demonstrate an innovative ground-launched system to enable a hypersonic boost glide missile system to penetrate modern enemy air defenses and rapidly engage time-sensitive targets.
According to a video released on October 14, 2020, on the Twitter account of Ismail Demir, president of SSB, the Turkish defense industry, a new program development led by the Turkish Company Aselsan in collaboration with FNSS has been launched to upgrade the ACV-15 AFV tracked Armored Fighting Vehicles of the Turkish armed forces
Finland and Latvia together with Patria, have signed a research and development (R&D) agreement for a common armoured vehicle system. This agreement is a next step in this collaborative programme after the countries last spring signed a joint technical arrangement (TA).
On October 15, 2020, Arquus handed over to the French Air and Space Force (Armée de l’Air et de l’Espace) the last P4 VIPAIR vehicle, in accordance with contractual commitments. Initiated in 2016, the VIPAIR program aimed to transform a batch of 19 P4 ASPIC vehicles of the Air Force into Intervention and Air Projection Vehicle (Véhicule d’Intervention et de Projection Air, VIPAIR), intended for the training of commandos paratroopers and projection in foreign operations.
Australia has concluded its contribution to the Afghan National Army Officer Academy in Qargha near Kabul. Australian Minister for Defence, Linda Reynolds, said Australian advisors at Afghan training establishments made a valuable contribution to the future security of Afghanistan.
BAE Systems has unveiled a next-generation cyber-threat detection and mitigation solution for U.S. military platforms. Fox Shield cyber resilience system has been developed to provide military platforms with better detection capabilities, attack warning, and mitigation.
A batch of SV-98 sniper rifles has been delivered to the Eastern Military District’s combined-arms army based in the Amur River region in the Far East, the Defense Ministry’s press office said : “Snipers of reconnaissance units will be the first to receive the new weapons. Sniper rifles of the type have been delivered to the army for the first time”.
American Company Arnold Defense, the St. Louis based manufacturer of 2.75-inch rocket launchers, is pleased to announce the receipt of two major orders for their unique FLETCHER Land Based, Laser Guided Rocket Launcher. The FLETCHER precision-guided 2.75-inch/70mm weapon system was first unveiled in 2017 at DSEi in London
Rheinmetall has announced an export order in excess of $150 million dollars from Australia to the Hungarian Armed Forces to supply Lance turrets, which will be designed and manufactured at the company’s new Military Vehicle Centre of Excellence (MILVEHCOE) in South East Queensland, Australian Defence Magazine reports.
In order to facilitate the appropriation of the new semi-automatic FN SCAR-H-PR sniper rifle by the forces, a first initial training session was carried out by manufacturers at the military schools of Bourges from September 28 to October 2.
According to information released on October 13, 2020, American company Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation company has confirmed that the Belgium Ministry of Defence has awarded Oshkosh Defense a contract for 322 Oshkosh Defense Command and Liaison Vehicles (CLV) for the Belgium Defence Forces. The Belgian CLV is the proven Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) platform from Oshkosh equipped with Belgian communication systems.
In the Volgograd Region (Stalingrad during World War 2), air defense units of the Southern Military District (YuVO) conducted a comprehensive training with live fire of missiles.
Rheinmetall confirms the opening of its Military Vehicle Centre of Excellence (MILVEHCOE) in Redbank, Queensland, Australia and the establishment of a new national sovereign military vehicle capability that enables the design, development and local manufacture of military vehicles, platforms and turrets for the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and export to like-minded nations.
According to information released by the InfoDefensa website on October 12, 2020, the Uruguayan Army has begun the modernization program to upgrade its Condor UR-425 4x4 armored vehicles.
