Defence & Security Industry Technology
First BMPT tank support vehicle delivered in 2018 to Russian army
The Uralvagonzavod (UVZ) research-and-manufacturing corporation, a subsidiary of the Rostec state corporation, is expected to deliver first BMPT ta...
Russia continues to develop local-made electromagnetic rail gun
Russian scientists succeeded to manage technologies that would arm the troops with electromagnetic rail guns. The United Institute of High Temperat...
UVision has demonstrated Israeli Hero-400EC loitering munition
According a press release of January 8, 2018, Israeli Company UVision Air Ltd, a global pioneer of lethal aerial loitering systems of all sizes, ha...
Russian Khrizantema-S missile can hit target in all weather conditions
The Russian Khrizantema-S is a self-propelled anti-tank launcher unit especially designed to destroy current and future generations of main battle ...
Australian army deploys new Hawkei protected vehicle in Iraq
According to the Australian Defence Business Review website, Australian Army and Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group CASG, in charge of mi...
Armour Company of Ukraine Varta Novator 4x4 armoured successfully tested
According to pictures released on December 26, 2017, to the Facebook account of the Ukrainian government MVS.GOV.UA, Ukrainian Armour Company from ...
New K-4386 Typhoon-VDV 4x4 armoured field tested by Russian army
The new K-4386 Typhoon-VDV has been field tested by the Russian armed forces according a statement of the Russian Ministry of Defense. This 4x4 arm...
Elbit Mercury Radio System fully operational with British army cadet
Israeli Company Elbit Systems Ltd. (announced that the UK MoD (Ministry of Defense) declared that the Mercury Radio System achieved Full Operationa...
Ukraine army takes delivery of 50 BTR-3DA 8x8 APC armoured
The State Enterprise "Kyiv Armored Plant", which is part of the Ukrainian State Defense Industry association UkrOboronProm, has delivered 50 new BT...
US Army to improve combat vehicles with APS Active Protection System
US army is on the process to improve protection of combat vehicles and main battle tanks with the use of active protection systems for vehicle armo...
First trial tests of Ukrainian BTR-4MV1 8x8 armoured fighting vehicle
According a video posted on the Facebook account of the Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, the BTR-4MV1, the latest generation of Ukrainian-made...
US Army would like to test unmanned vehicles with firepower of M1 Abrams tank
Within five years, the U.S. Army would like to start testing remote combat vehicle prototypes, known as RCVs, which are unmanned, as light and as f...
US Army Standoff Robotic Explosive Hazard Detection System tests
U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) conducts rapid and thorough testing of Standoff Robotic Explosive Hazard Detection System (SREHD), an explosive...
First test fire of M17 M18 pistol by 101st Airborne Division
The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) is the first unit of U.S. army to receive the Army's new Modular Handgun System that began fielding the M...
New 2s35-1 8x8 self-propelled howitzer based on 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV
In august 2017, the Russian defense industry has presented the first prototype of a wheeled 152mm self-propelled howitzer called 2S35-1 based on th...
Russian Western maintenance district receives new Kamaz-53501 Trucks
Maintenance units of the Western Military District received close to 20 heavy three-axis KamAZ-53501 cross-country vehicles to transport personnel,...
Argentine army to receive 1st of 4 Chinese-made crane-truck
The Argentine Army has taken delivery of a new SANY STC800 crane truck, which will be operated by the Engineering Battalion 601. The truck is the f...
Australia army new assault rifle EF88 first full operational deployment
The Enhanced F88 (EF88), the Australian Armed Forces new service rifle has just completed its first full operational deployment, winning the confid...
Indonesian Marines sea exercise with BTR-4M amphibious armored
Indonesian Marine Corps performs sea training exercise using Ukrainian-made BTR-4M 8x8 amphibious armoured vehicle. According the first experience ...
New Russian Pantsir-SM air defense missile-gun system ready for 2019
Work to develop the new generation of anti-aircraft air defense missile/gun system Pantsir-SM will be completed in 2019, CEO of Russia’s High-Preci...