June 2019 Global Defence & Security Industry - Military News |
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On 22 May, in Washington, Kadi Silde, Undersecretary for Defence Policy at the Estonian Ministry of Defence, and Kathryn Wheelbarger, the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defence for International Security Affairs, signed the Estonia-United States Roadmap for Defence Cooperation for 2019–2024 at the Pentagon. Polygon Military Magazine reports.
The THeMIS unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) equipped with the deFNder Medium Remote Weapon Station was deployed by Milrem Robotics and FN Herstal in Estonia during Spring Storm 2019, the country´s biggest annual military exercise that was held from April 29 through to May 17, 2019.
Hours before sunrise and the inevitable, stifling heat of Kuwait in late May, 176 infantry soldiers lined up on the turf of Camp Buehing’s athletic field, ready for the first event in what would be a grueling week of testing for a common, coveted goal: the Expert Infantryman Badge (EIB). Sgt. Liane Hatch, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, reports on U.S. Army’s website.
Milrem Robotics and ST Engineering demonstrated a beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) combat UGV armed with a 40mm AGL and a 12.7mm HMG in April during a live fire exercise held in Tapa, Estonia.
iXblue has been awarded a contract by the Serbian defence company Jugoimport-SPDR to provide 24 Advans Vega Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) for the accurate positioning and pointing of its new Nora 155mm howitzers.
SPIKE is already in use by 18 EU and NATO members, who already jointly implement cooperation in training, maintenance and procurement.
Maruti Suzuki India finally discontinued the Gypsy production on April 1, 2019. It was first launched in 1985. However, the Indian army needs 3,051 more units, which imposes briefly restarting its production. Satya reports on RushLane.
Every year, thousands of European armed forces participate in multiple exercises with the U.S. to help improve interoperability and stability of the region. Exercise Immediate Response 2019 is a multinational exercise co-led by Croatian Armed Forces, Slovenian Armed Forces and U.S. Army Europe. Pvt. Laurie Ellen Schubert reports on U.S. Army’s website.
Soldiers from D-Squadron, The Royal Lancers have spent May deployed alongside the Finnish Army on Exercise Arrow 2019, where they have provided reconnaissance for a Finnish Armoured Infantry Brigade.
Navistar Defense was awarded a $14,085,821 firm-fixed-price contract for 4x4 Navistar cargo trucks 6x6 Navistar general transport trucks, 6x6 Navistar 30 ton wreckers, and Navistar spare parts. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Lisle, Illinois, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 27, 2020. Fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $14,085,821 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Michigan, is the contracting activity.
Rheinmetall is launching the Rescue model of its Mission Master at CANSEC 2019. The Mission Master is a modular unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) that facilitates recovery of injured troops without compromising the operators’ safety, along with many other dangerous, dirty, and dull (DDD) tasks.
The vehicle-mounted mortar system Mjölner, developed and produced by BAE Systems Hägglunds, will increase the indirect fire capability to support mechanized battalions. It allows the user army to field a capability well adapted for different vehicle platforms while enhancing the whole fleet’s firepower.
