March 2018 Global Defence & Security Industry - Military News |
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According a statement from the British Ministry of Defense published on March 31, 2018, the British Army has taken a step towards exploring a deal for a fleet of new armoured vehicles, potentially supporting at least 1,000 British jobs, by announcing it is rejoining the Boxer 8x8 armoured vehicle program.
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Russia's 2017 defense spending reached $61.2 billion and provided Moscow the 4th place in the Top-15 list of the biggest military spenders around the world, the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) writes in the Military Balance 2018 analytical book.
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Armenia will receive weapons and military equipment from Russia under a new $100 million loan in 2018, Deputy Head of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Vladimir Drozhzhov said. The supply of these Russian weapons is expected for this year.
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In October 2017, Finnish Company Patria has signed an agreement with Mootor Grupp to acquire their share of 60 % of the largest defence maintenance contractor in Estonia - Milrem LCM OÜ. The remaining 40 % belongs to the Estonian company Sinrob OÜ, owned by the current Milrem CEO Kuldar Väärsi.
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Russia is beefing up military-technical cooperation (MTC) with Laos, Russian media outlets say. Moscow and Vientiane have recently signed an agreement to open a new facility in Laos in order to maintain military platforms operated by the South Asian country. "The facility will provide assistance in resolving issues of military/military-technical cooperation," the document says. The project will be partially funded by Laos.
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Nigeria will produce the Beryl M762 assault rifle, a Polish-originated variant of the world-known Kalashnikov AK assault rifle, under license, according to the press department of the Fabryka Broni Lucznik-Radom company, a subsidiary of the Polish Armaments Group (PGZ).
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Another pop-up test of Russia’s advanced RS-28 Sarmat liquid-propellant intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) has gone smoothly, the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper reported.
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British Paratroopers from 16th Air Assault Brigade have been testing themselves alongside their American counterparts in an expansive and wide-ranging exercise, designed to build military interoperability and develop the close bond of friendship which already exists between Airborne units from the two nations.
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The Ratnik combat gear’s helmet will be equipped with an integrated communication system by 2025, the Defense Ministry’s press office quoted Chairman of the Army’s Military and Technical Committee Colonel Alexander Romanyuta as saying.
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According a statement published by the Uruguayan Ministry of Defense, China has donated military equipment to the Uruguayan Ministry of Defense including 4x4 ambulance vehicle. The equipment were delivered during a ceremony on March 23, 2018 under the Free Military Assistance by China to Uruguay framework signed in 2016.
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Coastal forces of the Northern fleet will receive Arctic antiaircraft missile complexes Tor-M2DT this year. They can destroy all types of aircraft and guided air munitions even in minus 70-degree frosts. The Arctic version of the system was demonstrated at the VE-Day parade in 2017, the Izvestia daily writes.
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Military forces from the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, New Zealand army, and Australian army joined together with Iraqi security forces to conduct a training exercise as part of a three-month course tailored to conduct close air support techniques and close combat attack training.
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Cyprus announced Wednesday the donation of more than 15 million euros (18.55 million U.S. dollars) in aid to the Lebanese army.
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The Ministry of Defense (MoD) of the Czech Republic is planning to launch a tender to replace the BVP-2 (a licensed copy of the Soviet-made BMP-2 platform) armoured infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) in service with the Czech Republic Army since the Cold War.
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High-power self-propelled artillery guns 2S7M Malka trained fire at Trekhrechye range in Amur region. They destroyed targets at various distances and for the first time fired at the maximum range of 50 km, the Eastern Military District said.
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The establishment of the Army Futures Command is the most significant Army reorganization effort since 1973. Army Futures Command will be the fourth Army Command and will be tasked with driving the Army into the future to achieve clear overmatch in future conflicts.
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Rosoboronexport arms trader of Rostec State Corporation began to promote the latest Viking antiaircraft missile complex (export version of Buk-M3) on foreign markets, the company said.
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Extending the U.S. Army's field artillery range and expanding the capability of long-range precision fires is crucial to maintaining overmatch against potential adversaries, U.S. Army leaders have said. As such, the ability to deliver accurate, long-range attacks is now a top priority for the service.
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According to the newspaper website The Telegraph, United Kingdom is closed to release the request of information regarding the purchase of new 8x8 armoured vehicles for the British Army under the program Mechanised Infantry Vehicles (MIV). The Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV) program will deliver up to 800 8x8 vehicles with initial operating capability planned for the early 2020s.
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The Brazilian company Avibras will resume development of Brazil's first indigenously developed cruise missile, with test flights set to begin by the end of this year.
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The government of Poland signed an agreement to purchase Raytheon's combat proven Patriot air defense missiles from the U.S. Army. The agreement, formally referred to as a Letter of Offer and Acceptance, paves the way for Poland's Patriot force to rapidly reach Initial Operational Capability, and sets the stage for the U.S. government to begin contract negotiations with Raytheon and its industry partners.
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Following the 2015 contract to supply the Belgium Ministry of Defence (BeMOD) with over 100 FOX Rapid Reaction Vehicles (RRV), British Company Jankel has secured a second prestigious contract with the Belgian army to supply a new fleet of specialist tactical vehicles, under the program LTTV Light Troop Transport Vehicles.
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The Polish-based Battle Group Poland consists of the framework nation provided by the United States’ 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, with the Balaklava Troop of British Light Dragoons as additional reconnaissance, and two batteries of air defense artillery, a capability not organic to the squadron, provided by Romania and Croatia.
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India and Russia are in the final stage of the negotiations on the purchase of S-400 (NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler) air defense missile systems, India’s Economic Times reported. According to the newspaper, the document may be signed during a visit of Indian Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to Moscow in the first week of April.
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The U.S. Army's Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) has awarded Lockheed Martin a next-phase contract to continue maturing the Modular Active Protection Systems (MAPS) controller base kit hardware and software and to support government integration efforts ahead of platform demonstrations scheduled to take place through 2019.