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General Dynamics
awarded a contract for the delivery of 140 M-1 Abrams SA Tanks for Iraqi
Army.
The
U.S. Army Tank and Automotive Command has awarded General
Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics
(NYSE: GD), a contract worth $14 million to purchase
long-lead materials for the production of 140 M1A1 SA
(Situational Awareness) tanks for the Iraq program.
The SA enhancements to the M1A1 for Iraq include a second-generation
forward-looking infrared (FLIR) thermal sight, a driver’s
vision-enhancer thermal viewer and Tank Urban Survivability
Kit (TUSK) improvements, which provide better crew protection
in urban warfare environments. In addition, engines
developed through the Army’s Total Integrated
Engine Revitalization (TIGER) program will be installed
and pulse-jet filter cleaning systems added to improve
performance while reducing maintenance requirements
and costs. Work will be performed in Lima, Ohio; Scranton,
Pa.; Anniston, Ala.; and Tallahassee, Fla. The completion
date for the contract is May 31, 2011.
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Russia
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The Russian
Prime Minister Vladimir Poutine states that Russia must develop its
offensive armaments.
It’s
necessary that Russia continues to develop its systems
of offensive armaments, declared Vladimir Poutine to
the journalists in Vladivostok. “We must develop
our systems of offensive armaments”, announced
the Russian Prime Minister while explaining that would
make it possible to maintain strategic balance with
the United States which, unlike Russia, develops their
anti-missile defense. “If we want to carry out
information exchanges, the United States must pass to
us the whole of information concerning their anti-missile
shield, and us, in our turn, we are ready to transmit
all those to them relative to our offensive armaments”,
specified M.Poutine.
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Russian president
Medvedev ratifies the agreement of creation for common air defense system
between Russia and Belarus.
Russia
and Belarus will create a common air defense system
in accordance with the agreement ratified by Russian
President Dmitri Medvedev, announced this 28 December
2009, by the press service of the Kremlin. Under agreement
signed on February 3rd, the regional air defense system
will be composed of the general command, several headquarters
and Russian and Belarus military units whose list will
be approved by the Ministers for Defense. The commander
of the common system will be named by the Russian and
Belarus Presidents. According to the commander-in-chief
of the Russian Air force, the general Alexandre Zeline,
the single air defense system will comprise five air
force units, ten units of ground-to-air missiles batteries,
five radio technologies units and an one war electronic
unit. Last September, the assistant commander-in-chief
of the Russian Air force, the general Sergueï Razygraïev,
estimated that the fusion of Russian systems DCA and
Belarus would make it possible to raise of it the effectiveness
from 15 to 20%.
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United
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Contract
for Kongsberg CROWS II Weapon Control Systems with the United States
Army.
Kongsberg
has signed a contract with the US Army increasing the
number of Protector Weapon Control Systems within the
existing CROWS II frame contract from 6.500 to 10.349
systems. The value may reach between 3 and 4.5 billion
NOK. The total scope of the agreement will depend on
US Army's future demand and annual allocations. Kongsberg
has also received a purchase order for systems valued
at 950 MNOK as part of the extended frame agreement.
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Czech
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Iveco Defence
Vehicles awarded contract to deliver further 90 LMV - Light Armoured
Vehicles to Czech Army.
IVECO
Defence Vehicles announces that on December 18, 2009
the Czech Army placed order for a further batch of 90
Light Multirole Vehicles (LMV) in 3 different versions
to be delivered between 2010 and 2013. The contract
signed now, which also includes related logistics support,
is part of a joint purchase project of the Czech and
the Slovak army aimed to ensure a better cooperation
in their common battle groups. Between 2007 and 2009,
the Czech army had already ordered 24 vehicles (crew
carriers and with 12.7mm Kongsberg remote weapon station).
This contract results from the
Customer’s full satisfaction with the performance
and reliability of the first vehicles which have been
already fielded in Afghanistan and have already proved
effective in resisting IED attacks (to date 3 attacks
with no casualties).
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France
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BAE Systems
receives order for BvS10 Mk II all-terrain armoured vehicle for the
French Army.
BAE
Systems has been awarded a contract by the Direction
générale de l'armement (DGA) - French
Armament Procurement Agency - for 53 BvS10 MkII vehicles,
a new and improved version of the all-terrain vehicle
in service with the Dutch and British armed forces.
With options, the total value of the contract could
reach €220 million for 129 vehicles. The contract
is for three variants - troop carrier, command post
and logistic vehicle - together with a comprehensive
through-life support package. The project will be run
in close cooperation with French partners, such as Panhard
and EADS and deliveries are to commence 2010. "The
French requirements were very challenging and so it
was particularly rewarding to win this contract,"
said Jan Söderström, managing director for
BAE Systems' Vehicles business. "The contract acknowledges
the high performance and strong market position of our
battle-proven BvS10 and secures the continued development
of the vehicle." More than 35 years' experience
of articulated vehicle design and production in Örnsköldsvik,
and in-theatre experience from countries like Afghanistan
and Chad, has fed into development of the BvS10. "The
MkII version of the BvS10 completely fulfils the French
Army's requirements in terms of protection, mobility
and payload while maintaining the flexibility to perform
across the spectrum of military operations," says
Söderström.
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Contract
for Kongsberg Protector Weapon Control Systems with the Czech Company
PRAGA-Export.
KONGSBERG
has signed a contract with the Czech company PRAGA-Export
regarding the Protector Weapon Control System for the
Czech Ministry of Defense. The Protector weapon control
system protects military troops by allowing the vehicle's
weapons to be operated from a protected position inside
the vehicle.
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United
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ITT receive
U.S. Army contract for AN/ALQ-214(V)3 radio frequency defensive electronic
countermeasures.
ITT
Industries Corp., Integrated Electronic Warfare Systems,
Clifton, N.J., is being awarded a $111,737,911 not-to-exceed
firm-fixed-price contract for non-recurring engineering
required to modify, manufacture, test and deliver 17
AN/ALQ-214(V)3 radio frequency defensive electronic
countermeasures engineering development model (EDM)
units.
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Ukraine
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The Ukrainian
Company SOE KMDB will supply BTR-4 armored personnel carriers to Iraq.
The
first deputy to Secretary of the National security and
defense council Stepan Gavrish informed that on December
11 Ukraine concluded the first among a series of large-scale
contracts for supply of armaments to Iraq to the amount
of more than $550 mln. According to him, the contract
envisages the supply of more than 400 BTR-4 armored
vehicles within three to three and a half years. The
contract has been concluded by the leading armored equipment
production enterprise of Ukraine – State owned
enterprise Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau
through intermediary of the Foreign trade company Progress.
Armored personnel carriers BTR-4 in several versions
as well as special support vehicles, training facilities,
service and support will be supplied to Iraq.
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United
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United States
army Developing New 3DELRR Long-Range Radar.
The
US Air Force is replacing the AN/TPS-75 radar with the
Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR)
as the principal USAF long-range, ground-based sensor
for detecting, identifying, tracking, and reporting
aircraft and missiles through the Ground Theater Air
Control System. The AN/TPS-75 radar has been in service
since 1968. The primary mission of the 3DELRR will be
to provide long-range surveillance, control of aircraft,
and theater ballistic missile detection. The 3DELRR
will correct AN/TPS-75 shortfalls by detecting and reporting
highly maneuverable, small radar cross-section targets.
Its improved resolution may allow it to classify and
determine the type of non-cooperative aircraft that
cannot or do not identify themselves. Once the Technical
Development Phase is complete, the USAF intends to award
the System Design & Development (SDD) to the winning
team around 2011.
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Brazil
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IVECO Defence
Vehicles and Brazilian army sign an agreement to manufacture 2.044 units
of the new wheeled armoured vehicle VBTP-MR.
The
Brazilian Army and the Business unit Iveco Latin America
had signed this, 18 of December, an agreement for the
manufacture of 2.044 units of the basic model of the
new family of wheeled armoured vehicle VBTP-MR (Vehicles
Armored for the Transport of Pessoal Médio Sobre
Rodas). This vehicles will replace the old armoured
vehicle Urutu used today by the Brazilian Armed Forces.
The contract has a value of 6 $ billion over 20 years.
The manufacture of the first units should begin in 2012,
to finish in 2030. The production of the vehicles will
be done in Brazil with the local labour, what it will
contribute to develop the industry of national defense.
The responsibility for the production will be of the
Iveco. The productive chain will have to involve, in
the Country, about 110 supplying and up to 600 indirect
suppliers. The agreement was signed during a ceremony
in the Headquarters of the Army, in Brasilia, with the
Head of the General staff of the Army, General of Army
Fernando Sergio Galvão, and the president of
the Iveco Latin America, Mazzu Landmark. Also they had
participated of the event, the Commander of the Army,
General Army Enzo Martins Peri, and the president of
the Iveco Defense Vehicles, Pietro Borgo. Project VBTP-MR
lined up with the collaboration National Strategy of
Defense, who is in charge of the reorganization of the
national industry of defense equipment, to assure that
the attendance of the equipment necessities of the Brazilian
Armed Forces is supported in technologies under national
ownership, providing to the generation of indirect jobs
supplying in the Country. For the Brazilian Army, project
VBTP-MR means to increase operational capacities of
the Brazilian Land Forces, thus developing its capacities
to be realized range of missions where the use of this
type of vehicle is adjusted, presenting different configurations
(staff transport, recognition, aid, ambulance, etc)
to take care of to the diverse ones operational necessities.
Family VBTP-MR is fruit of promotion for the Army 2007,
been successful for the Iveco, assembly plant of trucks
of the Group Fiat in Brazil. One of the decisive factors
in the choice was the experience of the company in this
sector, deriving of the world-wide division Iveco Defense
Vehicles, that it projects, produces and commercializes
military vehicles, including similar models to the Brazilian
VBTP-MR.
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Iraq
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BAE Systems
Receives U.S. Army Contract to Manufacture 109 Iraqi Light Armored Vehicles
4x4 ILAV.
BAE
Systems has received a $59 million contract from the
U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command for
the production of 109 second-generation Iraqi Light
Armored Vehicles (ILAV) and 10 Mine Roller Kits. These
vehicles are being built for delivery to the Iraqi Ministry
of Defense and Interior.
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End of the
first tests of a new interceptor for the S-400 air defense missile system.
The
Russian consortium of defense Almaz-Anteï completed
the preliminary tests of a new missile interceptor for
the anti-aircraft system S-400, announced this 16 December
2009, the manager director of the research department
of the consortium, Igor Achourbeïli. “We
never had problems with the missile for S-400”,
it declared, adding that its research department “had
completed last November the preliminary tests of the
missile especially designed for this system of long
distance interception”. The system S-400 Triumph
is intended to neutralize a new class of air targets:
the aircraft, of which furtive planes, cruise missiles
of low dimensions and the ballistic missiles of which
the range does not exceed 3.500 km and speed 4.8 km/s.
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The Council
of the Federation of Russia adopted a decree to authorizing the fast
use of the Russian armed forces outside of Russia.
The
decree, adoptee this December 16th, 2009 by the Council
of the Federation of Russia authorizing the fast use
of the Russian armed forces outside of Russia is in
conformity with the world practice, say to RIA Novosti
the president of the commission of the international
businesses of the Council Mikhaïl Marguelov. “The
Law on the military commissions (Military commissions
act) into force in the United States does not impose
any restriction on the US president as for the use of
the armed force in any area of the world, subject to
consultations with the Congress”, it affirmed.
Russia “delayed” until now on the other
countries in this field, noted the member of Parliament,
adding that the adoption of the ad hoc decree authorized
Moscow to use its armed forces with the four corners
of the world in the event of need. It is precisely the
intervention of Georgia in South Ossetia, August 2008
which “required a rigorous regulation of our steps”,
underlined the Member of Parliament. He recalled that
Russia took part in half of the peace operations carried
out by UNO throughout the world and that the Russian
contribution to their budget rose to some 90 million
dollars. On his side, the senator from North Ossetia
and Member of the Commission of the Council of the Federation
for defense Alexandre Dzassokhov informed RIA Novosti
that the forwarding of military quotas abroad was current
practice in certain Western countries, in particular
in France, Great Britain and in the United States. “The
international political situation and soldier are such
as the fast use of the armed forces is often the single
means of defending the national interests of a country”,
it explained.
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United
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United States
Marines Corps deployed for the time in Afghanistan the new engineer
armoured ABV Assault Breacher Vehicle.
US
Marines deployed Assault Breacher Vehicles for the first
time during the assault on Now Zad, a Taliban stronghold
in Afghanistan, on December 3. (USMC photo)HELMAND PROVINCE,
Afghanistan --- A vehicle that looks like a hybrid of
a tank and bulldozer comes to a stop. An enormous blast
shrieks through the air and delivers 1,750 pounds of
C4 on the road ahead. The Marine Corps newest vehicle,
an assault breacher vehicle, has detonated a route clearing,
line charge, making its first combat assault in Marine
Corps history. The Marine Corps prepared the ABV crew
and the vehicle for combat for approximately two years.
On the morning of Dec. 3, the ABV fired its first line
charge during Operation Cobra's Anger in Now Zad, Afghanistan.
Due to mass amounts of roadside bombs expected around
Now Zad, ABV's led the way for the operation by detonating
numerous line charges on the path to the Taliban stronghold,
Now Zad.
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The new Russian
surface-to-air missiles S-500 created before 2015.
The
creation of armaments for the single system of Russian
ballistic defense, including S-500 missiles will be
completed in 2015, announced Wednesday in Moscow Igor
Achourbeïli, managing director of the Almaz-Anteï
research department charged to develop S-500. “All
the elements of the single system of ballistic defense
must be set up in 2015 in accordance with the military
program of State”, indicated the person in charge
to the journalists. The Russian Company Almaz-Anteï
Bureau plans to build “two new factories”
which will produce ground-to-air missiles and land armaments
of anti-aircraft defense, added M.Achourbeïli.
The surface-to-air missiles S-500 are intended to replace
S-400 Triumph able to organize the spread out defense
of the sites against a massive air attack. The S-500
missiles will be able to destroy 10 targets against
6 for S-400.
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Sweden
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Saab has
signed two contracts on further deliveries of the Carl-Gustav man-portable
weapon system.
Defence
and security company Saab (STO:SAABB) has signed two
contracts on further deliveries of the Carl-Gustaf man-portable
weapon system. The total value of the orders is SEK192
million (€18.4 million). “This is very positive
and it further proves the capability of the Carl-Gustaf
system which until now has been exported to more than
40 customers around the world,” says Tomas Samuelsson,
Business Unit Manager, Saab Bofors Dynamics. Deliveries
will be completed in 2010.
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United
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The new light
wheeled protected vehicle Supacat SPV400 undergoes blast testing.
The
Supacat SPV400 development programme has passed a major
milestone having successfully undergone blast testing
on 3rd and 4th December. The full technical specification
of these tests cannot be revealed for security reasons,
however, a significant under-vehicle mine blast simulation
was conducted as was a huge Vehicle Borne Improvised
Explosive Device (VBIED) simulation.
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Peru
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Modernisation
of the Peruvian army, new equipment and armored vehicles presented during
the military parade of December 8th, 2009.
During
the military parade of December 8th, 2009, which celebrated
the 188° birthday of the independence of Peru, the
Peruvian army showed its will to modernize its army.
For the first time a Chinese main battle tank Type 90-II
or MBT 2000 run in the street of the capital Lima. Currently
a competition is open for the acquisition of a new tank,
which puts in competition, China, Russia, the Ukraine,
Poland and Germany, for a total from 80 to 120 tanks.
During the parade several new systems of weapons were
presented as a light tank AMX-13 without gun, on which
was mounted Russian anti-tank missiles Kornet-E, a tracked
armoured personnel carrier M113 armed with the Israeli
anti-tank missile system Spike, and soldiers was also
equipped with the new Belgian assault Rifle FN Herstal
Scar.
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Ukraine
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Ukraine will
deliver a variety of armored vehicles, transport planes and high-precision
weaponry to Iraq.
Ukraine
will deliver a variety of military equipment to Iraq
under a recent deal worth an estimated $2.4 billion,
a Russian newspaper reported. According to the Nezavisimaya
Gazeta daily, the deal between the state arms exporter
UkrSpetsExport and the Iraqi defense ministry is the
largest in Ukraine's history and could lift the ex-Soviet
republic to the 4th or 5th place among the top arms
dealers in the world from the current 14th. The new
contract will ensure orders for over 80 Ukrainian firms,
including the state-run Progress machine-building plant
in Berdichev, which produced T-80UD tanks for Pakistan
in the 1990s. Sources close to the Ukrainian Defense
Ministry told the newspaper that the deal included the
delivery of an unspecified number of armored vehicles,
transport planes and high-precision weaponry. Ukraine
will also provide repair and maintenance services for
the sold equipment.
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United
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Oshkosh Corporation
Awarded Additional $175 Million Order to Supply 400 M-ATVs.
Oshkosh
Corporation announced today it has received an additional
$175 million order from the U.S. Army Tank-automotive
and Armaments Command Life Cycle Management Command
(TACOM LCMC) to deliver 400 MRAP All Terrain Vehicles
(M-ATV). To date, Oshkosh has received six awards valued
at $3.3 billion to deliver a total of 6,619 M-ATVs.
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Six members
of the Iraqi Security forces made a training for the detection of explosives
in Croatia.
The
ceremony upon the completion of training of members
of Iraqi security forces for official dog guides for
the detection of explosives was held on Wednesday, December
9, in "Satnik Kredimir Ivosevic" Training
Centre in Dugo Selo, Croatia. Six members of the Iraqi
security forces and their team leader, Lieutenant Mohammed
Al-Maliki attended the training course for official
dog guides for the detection of explosives from the
4th May to the 4th of December 2009. Upon the completion
of seven-months training, Iraqi security forces were
donated with six official dogs and all the equipment.
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United
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General Dynamics
Awarded $18 Million for Saudi Tank Work.
General
Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics,
was awarded $17.6 million for the purchase of long-lead
materials that will be used to convert 15 M1A2 Abrams
tanks to M1A2S tanks for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The contract was awarded to General Dynamics by the
U.S. Army TACOM Lifecycle Management Command for the
Royal Saudi Land Forces. The M1A2S vehicles will possess
defined capabilities that increase lethality while limiting
obsolescence.
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Russia
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Successfull
test of firing of ballistic missile "Topol"
The
troops of strategic missiles (RVSN) carried out this
10 December 2009, a successful firing of intercontinental
ballistic missile RS12M Topol. “The firing was
carried out successfully at 15:35 Moscow time (12H35
GMT) at the Kapoustin-Iar polygon, in the region of
Astrakhan, indicated the military. Adding that “the
factitious warhead of the missile reached with precision
a target located on the polygon of Sary-Chagan (Kazakhstan)”.
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Australia
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First Delivery
of IAI-Made Heron UAS to MDA for Support of the Royal Australian Air
Force Troops in Afghanistan.
This
December. 10th, 2009 was the first delivery of the Heron
Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) to the Canadian company
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA), and
to the customer, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
The Heron UAS, made by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI),
includes an aircraft, mission payloads, Advanced Ground
Control Station (AGCS), spare parts, and ground support
equipment. The Heron was chosen from among a number
of UAS competitors, after successfully completing a
series of tests, for its intelligence, surveillance,
and reconnaissance capabilities. The Heron system delivered
today will start operations in early 2010 for one year,
with the option to extend for an additional two years.
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Russia seeks
AIFV and sniper rifles for airborne troops.
Russia
is seeking to equip its airborne troops with a variety
of new weaponry in the coming years, including BMD-4M
airborne infantry fighting vehicles (AIFVs) and new
sniper rifles, the head of the service said on 8 December.
"We are expecting to receive up to 200 BMD-4M AIFVs
in the next few years to significantly increase the
combat capability of our troops," said Lieutenant
General Vladimir Shamanov, according to comments conveyed
by state news service RIA Novosti. "Paratroopers
will also get indigenous Shakhin infrared scopes, new
sniper rifles, underwater assault rifles and other advanced
weaponry and gear," he said.
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The end of
the armoured personnel carrier M113A1 in the Australian Army.
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M113A1
Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs) have a long and proud
history in the Australian Army since they were first
introduced in 1965. After nearly 45 years of service
to the nation, three M113A1s, one of which saw service
in Vietnam, had their last street patrol in East Timor
before being cleaned in preparation for shipping back
to Australia. The M113A1s have been an important part
of Australia’s mission in East Timor since they
were first used to secure the Dili area when INTERFET
inserted in 1999. Since 2006 the APCs have been used
to carry the Quick Response Force (QRF), made up of
Australian and New Zealand infantry who were dispatched
to deal with any outbreaks of civil unrest in the capital.
The six M113A1s that have been in service in East Timor
arrived with the International Stabilisation Force following
the outbreak of violence in East Timor in 2006. After
they return to Australia the vehicles will be converted
into M113AS4s.
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United
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Textron to
Deliver 39 Armored Personnel Carriers ASV M1117 to Colombia.
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Textron
Marine & Land Systems, an operating unit of Textron
Systems, a Textron Inc. company, has been selected by
the Colombian Ministry of Defense to produce and deliver
39 Armored Personnel Carriers (APC) ASV M1117 for the
Colombian Army. The Colombian Army's initial requirement
for armored wheeled vehicles with associated logistics
support will be contracted through the U.S. Army Foreign
Military Sales process. The total value of this procurement
is $45.6 million.
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Vladimir
Poutine visited this 08 December 2008 the tests Metal Institute of Nijni
Taguil.
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Vladimir
Poutine visited this 08 December 2008 the tests Metal
Institute of Nijni Taguil (Ural) to familiarize himself
with the performances of Russian modern armoured tanks,
in particular, the armoured vehicle BMPT (Tanks support
armoured vehicle), announces the correspondent of RIA
Novosti. The chief of the Russian government attended
the shootings carried out by armoured vehicle BMP-3
and tank T-90A. The shootings reached a tank being at
a distance of four kilometres. The Prime Minister was
particularly attracted by a BMPT, because it’s
a new type of combat vehicle. The BMP-T is intended
to destroy light armoured vehicles, but also main battle
tanks with heavy armour.
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Belgium
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Army
Recognition web site to the TOP 10 of the most visited military web
site in the world.
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In
January 2009, the friends of Army Recognition become
a Company. With its defense magazine and Internet web
site, Army Recognition is now one of the most important
sources of defense information. For 2010, seven International
Defense Exhibition in the world signed a contract to
make their promotion and to communicate through the
Internet web site and the magazine Army Recognition.
With more than 7.000.000 visitors in 2009, 20.000 visitors
per day and 5.000.000 of pages seen per month, Army
Recognition web site is now to the TOP 10 of the most
visited military web site in the world, see reference
www.alexa.com.
The Internet web site Army Recognition a highway of
information for the marketing and the communication
of the products, services, companies and exhibition
of defense.
Thanks to our single technology of referencing and our
popularity on the Web, we can place your products and
services of defense in the top results of search engines,
as Google and Yahoo.
Great Thanks to all our partners and visitors.
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Austria
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Schiebel
has now won a contract with the Direction Générale de
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Following
the success with the first UAS ever to fly at the Paris
Air Show in June 2009, Schiebel has now won a contract
with the Direction Générale de l’Armement
(DGA). The CAMCOPTER S-100 will be leased for a selection
of comprehensive experimental trials in France by the
French Army at a military camp, during a military exercise,
as well as two weeks of demanding trials at a non European
location, and on behalf of the French Navy at a Navy
base. The trials will take place during the first half
of 2010. The goal of these trials is it to assess the
advantages of VTOL (Vertical Takeoff and Landing). In
order to fulfill the DGA’s requirements, Schiebel
has sub-contracted Thales Aeronautical Systems to assist
them with the arrangement and organization of the flight
and frequency permits. The main payload for these trials
will be the Thales Optronics Agile 2 Electro Optical
and Infra Red (EO/IR) sensor.
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France
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First
use of the LEMIR counter-IED device system by the French Army in Afghanistan.
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Eighteen
LEMIR systems (Leurre Massique mécanique InfraRouge)
are deployed in the Afghan theater with French forces
operating as part of the International Security Assistance
Force (ISAF). The LEMIR Device system is fitted to the
wheeled armoured vehicle VAB in Afghanistan, the French
Command and Support Battalion (BCS) carried out its
first resupply convoy between Kabul and Nijrab, in the
Kapisa valley, using the LEMIR device. LEMIR is a counter-IED
(improvised explosive devices) and counter-mine device
which will detonate explosive devices that are activated
by pressure, trip-wire or heat sources. Particularly
flexible, it comes in the form of kits with adjustable
length and width to fit all types of vehicles, of foreign
or French design. The kits are installed on the VAB
and BUFFALO, which are distributed throughout the French
area of operations in Afghanistan. There are three LEMIR
for each Groupement Tactique Interarmes (GTIA, or combined
battle group) within the Task Force La Fayette in the
Kapisa and Surobi valleys. Six additional LEMIR are
provided to the Operational Liaison Monitoring Teams
deployed in the French area of responsibility, and three
are held in reserve.
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United
States (Oshkosh)
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Oshkosh
Corporation Commemorates Handoff of 1,000th M-ATV to U.S. Armed Forces.
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Oshkosh
Corporation marked the handoff of the 1,000th MRAP All
Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV) to the U.S. Armed Forces on
Nov. 30 at a ceremony with military leadership at the
company’s facilities in Oshkosh, Wis. Brig. Gen.
Michael Brogan, commander of the Marine Corps Systems
Command, and Lt. Col. Coll Haddon, M-ATV product manager
for the MRAP Joint Program Office, were the keynote
speakers at the event. Having exceeded the government’s
delivery schedule for five consecutive months, Oshkosh
is ramping up production to 1,000 vehicles per month
in December and continuing at that level through April
2010. Since being awarded the production contract on
June 30, 2009, Oshkosh has received four additional
awards from the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments
Command Life Cycle Management Command (TACOM LCMC) to
supply a total of 6,219 M-ATVs. Oshkosh also has received
orders for spare kits and to send its factory-trained
field service representatives (FSR) to Afghanistan to
provide training and maintenance support for the vehicles.
The aggregate amount of the five awards is valued at
$3.2 billion.
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Jordan
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Jordan
is negotiating the purchase of of
Javelin anti-tank missiles.
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Jordan
is negotiating the purchase of an additional $388 million
package of Javelin anti-tank missiles. The Defense Security
Cooperation Agency notified Congress the 30 November
2009 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Jordan of
JAVELIN Anti-Tank Guided Missiles, Fly-to-Buy Missiles,
JAVELIN Command Launch Units (CLUs) with Integrated
Day/Thermal Sight and associated parts, equipment, training
and logistical support for a complete package worth
approximately $388 million. The Hashemite Kingdom of
Jordan has requested a possible sale of 1,808 JAVELIN
Anti-Tank Guided Missiles, 18 Fly-to-Buy Missiles, 162
JAVELIN Command Launch Units (CLUs) with Integrated
Day/Thermal Sight, containers, missile simulation rounds,
enhanced basic skills trainer (EPBST), rechargeable
and non-rechargeable batteries, battery dischargers
and chargers, and coolant units, support equipment,
spare and repair parts, publications and technical data,
U.S. Government and contractor engineering and logistics
personnel services, and other related elements of logistics
support. The estimated cost is $388 million.
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Russia
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Russia army
create a training center for the drones operators.
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The
Russian land forces create a training center for the
drones operators, announced to Monday in Moscow the
chief of the department power station of the military
formation of the Russian Armed forces Valeri Evnevitch.
"The Land forces of Russian army plan to create
the Training center of the specialists charged to control
the drones at the time of military operations”,
indicated the Evnevitch general. “The drones also
took part in the exercises (Russo-Belorusses) Zapad
2009 (Occident 2009) which had proceeded in September
in the presence of the president and Russian supreme
leader of the armies” Dmitri Medvedev”,
said the general.
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France
(Nexter Systems)
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Contract
for the post-production support of the Leclerc main battle tank (SSPP
XL) to Nexter Systems.
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As
decided by Hervé Morin, Minister of Defense during
the Oct. 12 meeting of the ministerial committee for
defense investments (Comité Ministériel
des Investissements de Défense, CMI), the French
Army’s Central Directorate of Matériel
(DCMAT), with the participation of the Directorate General
of Armaments (DGA), on November 19 awarded the contract
for the post-production support of the Leclerc main
battle tank (SSPP XL) to Nexter Systems. The result
of two years of preparation, this innovative contract
marks a turning point for the support of the French
Army’s 254 Leclerc tanks: it embodies the will
of the Ministry of Defence to ensure the long term achievement
of operational goals, while controlling support costs,
as specified in the White Paper on defense and national
security and the reform of the operational maintenance
of army equipment. The contract also aims to create
a partnership approach between the Army, DGA and Nexter
Systems, in which the latter assumes overall responsibility
for supporting the inventory, as well as the primary
technical authority. This will be achieved in particular
by Nexter’s greater involvement in maintenance
activities, and by its assuming contractual commitments
that contribute directly to achieving the objectives
of fleet availability. The implementation of services
for the initial phase will begin on 1 January 2010,
for an annual amount of 90 million euros, which will
be widely distributed within the national industrial
base.
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Russia
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Russia army
announces large-scale Vostok-2010 military exercise.
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The
Russian Armed Forces will conduct large-scale Vostok
military exercises in Siberia and the country's Far
East in 2010, the Defense Ministry said on 01 December
2009, according to RIA Novosti. The exercises will be
part on the annual training cycle in the Russian military,
aimed at improving combat readiness and interoperability
of the various branches of the Armed Forces. "The
main event of the combat training in 2010 will be the
Vostok-2010 strategic exercises, which will involve
units of the Siberian and the Far Eastern military districts,
the Air Force, Airborne troops and the Pacific Fleet,"
the ministry said in a statement. So far this year,
the military has conducted the Caucasus 2009, Zapad
2009 and Ladoga 2009 strategic exercises, and 15 brigade-level
and 161 battalion-level drills. Russia holds Vostok
strategic command-and-staff exercises every two years.
More than 8,000 troops took part in Vostok-2008.
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United
States (Oshkosh)
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Oshkosh is
being awarded a contract for the purchase of 155 logistic vehicle system.
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Oshkosh
Corporation, Oshkosh, Wis., is being awarded a $61,038,188
fixed-price delivery order #0059 under previously awarded
indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (M67854-06-D-5028).
This delivery order is issued against exercised priced
options for the purchase of 155 logistic vehicle system
replacement production cargo vehicles. Work will be
performed in Oshkosh, Wis., and work for this delivery
order is expected to be completed by Dec. 30, 2010.
Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current
fiscal year.
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South
Korea
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The new South
Korean armoured infantry fighting vehicle K-21 will be deployed to field
sites for operation from the end of this month.
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The
South Korean K-21, the world’s strongest infantry
tracked armoured fighting vehicle developed and produced
with Korean technology, will be deployed to field sites
for operation from the end of this month. Doosan DST
held a ceremony to mark the first shipment of K-21 infantry
combat armed vehicles, which have been mass produced
for the first time, at its Changwon Plant. The event
was attended by more than 100 people, including high-ranking
military officers and defense suppliers. The K-21, whose
development began in late 1999 in the hope of strengthening
the Korean military’s combat capability, entered
into mass production this year after the operation,
evaluation, and testing of pilot products at field sites.
The K-21 has been evaluated as superior to the M2A3
of the U.S. and the BMP-3 of Russia, which are regarded
as the world’s strongest combat vehicles in this
category, in terms of fire power, the capacity to manage
battlefields, and mobility. Doosan DST plans to actively
pursue the K-21’s export to the Middle East, Southeast
Asia, and Latin America by banking on its excellent
performance and competitive price.
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Russia
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The Russian
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin requires thirty ballistic missiles for
the Russian army in 2010.
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The
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Poutine required Monday
at a meeting of governmental leaders and industry of
armament to fill the public order envisaging to deliver
to the army into 2010 ballistic missiles and satellites.
“In 2010 the armed forces must receive more than
30 ballistic missiles based on ground and at sea, like
11 space units. This objective must be carried out unconditionally”,
indicated M. Poutine. The Prime Minister pointed out
that the public order of armaments, in rise in 2010,
would be assembled to 1.175 billion roubles (27 billion
euros).
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Poland
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Poland could
send up to 1,000 additional troops to Afghanistan.
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Poland
could send up to 1,000 additional troops to Afghanistan
to boost its 2,000-strong military contingent in the
country, the Polish Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
The ministry has received a plan drafted by the Defense
Ministry to increase the military contingent in Afghanistan.
"There are likely to be less than 1,000 servicemen.
A final decision will be announced by Prime Minister
Donald Tusk," Piotr Paszkowski said. A total of
15 Polish servicemen have been killed in Afghanistan,
and over 100 injured since 2001. The U.S. has 68,000
troops in the country, and other NATO states have 45,000.
General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of the International
Security Assistance Force (ISAF), earlier asked U.S.
President Barack Obama to authorize the deployment of
up to 40,000 additional troops to fight the Taliban
insurgency. The U.S. is also expected ask NATO countries
to boost their contingents in Afghanistan, to fill the
gap between the 34,000 the Pentagon expects Obama to
send, and the 40,000 General McChrystal has requested.
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Czech
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Czech Ministry
of defence seeks to buy new assault rifles
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As
the Prague Daily Monitor reported on 29 November 2009,
the Czech Defence Ministry launched an open tender for
assault rifles with grenade launchers with an estimated
value of CZK1.5 billion (€57.4 million / $86.4
million). The newly procured assault rifles are to replace
ageing equipment of the Army after Czech Defence Minister
Martin Bartak reported to the parliament in October
that the military encountered problems with old arms.
According to the daily, the Ministry of Defence (MoD)
invited for offers to be placed by 18 December 2009
and plans to procure some 8,000 assault rifles along
with 400 grenade launchers. Furthermore, the contract
will include the purchase of 1,400 telescope sights
with night vision adapters and laser pointers as well
as spare parts and ammunition. The Czech MoD seeks to
replace the ageing Sa vz.58 machine guns that the Army
has been using since the 1950s. Thought is very much
resembles the AK-47 Kalaschnikow it is a domestic development.
However, both arms use the M43 7.62x39mm rounds. So
far, press reports have only revealed the name of one
arms manufacturer that will participate in the tender.
The domestic manufacturer Ceska zbrojovka a.s. will
reportedly offer its CZ S 805 which is convertible into
a combat gun configuration, configuration of a light
sub-machine gun or a light sniping rifle.
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