2019
Egyptian military to receive locally-produced wheeled armored vehicles
As reported by defenceWeb on January 15, 2019, the Egyptian military is to start receiving locally-produced mine-resistant, ambush-protected (MRAP)...
Northrop Grumman demonstrated an APS Vehicle that defeated ATGMs
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Jan. 15, 2019 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) demonstrated advanced Vehicle Active Protection System technologies aga...
Philippines looking to buy small arms from Czech Republic
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte told the new Ambassador of Czech Republic that the Philippines is looking into acquiring small-arms from his ...
Finland to procure Israeli counter-battery radars from Elta Systems
The Defence Forces’ Logistic Command of Finland has received a mandate, on 11.1.2019, from Minister of Defence Jussi Niinistö to procure counter-ba...
Indian snipers to replace AK-57 Dragunov with US and Italian rifles
The subject has popped up a few times since April 2018: the Indian army will at last get 5,719 sniper rifles (instead of 6,500 initially planned) f...
Russian Northern fleet Arctic brigade trains on A-1 snow vehicles
Scouts of the Arctic motorized rifle brigade of the Northern fleet are training roadstead actions on snow vehicles. The first drills were held at t...
Saab receives RBS 70 NG order from the Brazilian army
Saab has signed a contract with the Brazilian Army for deliveries of RBS 70 NG – the latest generation of the RBS 70 man-portable air defence system.
First Tornado-S MLRS supplied to Russian Southern district
The first Tornado-S multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) have been supplied to the Southern Military District. They are the most powerful MLRS in ...
ShieldAfrica 2019: Army Recognition Official Media with Daily News & Web TV
Belgian Company "Army Recognition Group" is appointed with its online Defense and Security magazine Army Recognition, as Official Media Partner for...
U.S. artillery brigade support battalion reactivated in Europe
On Friday 11 January 2018, the U.S. Army activated the 589th Brigade Support Battalion in Grafenwöhr to support its new field artillery brigade per...
More M110 semi-automatic sniper rifles for U.S. Army
In a statement released on 20 December 2018, the U.S. Department of Defense said that Knights Armaments Co. was awarded a $16,5 million contract fo...
Turkish defense industry to become more autonomous
Turkey currently meets 68 percent of its domestic demand for military products and plans to further boost the level of import substitution in the d...
China: DF-26 missiles deployed after US warship trespassed into territorial waters
According to CCTV Chinese TV News channel, on Tuesday January 10, 2019, Chinese armed forces have deployed DF-26 ballistic missiles to China’s nort...
More Russian Konkurs-M anti-tank missiles for Indian army
The Indian Army (IA) has acquired an additional batch of Russian-originated Konkurs-M (NATO reporting name: AT-5b Spandrel-B) anti-tank guided miss...
Russia: Rostec developed mine roller for armored tractors
Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant, part of UralVagonZavod Group belonging to Rostec State Corporation, has developed a mine roller to be installed to the "...
India gets own standards for bullet resistant jackets
The first-ever Indian standard on bullet-resistant jacket for protection against small arms and ammunition for the defence, paramilitary and police...
Ukraine army to be able to act under NATO standards in 2020
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that the Ukrainian army will be able to act fully in accordance with NATO standards as early as in 2020. ...
Pakistan: first fire of LY-80 Lomads air defense missile
The Pakistan Army Air Defence displayed its fire power capability at the Air Defence firing range near Karachi. Hallmark of the event was the first...
Russian ground troops will receive over 450 tanks and armored vehicles in 2019
Russian ground troops will receive over 450 armored vehicles under the State defense order in 2019. Russian defense plants and enterprises will han...
Turkey designed 8x8 military truck named Derman
A prototype of the first eight-wheeled military armored vehicle, named "Derman", was developed in Turkey's Mersin province, Trend reports via Turki...