2019
French company Soframe to supply 28 armored recovery trucks to Belgian army
The French company Soframe has just won a € 31.9m contract for the production of 28 recovery vehicles for the logistics units of the Belgian Motori...
US donates M109A5 self-propelled howitzers to Brazilian Army
Thanks to a 2012 contract between the U.S. government and the Brazilian Army, Brazil’s ground force concluded 2018 with 60 M109A5 self-propelled ho...
Chinese 6x6 SM4 120mm self-propelled mortar for Algerian army
A video released by the Algerian ministry of Defense showed a large military exercise in which Chinese 6x6 SM4 120mm self-propelled mortars appeare...
Mozambique plans to enroll 170,000 youngsters for military service
Mozambique plans to enroll 170,000 youngsters for military service in 2019, the country's Defense Minister Atanasio Ntumuke said on 7 January.
Communications and Information Systems Battalion established in Lithuanian Armed Forces
On January 8, a new unit of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, Communications and Information Systems Battalion, was inaugurated in Vilnius. The new Batt...
SNAR-10 M1 self-propelled antitank radar enters service in Russian Central Military District
The SNAR-10 M1 self-propelled radar, capable of detecting tanks at a distance of up to 40 km, arrived at the Central Military District under a stat...
U.S. Army awards General Dynamics delivery order to upgrade 174 Abrams main battle tanks
The U.S. Army has signed a $714 million delivery order for General Dynamics Land Systems to upgrade an additional 174 M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks...
Chinese PLC-181 155mm wheeled self-propelled howitzers in Tibet
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) stationed in Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region has just been equipped with new self-propelled howitzers....
Pakistan army inducted A-100 Rocket in MLRS Artillery corps
Inter Services Public Relations said “The A-100 Rocket has been indigenously developed by Pakistani scientists and engineers. With a range of over ...
Russian Ratnik 3rd generation to be integrated with robotic systems and UAVs
The Ratnik advanced gear of the 3rd generation is to integrated with portable robotic systems and unmanned aerial vehicles to provide ground forces...
Leonardo DRS and Rafael to provide additional Trophy active protection system to US Army and USMC
Leonardo DRS announced this 8 January that it has been awarded an undefinitized contract action initially worth $79.6 million to provide the U.S. A...
Moscow Domodedovo airport buys BREM-1 armored engineer vehicle
Moscow Domodedovo Airport is the first in Russia, and possibly the world, to acquire a former military tank for use in aircraft emergencies, AINonl...
NORINCO SH15 self-propelled howitzers operational in Chinese army
A series of pictures published on a Chinese defense blog show SH15 self-propelled howitzers, equivalent to the French Nexter Caesar, apparently fer...
South Korean sale of K-30 Biho anti-aircraft systems to India threatened
South Korea should sign contract with India for a 3 trillion won (around $2.66 billion) sale of K-30 Biho anti-aircraft systems but this operation ...
U.S. troopers conduct powerful gun raid against ISIS in Iraq
A deafening explosion followed the commands as a 155mm artillery round exited the tube of an M777A2 howitzer during Operation Swift, Iraq, Dec. 22,...
Ghana: Kantanka unveils armored vehicle and exoskeleton
The Ghanaian news agency GraphicOnLine has tweeted pictures of a public event, possibly a military parade, in which "interesting" inventions are dy...
German special operations units to receive HK416A7 designated G95K
Germany’s special ops units - Kommando Spezialkrafte (KSK) and sailors of the Kommando Spezialkrafte Marine (KSM) - will receive a new rifle: the H...
Saab to produce Carl-Gustaf ammunition for the US DoD
Saab has received an ammunition order from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for the Carl-Gustaf man-portable weapon system. This order is $16 m...
US Army to Proceed with Iron Fist Light APS Supported by RADA Software-Defined Radars
NETANYA, Israel, January7, 2019 - RADA Electronic Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: RADA) A leader in the development, production and sale of tactical land ...
ST Engineering and Vuzix Launch Augmented Intelligence, Biometric-Enabled Smart Glasses Platform
Singapore, 7 January 2019 – ST Engineering and Vuzix Corporation, a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technology an...