2019
General Dynamics UK selected for Army Warfighting Experiment 2019
General Dynamics UK has today announced that it has been selected to participate in the British Army Warfighting Experiment 2019 (AWE’19) following...
Navistar Defense awarded contract for foreign sale of cargo and wrecker trucks to Iraq
Navistar Defense LLC, Lisle, Illinois, was awarded a $19,847,322 firm-fixed-price Foreign Military Sales (Iraq) contract for cargo trucks (6x6 Gene...
Colt awarded contract for foreign production of M4 and M4A1 carbines
Colt's Manufacturing Co. LLC has been awarded a $41,924,594 firm-fixed-price Foreign Military Sales contract (Afghanistan, Bahrain, Djibouti, Feder...
Vietnam upgrades Soviet-made weapon systems
The Socialist Republic of Vietnam’s defense industry is investing in the modernization of Vietnam’s People Army’s (VPA’s) Soviet-made weapon system...
Russia: Udav pistol completes operational trials
The Rostec Corporation sent the required documents to the Russian Defense Ministry for bringing into service the Udav pistol, a report placed at th...
Turkmenistan upgrades BTR-80 APC
Turkmenistan’s army has upgraded several BTR-80 armored personnel carriers (APCs) of its land force. The modernized vehicles were demonstrated duri...
General Dynamics demonstrates capabilities of AJAX family of tracked armored at DSEI 2019
General Dynamics Land Systems–UK has demonstrated the capabilities of the AJAX Family of Tracked Armored Vehicles at Defence and Security Equipment...
British army Queens Own Yeomanry deploy on exercise to Croatia
The Queen’s Own Yeomanry can usually be observed tending to their Jackal vehicle on tank parks throughout the North of England, but they went back ...
French army accelerates modernization of Land Force
To speed up the renewal and modernization of the Land Force (Armée de Terre), the Military Programming Law LPM 2019-2025 foresees an increase of th...
Belgium: unprecedented military convoy for 75th anniversary of liberation
At the initiative of Maj.Gen. Marc Thys, commander of the Land Component of the Belgian army, an unprecedented military convoy was designed to fit ...
Russia has completed delivery of second S-400 air defense missiles set to Turkey
Russia has completed the second stage of deliveries of a regimental set of S-400 air defense missile systems to Turkey as foreseen by the contract,...
U.S. Army awards BAE Systems contract for M88A3 recovery vehicle
The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems a $318 million contract to upgrade M88 recovery vehicles to the M88A3 configuration designed for single-vehic...
Poland to get BMP-1 based tank destroyers
Poland’s army will receive a new tank destroyer on the chassis of the BWP-1 infantry fighting vehicle (a licensed copy of the Soviet BMP-1 land pla...
U.S. soldiers test new combat-focused marksmanship qualification
Similar to the implementation of the new Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT), the U.S. Army is now changing how soldiers qualify with their weapons, ma...
Russian army reactivates T-80 MBTs
The Russian Ministry of Defense is reactivating its T-80-family main battle tanks, according to the MoD’s press department.
French AML 90 turret on U.S. Cougar MRAP in Djibouti military parade
Along with other interesting local conversions made in Djibouti as well as in other countries of the region, at least one U.S.-made Cougar MRAP has...
Wing Loong attack drones for Serbia, first Chinese contract in Europe
The Serbian army will receive nine Chinese-built Chengdu Pterodactyl-1 armed drones (otherwise named Wing Loong) in the near future. This will be t...
Patria armored modular vehicle AMVXP to be tested in Japan
Patria’s armoured modular vehicle AMVXP has been chosen to perform a one-year field testing in Japan after a competitive bidding.
Oshkosh Defense exhibits JLTV combat capabilities at Modern Day Marine 2019
Oshkosh Defense is displaying two Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) at the Modern Day Marine Expo 2019. The vehicles are on display at Quantico ...
Schiebel CamCopter S-100 completes full flight trials in Finland
After chosen for one of the companies for test trials by the Border and Coast Guard Division of the Finnish Border Guard, Schiebel’s proven CamCopt...