2020
IWI to supply Indian army with Negev NG7 light machine guns
The Indian Ministry of Defence on Thursday, March 19, announced that IWI would supply 16,479 Negev NG7 light machine guns to the force at a cost of...
Chinese army donates medical supplies to Iranian army to fight coronavirus
Medical materials donated to the Iranian armed forces from the Chinese military arrived in Iran on Thursday, according to the Chinese Defense Minis...
Hexagon HxGN Content Program provides aerial imagery in response to COVID-19
American Company Hexagon’s Geosystems division announced on March 19, 2020, the HxGN Content Program is making its aerial imagery library of the en...
British military personnel to drawdown from Iraq following pause in training mission
Following the COVID-19 outbreak, there has been a reduced requirement for training from the Iraqi security forces and a subsequent pause in the Coa...
Shark Robotics from France unveils Rhyno robot design to fight Coronavirus COVID-19 contamination
French Company Shark Robotics has developed a new Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) robot called Rhyno, specially designed to perform decontamination o...
Secretary General presents annual report for 2019, addresses NATO response to COVID-19 pandemic
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg presented his Annual Report for 2019 and outlined the Alliance’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic on Thurs...
British Army adopts WhatsApp for some formal orders because of coronavirus isolation
The British Army has issued a formal order due to the coronavirus outbreak: commands issued over WhatsApp are now legally binding. Gareth Corfield ...
EDA-supported Active Protection Costume EOD project co-funded by EU Structural Funds
Co-funding worth some 5 million euros from the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) has been allocated to a European Defence Agency-supp...
Army Recognition can provide online marketing and advertising after cancellation of exhibitions
With the international crisis of Coronavirus and the cancellation of several major international defense exhibitions and following decisions to red...
U.S. troops get better eyes on battlefield with Raytheon leap-ahead thermal sighting system
Raytheon has developed, manufactured and delivered the first-ever 3rd-generation FLIR sensor system under a U.S. Army contract awarded in 2016. Thi...
Russian officers share combat experience in Syria with Indonesian servicemen
Officers of the Russian Armed Forces’ General Staff Military Academy have shared the experience of post-conflict peace-building in the Syrian Arab ...
Navistar Defense awarded US contract to make trucks for Iraq
Navistar Defense, Melrose Park, Illinois, was awarded an $11,442,992 firm-fixed-price Foreign Military Sales (Iraq) contract for 6x6 and 4x4 genera...
India to purchase 400 additional T-90S Russian main battle tanks
According to a news published on March 16, 2020, by TASS, the Russian press agency, India has taken the decision to purchase 400 T-90S Russian main...
Eurosatory 2020: A major event for CBRNE industry in the fields of Defense and Security
CBRNE domain is a historical component of Eurosatory. Needless to say how important the Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear and Explosives sec...
Schiebel to deliver 900 additional AN-19/2 Mine Detecting Sets to NATO NSPA
Under the now extended contract with the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), Schiebel will deliver 900 units of the AN-19/2 Mine Detecting ...
Russia: Army 2020 defense forum to expand display
The first Army forum took place in 2015 and was visited by representatives of 55 countries. Only Russian enterprises showcased products at the time...
British Royal Marines launched surprise raids on Norway coastline
Royal Marines surprised ‘enemy forces’ by launching a series of daring raids on the Norwegian coastline during demanding winter exercises. Deep wit...
BAE Systems develops advanced seekers for ballistic missile defense system
BAE Systems has been awarded a contract from Lockheed Martin to design and manufacture next-generation infrared seekers for the Terminal High Altit...
Raytheon Coyote Block 2 counter-drone weapon approved for international sales
The U.S. government has cleared Raytheon to sell the Coyote Block 2 counter-drone weapon to approved allied nations as part of the Howler counter-d...
DEFENDER-Europe 20 modified in size and scope - Official statement from U.S. Army
In response to the current outbreak of the COVID-19 virus and recent guidance by the Secretary of Defense, we have modified exercise DEFENDER-Europ...