2020
North Atlantic Council statement on 50th anniversary of Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Fifty years ago on 5th March 2020, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) entered into force. We, as NATO Allies, celebrate t...
Heckler and Koch to supply U.S. Army with HK241 squad marksman rifles
Heckler & Koch Defense Inc., Ashburn, Virginia, was awarded a $33,500,000 modification to contract W15QKN-16-D-0051 for the Compact Semi-Automa...
Slovakia become the 6th nation to use Eurospike Spike LR2 ATGM
The Slovak Ministry of Defence has signed a contract with Eurospike (a European Joint Venture between Rafael Advanced Defence Systems Ltd., Diehl D...
Poland has requested the purchase of 180 Javelin missiles and 79 Launch Units
The U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Poland of one hundred eighty (180) Javelin missile...
British forces to join counterterrorism operations in Mali
British forces are set to be deployed to war-torn Mali. They will join the United Nations operation in the country as part of an effort to combat I...
Commtact successful integration of wireless communication in European UAV
Commtact Ltd. a leading provider of advanced wireless communications solutions for manned and unmanned platforms on the ground, in the air or at se...
New armored tactical vehicle seeked by USSOCOM under JAGMS program
The U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for the Joint Armored Ground Mobility System (JAGMS) progr...
SABER Investment, Milrem Robotics to develop unmanned ground systems for United Arab Emirates
SABER Investment Company L.L.C, the manufacturing and integration platform for global innovation leaders and Milrem Robotics, the European leader i...
U.S. Army purchases additional 155mm BONUS munitions from BAE Systems and Nexter
The U.S. Army is buying additional advanced BONUS (BOfors NUtating Shell) munitions manufactured by BAE Systems and Nexter of France. BONUS is a 15...
Africom exercise Flintlock 2020 strengthens partnerships, security
More than 1,600 service members from 30 African and Western nations celebrated the accomplishments of exercise Flintlock 2020 in Nouakchott, Maurit...
Elbit Systems to supply satellite communication on-the-move systems to Canadian Army
Elbit Systems on March 3 announced that it was selected by Rheinmetall Canada to provide Satellite-on-the-Move (“SOTM”) communication systems to th...
US Air Force orders FLIR Centaur Unmanned Ground Vehicles for $23 Million
FLIR Systems, Inc. announced that the United States (U.S.) Air Force has ordered more than 180 of the company’s Centaur™ unmanned ground vehicles (...
U.S. to sell M88A2 HERCULES, Support, and Equipment to Morocco
The U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Morocco of 25 M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery Comba...
U.S. DOD makes plans to combat coronavirus
The U.S. Defense Department is making plans to combat the coronavirus Covid-19, DOD leaders said on March 2 during a news conference. Jim Garamone,...
Belarus tests surface-to-air missiles for Buk-MB2 air defense system
Belarus successfully tests a new surface-to-air missile (SAM) intended for the indigenously built Buk-MB2 medium-range SAM system, the country’s St...
Bristow and Schiebel carry out British first unmanned search and rescue aircraft trial
International aviation leader Bristow is carrying out the UK’s first trial of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for lifesaving operations in maritime...
DEFENDER Europe 2020: U.S. Army deployed prepositioned equipment
In support of DEFENDER-Europe 20, the 405th Army Field Support Battalion-Benelux issued Army Prepositioned Stocks 2 (APS 2) to the 553rd Combat Sus...
Belarus paratroopers and British Royal Marines to hold joint exercise
The British army participates in the ‘Winter Partisan’ (Zimniy Partizan) exercise in Belarus, the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence announced on...
U.S. Artillery Command, Control and Communications equipment for Jordan
The U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Jordan of up to 700 Advanced Field Artillery Tacti...
Rheinmetall continues to grow
The Düsseldorf-based technology group Rheinmetall continued to grow in the fiscal year 2019, seeing further improvement in both sales and earnings....