2020
Arquus delivers the first 15 TRM2000 RIPs to the French Army
On January 13, 2020, the Arquus site in Saint-Nazaire handed over the first 15 TRM2000 4x4 trucks to the teams of the SIMMT (Structure Intégrée du ...
Lincad wins contract from Team Leidos for supply of cells and batteries
Lincad, UK designer and manufacturer of specialist batteries and charging systems, has won a significant new contract from Team Leidos to supply ar...
Plans for delivery of T-90M and T-14 tanks to the Russian armed forces
According to the Vedomosti newspaper, the Russian Defense Ministry has taken a decision regarding the tank troops development: by 2027, there will ...
Rheinmetall MAN Survivor R special protected vehicle on show at GPEC 2020
From 18 to 20 February 2020, Rheinmetall is on hand at the GPEC 2020 international security conference and exhibition in Frankfurt, displaying the ...
Parrot Group awarded contract to supply Swiss army with mini drones
French company Parrot Group has won a contract to supply the Swiss armed forces with mini-drones as part of the “Swiss Mini UAV Program” (Swiss MUA...
U.S. Army to test off-road EZRaider electric scooter
The U.S. Army is about to start testing a four-wheeled electric scooter known as the EZRaider at the annual Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiments ...
Bittium continues ESSOR wafeform porting to Finnish Defence Force SDR Radios
Bittium has received a purchase order from the Finnish Defence Forces to continue porting the European ESSOR (European Secure SOftware-defined Radi...
U.S. AFRICOM leading Flintlock 2020 in Mauritania and Senegal
Approximately 1,600 service members from more than 30 African and partner nations are participating in Flintlock 2020 at multiple locations in Maur...
Kazakhstan Paramount Engineering tests new combat stations for wheeled AFVs
Kazakhstan Paramount Engineering (KPE) Kazakh-South African joint venture has been developing a common range of remotely operated weapon stations (...
U.S. Marine Corps exercise Fireball Eagle 2020
On June 6, 1944, U.S. Army Soldiers participated in the largest amphibious landing ever conducted. By the end of the battle, allied troop casualtie...
Oshkosh Defense will deliver JLTV Joint Light Tactical Vehicles to Lithuania and Slovenia
According to a statement released on the U.S. Department of Defense on February 14, 2020, the American Company Oshkosh Defense LLC was awarded a $4...
AK-203 to become organic assault rifle of Indian armed forces
As announced by Army Recognition last 7th January, the Kalashnikov AK-203 7.62 mm assault rifle will become a standard firearm of the Indian milita...
U.S. Marines and Japanese soldiers train together during Northern Viper
U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, currently attached to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, and Marine Aircraft Group 36...
US troops keep training in Lithuania
More than 500 U.S. soldiers and dozens of tanks and heavy fighting vehicles are deployed to Lithuania to bulk up NATO’s eastern flank. US Army armo...
Mack Defense builds final truck for Canadian Medium Support Vehicle System (MSVS) program
Mack Defense has assembled the 1,587th and final truck for the Medium Support Vehicle System (MSVS) Standard Military Pattern (SMP) program. The tr...
NATO keeps deeming Russian SSC-8 cruise missile non compliant with INF Treaty
NATO member states have been united in their response to Russia’s new SSC-8 cruise missile system, which the alliance deems to be non-compliant wit...
BAE Systems to develop advanced analytics to detect weapons of mass destruction threat activity
BAE Systems to develop advanced analytics technology to assist in the detection and deterrence of mass destruction activity, helping to protect nat...
U.S. 385th Military Police Battalion upgrades fleet with new M-ATVs
The 385th Military Police Battalion conducted training with Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicles at Fort Stewart, Feb. 3-7. The M-A...
Defense Secretary Esper discusses rebalancing U.S. forces to align with National Defense Strategy
The U.S. Defense Department wants to increase NATO's presence in Iraq to reduce the number of Americans serving there, Defense Secretary Mark T. Es...
India could acquire NASAMS-II air defense missile systems from United States
According to news published by the newspaper website "The Times in India" on February 11, 2020, India could acquire National Advanced Surface to Ai...