2020
Russian army UBIM armored engineer vehicle completes trials
Russia’s newest UBIM (Universalnaya Boyevaya Inzhenernaya Mashina; Multipurpose Combat Engineer Vehicle) armored engineer vehicle (AEV) has complet...
Israeli TAVOR bullpup assault rifle becomes standard combat rifle of Nigerian Air Force Regiment
According to the Twitter account Defense News Nigeria, the Israeli-made Tavor bullpup assault rifle becomes the standard combat rifle of the Nigeri...
Russia developing new magnetometric bomb detector for engineer units
Work is currently in progress to develop new explosive device detectors for Russia’s Corps of Engineers, including the Multizond magnetometric bomb...
New company cleared to implement Spanish Army VCR Dragon Wheeled Combat Vehicle Program
Indra Sistemas, Santa Bárbara Sistemas, Sapa Placencia and Escribano Mechanical & Engineering will constitute a company that will be in charge ...
Ukraine to import 3 additional arms shipments from US in 2020
Ukraine plans to purchase at least three shipments of armaments from the United States this year, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States, Volody...
CACI awarded USD465 Million Task Order to provide expertise for U.S. Army C5ISR missions
CACI International Inc announced on 12 May that it has been awarded a five-year single-award task order, with a ceiling value of more than $465 mil...
Kongsberg will manufacture Medium Caliber Turret for US Marines Amphibious Combat Vehicle program
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS (KONGSBERG) has been selected by BAE Systems, Inc. to design and manufacture the remote Medium Caliber Turret ...
Chinese Navy Marine Corps conducts amphibious assault drills
Amid increasing tensions between China and various countries disputing the Chinese self-proclaimed sovereignty on the South China Sea, the Chinese ...
New Colt Canada C20 7.62mm caliber sniper rifle for Canadian Army
Canadian army will receive the new sniper rifle C20 in a 7.62 mm caliber produced by Colt Canada to replace the C8 used by the sniper teams. Accord...
U.S. Marine Corps creating Marine Littoral Regiment in Hawaii
The Marine Littoral Regiment to be created and deployed in Hawaii will be the first of its kind in the U.S. Marine Corps. More such units are expec...
Turkey to replace Stinger MANPADS with local PorSav Very Low Altitude Air Defense Missile
According to a news published by SavunmaSanayiST.com on May 8, 2020, Dr. İsmail Demir, chairman of the Defense Industry Presidency (SSB), announced...
Vietnam army displayed T-90S MBTs with Shtora-1 active protection system
Those watching National Defense News 11 May night were treated to 'red eyes' - a demonstration of the Shtora-1 active protection system on the PAVN...
Indonesian army receives M3 Amphibious Rigs and Treva-15 recovery trucks
The Indonesian Alutsista website on May 11 reported the delivery of three M3 Amphibious Rigs (bridge/pontoon) and two 8x8 recovery vehicles at the ...
Raytheon and Lockheed Martin to produce more Javelin anti-tank missiles for US Army
Raytheon/Lockheed Martin Javelin JV, Tucson, Arizona, was awarded a $121,764,089 modification (P00018) to contract W31P4Q-19-C-0076 for the Javelin...
U.S. delivers specialized vehicles to Moroccan Special Operations Forces
The United States transferred ownership of 21 modified Toyota pickup trucks to the Moroccan Forces Armées Royale Special Operations Company (MSOF) ...
Russia developing electronic sights for small arms and machine guns
Russian industry is developing a wide range of new electronic sights for small arms and machine guns, according to state corporation Rostec.
U.S. Army awards contract for Husky Mounted Detection System kits
Chemring Sensors and Electronic Systems Inc. were awarded a $200,218,380 modification to contract W909MY-18-D-0014 to develop, integrate and produc...
Plasan from Israel has delivered Sandcat Spear 120mm mortar carrier vehicle to undisclosed customer
Israeli Company Plasan has delivered to undisclosed customer a batch of SandCat 4x4 protected vehicles configured as Spear 120mm self-propelled mor...
Australian Army to get EW attack capability for Thales Bushmaster armored vehicles
The Australian army is planning the acquisition of a force-level Early Warning system that includes an attack component will be undertaken under Tr...
Serial production of Vilkha-M missile for Ukrainian army to be launched in 2021
Tests of Vilkha-M missile are on their final stages and the serial production is planned to be launched in 2021.
