September 2019 Global Defence & Security Industry - Military News |
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A tank unit has taken part in the first tactical drill after being rearmed with new modernized T-80BV tanks at a range in the Amur region. For the first time ever, the tank troopers acted jointly with the Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicles in all the main phases of the maneuvers, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
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Rheinmetall to manufacture main armament and hulls for Hungarian PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzer and Leopard 2A7+ MBT.
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Over 3,000 troops and 200 vehicles from 12 NATO Allies¹ are taking part in exercise Silver Arrow in Latvia this week. The multinational exercise, which wraps up on 3 October, provides an opportunity for forces to enhance their readiness, and train with one of four NATO battlegroups in the region.
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From the raising of the U.S. and Ukraine flags on Sept. 13, 2019, to the lowering of the flags on Sept. 28, 2019, hard work and intense multinational training with over 3,700 Soldiers from 14 different nations, Rapid Trident 2019 came to a close in Yavoriv, Ukraine. Sgt. Kyle Larsen reports.
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At DSEI 2019, the defense and security exhibition in London, General Dynamics Land Systems UK unveils the command and control tracked armored vehicle of the Ajax Family.
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On September 26, 2019, the Lithuanian Armed Forces accepted 110 Unimog U5000 trucks of 5t payload manufactured by Germany’s Daimler AG as it is updating its truck fleet with vehicles of the same make as there already are in the fleet.
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Raytheon and Rheinmetall Defence have established a joint venture to offer the Lynx KF41 Infantry Fighting Vehicle for the U.S. Army's Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle, or OMFV, competition. The U.S.-based joint venture is called Raytheon Rheinmetall Land Systems LLC. The Lynx team will submit its bid on or before Oct. 1, 2019.
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Ukroboronprom, the Ukrainian state defense agency has completed the delivery of 120mm self-propelled mortar system BARS-8MMK to the Ukrainian army who has performed the first firing tests. The BARS-8MMK is a new mobile self-propelled mortar vehicle using the chassis of the BARS-8 4x4 wheeled armored vehicle.
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Serbian Ministry of Defense has adopted several BRDM-2MS 4x4 armored reconnaissance vehicles (ARVs) donated by Russia and begun using them during exercises, according to a photo report published by the MoD on September 26.
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On September 10, the Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) under the Japanese Ministry of Defense announced that it had selected the three final contenders in a competition to replace the country’s aging fleet of Type 96 8×8 wheeled armored personnel carriers.
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The U.S. is shipping more air defense systems to Saudi Arabia in response to the devastating Sept. 14 drone and cruise missile attack on Aramco’s oil facility.
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Mack Defense and Sherwin-Williams General Industrial Coatings have partnered to implement multiple solutions for applying Chemical Agent Resistant Coatings (CARC) for use on the Mack Defense M917A3 heavy dump truck (HDT) model. These coating solutions are designed to meet the demanding requirements of the U.S. Department of Defense’s CARC process specifications MIL-DTL-53072F.
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The Far Eastern military command high school received a batch of upgraded BMP-2M infantry fighting vehicles. The number of vehicles supplied in 2019 exceeded 20 units, the Defense Ministry said.
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Drone Aviation Holding Corp. has delivered additional Winch Aerostat Small Platform (WASP) systems to a prime contractor partner in support of the United States Border Patrol (USBP); U.S Customs and Border Protection.
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Turkish and U.S. military forces provided security around their convoy before conducting the second joint ground patrol inside the security mechanism zone in northeast, Syria, Sept. 24, 2019.
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Tank troopers of a motorized rifles brigade of the Central Military District (TsVO) have used a "tank carousel" tactics to destroy the conditional adversary at drills at Totskoye range in the Orenburg region, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
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Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) won a contract valued at $20.5 million, if all options are exercised, to deliver an advanced, high-technology Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle technology demonstrator for the Office of Naval Research and the U.S. Marine Corps.
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Under the umbrella of the Italian and German governments, Leonardo and Diehl Defence developed and qualified the precision-guided munition family Vulcano 127mm and 155mm.
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Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $281,076,408 hybrid (fixed-price-incentive (firm target), firm-fixed-price and cost-reimbursable (no profit/fee)) contract to acquire 18 Sentinel A4 Radar Systems.
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On October 1, 2019, China has planned to make a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. During the first rehearsal, new equipment was showed for the first time to the public including the new light tank Type 15.
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From 2022, the U.S. Army will start turning large numbers of Stryker infantry carriers into tank-killers by equipping them with remote weapons stations armed with Javelin anti-armor missiles, Matthew Cox reports on Military.com.
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The Singapore Army and the Indonesian Army (TNI-AD) have successfully conducted the 31st edition of Exercise Safkar Indopura, which took place from 17 to 26 September 2019. Chief of Army Major-General (MG) Goh Si Hou and Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army General Andika Perkasa co-officiated the closing ceremony of the flagship bilateral exercise at Murai Urban Training Facility (MUTF) earlier this morning.
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Iskander-M tactical missile complex crews carried out a successful combat missile launch for a training target at the Donguz training ground in the Orenburg region during the main stage of the Tsentr 2019 maneuvers.
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The Spanish Ministry of Defence has awarded Star Defence Logistics & Engineering (SDLE) the contract for the maintenance of the Leopard 2A4 turrets. This service for the Spanish Army covers the repair of assemblies and sub-assemblies of the vehicle's fire control systems, as well as the preventive and evolutionary maintenance of the systems.
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US Marine Corps and components from India’s three defence forces including helicopters, an infantry unit and ships to transport men and supplies to shores will participate in the first tri-services amphibious exercise between the two countries on India’s eastern seashore in November. Shaurya Karanbir Gurung reports on The Economic Times.