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Fire and explosions erupt at Ukraine arms depot
Oct 09, 2018 (AFP)
Emergency services said they had no information on any deaths or injuries in the incident near the town of Ichnya, more than 170 kilometres (100 miles) from Kie...
GenDyn awarded $392M for Stryker vehicle upgrades
Oct 08, 2018 (UPI)
The contracts, announced by the Department of Defense on Friday, for $366.8 million and $24.9 million and both are for upgrades of the Stryker flat-bottom vehic...
Raytheon, Saab announce new Carl-Gustaf munition for U.S. Army
Oct 05, 2018 (UPI)
The two companies have been working together since 2017 to develop a guided munition for the weapon, with plans for test firing of the new product set for somet...
Trump report bemoans Pentagon reliance on Chinese parts
Oct 05, 2018 (AFP)
Due to be released later Friday, the report calls for targeted investments in domestic manufacturing to eliminate vulnerabilities in the Pentagon's supply chain...
Russia accuses US of running bio arms lab in Georgia
Oct 04, 2018 (AFP)
The Russian defence ministry's claims came as Western powers accused Moscow of orchestrating a string of global cyber attacks, including an audacious plot to ha...
BAE to provide Paladin 155mm artillery systems for U.S. Army
Oct 01, 2018 (UPI)
Work on the contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, will be performed in York, Pa., with an estimated completion date of January 2021. Army fis...
WWII bombs sent shockwaves to the edge of space
Sep 26, 2018 (UPI)
According to a new study published this week in the journal Annales Geophysicae, Allied bombing raids during the Second World War were powerful enough to send s...
Taiwan, Bahrain contract Lockheed for sniper targeting pods
Sep 26, 2018 (UPI)
The Royal Bahraini Air Force has ordered 19 Sniper ATPs for the F-16 Block 70 platform, and Taiwan has ordered 18 pods for the mid-life upgrades of their F-16 p...
L-3 receives contract for Bradley, MLRS transmissions
Sep 25, 2018 (UPI)
The contract provides for 184 Hydro Mechanically Propelled Transmissions for both the Bradley and MLRS, as well as associated parts, the Department of Defense s...
American Ordnance contracted for 40mm grenade training rounds
Sep 24, 2018 (UPI)
M918E1 40mm high velocity grenades are designed specifically for the Mk19 automatic grenade launcher. The Mk19 is designed for being mounted on tripods or on tu...
Oshkosh receives contract for HMMWV parts
Sep 24, 2018 (UPI)
Work on the contract will be performed in Wisconsin and New Jersey, with an estimated September 2021 completion date. Fiscal 2018 through 2021 Army working capi...
L-3 EOtech receives contract for small arms holographic sights
Sep 21, 2018 (UPI)
Work on the contract, announced by the Department of Defense on Thursday, will be performed in Ann Arbor, Mich., and is expected to be completed by September 20...
Federal Prison Industries tapped for interceptor body armor
Sep 17, 2018 (UPI)
Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of September 2023, according to the Department of Defense, whic...
Kongsberg wins contract for CROWS weapon mounts
Sep 17, 2018 (UPI)
Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of September 2022. The CROWS is a enclosed turret capable of mo...
BAE receives contract for Bradley Fighting Vehicle upgrades
Sep 14, 2018 (UPI)
The contract, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, will last for five years with no options. Work will be performed in Alabama and California and is...
Armtec receives contract mod for 155mm artillery propellant
Sep 12, 2018 (UPI)
The Coachella, Calif.-based company will conduct work and receive funding on an order-by-order basis before an estimated completion date of May 2020. The M231/M...
Russia to launch biggest war games in its history
Sep 11, 2018 (AFP)
The week-long deployment dubbed "Vostok-2018" (East-2018), which will kick off in eastern Siberia and includes the Chinese and Mongolian armies, has been condem...
Foster-Miller tapped for MK2 IED-detecting land drones
Sep 05, 2018 (UPI)
Support services covered by the contract, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, include depot level repair, quality control, metrics, Catalog Ordering...
Blast at S.African munitions plant kills 8: official
Sep 03, 2018 (AFP)
Local residents reported that nearby houses shook from the blast, which sent a plume of white smoke into the air above the Rheinmetall-Denel plant in Somerset W...
Stolen Paraguayan police rifles replaced with toy guns
Aug 27, 2018 (AFP)
The air rifles were replaced with replicas made from plastic or wood. "We're trying to find out when the weapons disappeared," said Villamayor, following a meet...
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