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Parachute training suspended after Marine killed in Arizona accident

Jan 24, 2018 (UPI)

The 22-year-old Marine, Cpl. Alejandro Romero, died during a mishap while he was attending the 10-day Multi-Mission Parachute Course in Coolidge, Ariz., on Mond...

New BAE bridging system tested with weight of Main Battle Tank

Jan 23, 2018 (UPI)

The milestone is a major achievement for the company and supports their bid to provide a new bridge system for the British Army and other export customers, the ...

Army researchers make explosive discovery

Jan 23, 2018 (SPX)

Scientists traditionally synthesize DAG by reacting a mixture of hydroxylamine hydrochloride and sodium hydroxide with an aqueous solution of the dialdehyde gly...

NIOA awarded $100M for 155mm Howitzer ammo for Australian army

Jan 23, 2018 (UPI)

"NIOA's partnership with Rheinmetall Defense, their subsidiaries and Junghans Microtec, demonstrates the innovative approaches embraced by Australian companies ...

Navy contracts with BAE Systems for four more Mk 45 guns

Jan 22, 2018 (UPI)

The deal is a modification to a previous 10-gun contract and is worth $46.8 million, bringing the value of the previously issued contract to more than $176.6 mi...

France, Italy, Britain renew arms contract with Eurosam

Jan 18, 2018 (UPI)

The agreement replaces the first New In Service Support contract that has been in place since July 2012, MBDA, which co-owns the French-Italian consortium with ...

India to buy guns worth $553 mn for border troops

Jan 16, 2018 (AFP)

The defence acquisition council cleared the purchase of 72,400 assault rifles and 93,895 carbines for 35 billion rupees ($553 million) in a meeting chaired by D...

UK army seeks recruits by offering emotional support

Jan 10, 2018 (AFP)

Short films entitled "What if I get emotional in the army?", "Can I practise my faith in the army?", "Do I have to be a superhero?", and "Can I be gay in the ar...

US troops stage #MeTooMilitary protest outside Pentagon

Jan 08, 2018 (AFP)

The protest of about 30 people, most of them women and none in uniform, comes amid an ongoing wave of revelations about sexual misconduct in the workplace that ...

Too fat to march: Spanish Legion soldiers put on diet

Jan 05, 2018 (AFP)

All legionnaires of this rapid reaction force -- more than 3,000 soldiers -- underwent a medical exam in September that measured their body mass index (BMI), a ...

Environmentally safe red glare rocket changes fireworks, soldier technology

Jan 04, 2018 (SPX)

The formula is a lithium-based red-light-emitting pyrotechnic composition of high purity and color quality, and avoids a list of environmentally-objectionable e...

Orbital ATK awarded $23M to support penetrating weapons

Jan 03, 2018 (UPI)

The $23 million award is a follow-on contract from an initial production deal in 2016. The Hard Target Void Sensing Fuze, or HTVSF, is a cockpit program that gi...

Boeing to produce 6,000 Small Diameter Bombs

Jan 03, 2018 (UPI)

The terms of the deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, enlist Boeing to provide production on Lots 12-14 with the modified contract to procure a...

Oshkosh receives $40M for heavy tactical vehicles

Dec 26, 2017 (UPI)

The $40 million delivery order comes from the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command. Under the contract, Oshkosh will install the latest model configu...

Air Force awards more than $10.5M for laser-guided bombs

Dec 22, 2017 (UPI)

The deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $10.5 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price contract, meaning addition...

General Dynamics to upgrade 786 Abrams tanks

Dec 22, 2017 (UPI)

The terms of the deal were officially made public on Thursday in a press statement from the Department of Defense. The contract is worth more than $2.6 million,...

Raytheon finishes first lot production of new small diameter bomb

Dec 22, 2017 (UPI)

The company said it is producing SDB-II bombs at its facilities in Tucson, Ariz., and that the program is nearing completion of developmental testing. "SDB II d...

Navy taps ManTech for engineering and technical services

Dec 22, 2017 (UPI)

The $35.8 million deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, comes under the terms of a indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fe...

Norway buys K9 Thunder artillery from Hanwha

Dec 21, 2017 (UPI)

The $215 million contract for the 155mm K9 Thunder systems was signed earlier this week and includes an option for another two dozen systems, the Norwegian Defe...

Oshkosh receives more than $100.1M for JLTVs

Dec 21, 2017 (UPI)

The Department of Defense announced the terms of the deal in a release Wednesday. The modified contract is worth more than $100.1 million. The joint light tacti...