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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...

L3 Technologies gets order for night vision equipment

Dec 20, 2017 (UPI)

The order, worth about $150 million, includes binocular night vision goggles, holographic weapon sights, light weapon thermal sights and advanced target pointer...

Scientists designed an instrument to identify unexploded artillery shells

Dec 19, 2017 (SPX)

"In prompt gamma neutron activation analysis (PGNAA), an unknown object is exposed to a high neutron flux and the outgoing prompt gamma radiation is measured wi...

New German tanks getting Saab camouflage

Dec 19, 2017 (UPI)

Deliveries of the Barracuda multi-spectral camouflage systems, in woodland configuration, are to take place between next year and 2022, Saab said in a news rele...

German police receive special operations vehicle

Dec 15, 2017 (UPI)

The second vehicle, also developed in cooperation with Achleitner, is to be delivered by Christmas, the company said. "The Survivor R is a compelling symbol of ...

Northrop Grumman to supply counter-IED gear to the U.S. Navy

Dec 14, 2017 (UPI)

The deal, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is a $23.1 million firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract. Joint Counter-Rad...

Rheinmetall upgrading Marder vehicles for Jordan delivery

Dec 14, 2017 (UPI)

Germany is supplying the 25 vehicles to Jordan early next year under a military aid program, the company announced on Wednesday. Jordan acquired the 25 Marder v...

Saab opens UAE facility, signs agreement with Singapore university

Dec 14, 2017 (UPI)

The new facility in the UAE, opened Thursday, is located in Abu Dhabi's Tawazun Industrial Park and will focus initially on sensor systems for both the UAE and ...

Diesel Engineering to supply Israel with engines for personnel carriers

Dec 11, 2017 (UPI)

The Department of Defense on Friday announced the $10.4 million contract, which falls under the terms of a firm-fixed-price contract. A caveat to the deal provi...

Leonardo banners sales of Linaps artillery aiming systems

Dec 07, 2017 (UPI)

Leonardo's Linaps system, developed and manufactured in Britain, boosts an artillery platform's accuracy at an affordable cost, the company said, and is current...

Medical issues affect British army readiness

Dec 06, 2017 (UPI)

Of the 18,000 active-duty troops affected, only about 10,000 could only take part in certain combat operations. Conservative Member of Parliament, Andrew Bowie,...

Lockheed Martin Inks Five-Year Agreement to Provide Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds to NATO Countries

Dec 06, 2017 (SPX)

The follow-on agreement is in effect through 2021 and provides for the purchase of up to 3,000 ELGTRs a year for the next five years. "Lockheed Martin values ou...

Saab producing artillery training rounds for unidentified client

Dec 05, 2017 (UPI)

The order carries a value of about $14.4 million. Deliveries will take place over the next two years. "The industry's nature is such that due to circumstances c...

Public-private partnership to speed up military technology development

Dec 01, 2017 (UPI)

TREX was unveiled at the Interservice, Industry Training, Simulations and Education Conference in Orlando, Fla., to members of all branches of the military and ...

U.S. Army to upgrade weapons on Abrams tanks

Dec 01, 2017 (UPI)

The deal, announced Friday by Kongsberg, is worth about $3.9 million U.S. dollars. The procurement calls for the delivery of additional Protector Remote Weapon ...

General Dynamics tapped to destroy, dispose of rockets

Dec 01, 2017 (UPI)

The $10.6 million deal, announced by the Pentagon on Thursday, calls for the destruction of 14,970 "all-up rounds, or equivalent Multiple Rocket Launch System M...

Data-collecting device could make for better training of soldiers

Nov 30, 2017 (UPI)

A device displayed at a defense industry conference this week could help military commanders provide more realistic training scenarios and better understand how...

Oshkosh receives contract for motor vehicle parts for Marine Corps

Nov 29, 2017 (UPI)

The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is worth more than $71.7 million under a firm-firm-fixed-price, indefinite-quantity contract, which me...

Army taps Zeriscope for study on traumatic brain injury

Nov 28, 2017 (UPI)

Under the one-year award, the South Carolina-headquartered company's real-time streaming telemedicine platform will be used with its integrated wearable sensor ...