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Roboteam's unmanned logistics vehicle in full production
Sep 12, 2017 (UPI)
Recipients of the first 40 unmanned robotic vehicles include the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency and the Israeli Defense Forces, the company announced. "Ou...
Marines use freeze-dried plasma to save foreign ally
Sep 08, 2017 (UPI)
The plasma was used in battlefield trauma care in the Central Command area of operations when an allied soldier received life-threatening injuries, the Marines ...
Australia developing wearable 'Fight Recorder' for soldiers
Sep 07, 2017 (UPI)
The "Fight Recorder" -- akin to the so-called black box used on aircraft -- would act as an emergency beacon to reduce the time taken to reach and treat battlef...
Army ordering new shoulder-fired recoilless rifles
Sep 06, 2017 (UPI)
The weapon is the Carl-Gustaf M4, known as the M3E1 in the United States. Through the use of titanium, the Multi-Role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapon System, o...
Mobile Camouflage System displayed at DSEI 17
Sep 06, 2017 (UPI)
The Mobile Camouflage System is designed to be applied to vehicles in several varieties to provide infrared, thermal and radar masking protection against enemy ...
VSE Corporation reports of logistics delivery orders
Sep 06, 2017 (UPI)
The delivery orders were awarded to the logistic company by the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command International Fleet Support Program Office in July and August and...
Black Hills receives $49.9M contract for special 5.56mm
Sep 05, 2017 (UPI)
The contract provides for the production and delivery of the ammunition for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan under foreign military sales, as well as deployed U....
General Dynamics receives contracts for upgraded Abrams tanks
Sep 05, 2017 (UPI)
The first contract would upgrade Abrams tanks from the M1A2 System Enhancement Package 3 into a SEPv4 variant. The SEPv4 includes upgrades of the Commander and ...
British air force opens ground combat to women
Sep 01, 2017 (UPI)
Women can now join the RAF's ground fighting force after the government lifted the ban on females serving in close combat roles. The 2,000-strong RAF Regiment i...
Army, Marines order new barrels for lightweight artillery
Aug 31, 2017 (UPI)
The chrome-plated tubes leverage a newly-tested manufacturing process that increases barrel life of the guns by almost 50 percent and enables easier maintenance...
AM General awarded $2.2B contract for high-mobility utility vehicles
Aug 30, 2017 (UPI)
The contact, announced by the Department of Defense on Tuesday, also includes spares parts packages for customers both in the U.S. and exported models in servic...
Trump to approve sale of military equipment to police
Aug 28, 2017 (AFP)
According to officials familiar with deliberations said Trump will restart the military equipment flow to police forces -- which was worth $5.4 billion over 25 ...
Computer system for Hawkei vehicles tested
Aug 28, 2017 (UPI)
The CASG Land 121 Phase 4 project team conducted the tests at the Monegeetta Proving Ground and signed a project charter for the system with nine companies invo...
Japan military holds live fire drills at Mt Fuji
Aug 24, 2017 (AFP)
Around 2,400 soldiers, as well as tanks, field guns and helicopters were deployed at training grounds in the foothills of the iconic mountain, about 80 kilometr...
White House to give guidance on Trump transgender military ban
Aug 24, 2017 (AFP)
Trump last month deployed a series of tweets that upended an Obama-era policy of more than a year allowing transgender troops to serve openly, an announcement t...
Air Force continuing development of BATDOK mobile medical device
Aug 23, 2017 (UPI)
The kit is a software package installed on a smartphone, tablet or other wireless device, which digitally connects with sensors placed on a patient, allowing a ...
L-3 receives $28.4M contract for bomb fuses
Aug 23, 2017 (UPI)
The work will be performed in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Orlando, Fla., and is projected to be completed by March 2018. The FMU-139C/B is an electro-mechanical fuzin...
Energized fabrics could keep soldiers warm and battle-ready in frigid climates
Aug 22, 2017 (SPX)
To keep military personnel more comfortable and battle-ready in bitterly cold climes, scientists are now conducting research aimed at creating high-tech fabrics...
Harris chosen for GSA infrastructure solutions contract
Aug 22, 2017 (UPI)
The multiple award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract is for 15 years -- a five-year base period -- with two f...
University of Florida, US Army develop model for lighter armor
Aug 21, 2017 (SPX)
Traditionally, the relationship between the granular material's ability to withstand compression and its ability to resist shearing deformation, which causes ma...
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