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German companies partner for German army contracts

Mar 24, 2017 (UPI)

German companies Rheinmetall and Rohde & Schwarz have partnered to win contract bids for future communications programs of the German Army. The partnering agree...

U.S. Army emphasizing mobility for next combat vehicle

Mar 22, 2017 (UPI)

The U.S. Army is seeking lighter armored vehicle concepts to better prepare for fighting in future battlefields, the service announced. Lighter combat vehicles,...

ST Engineering to produce next-gen AFV for Singapore

Mar 22, 2017 (UPI)

ST Engineering has received a contract from Singapore's defense ministry to produce and supply its Next Generation Armored Fighting Vehicle. Singapore is procur...

Ukroboronprom test fires Shkval, Stilet weapons

Mar 20, 2017 (UPI)

Ukroboronprom, Ukraine's state-owned defense manufacturer, test fired its Shkval and Stilet combat modules built for infantry fighting vehicles. The tests were ...

Curtiss-Wright Expands Secure Manufacturing Capabilities for Sensitive U.S. DoD Aerospace and Defense Programs

Mar 17, 2017 (SPX)

Curtiss-Wright's Defense Solutions division has announced that it has expanded its secure manufacturing capabilities for sensitive U.S. DoD aerospace and defens...

FNSS beings production for Turkish KORKUT armored vehicle

Mar 17, 2017 (UPI)

ASELSAN and FNSS have began serial production for the Self-Propelled Low Altitude Air Defence Gun System, an armored vehicle project for Turkish ground forces. ...

Lithuania orders Bushmaster guns from Orbital ATK

Mar 16, 2017 (UPI)

Orbital ATK is to supply its Bushmaster M44 Chain Gun to Lithuania to arm the Lithuanian Army's new Vilkas 8X8 infantry fighting vehicles. The contract from the...

BAE Systems enlists Czech firm for armored vehicle parts

Mar 15, 2017 (UPI)

BAE Systems selected Czech defense firm VOP CZ to provide supporting components for Infantry Fighting Vehicles being built for the Austrian government. The cont...

U.S. State Dept. approves mortar round sales to Singapore

Mar 15, 2017 (UPI)

The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of 2,000 XM395 precision mortar rounds to the government of Singapore. If approved by Congress, the sa...

Iran mass producing domestic main battle tank

Mar 13, 2017 (UPI)

Tehran formally announced it will begin mass producing its domestically built main battle tank during a ceremony attended by the country's defense leadership. T...

Navistar supplying MRAP armored vehicles to Pakistan, UAE

Mar 10, 2017 (UPI)

Navistar Defense reports it is to produce and support 40 armored vehicles for Pakistan and to upgrade 1,085 armored vehicles for the United Arab Emirates. The w...

Electro-magnetic energy module developed for Railgun

Mar 10, 2017 (UPI)

A new High Energy Pulsed Power Container with twice the energy density than existing railgun pulsed-power solutions has been developed by General Atomics. The H...

Supacat teams in bid for Dutch Army contract

Mar 10, 2017 (UPI)

Supacat of Britain and Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Netherlands have teamed to offer Dutch-built Supacat Protected Vehicles to the Dutch Army. The vehicles...

Leidos to develop electro-magnetic technology for U.S. Air Force

Mar 10, 2017 (UPI)

Leidos was awarded contract to develop electro-magnetic technology for the U.S. Air Force, the company announced this week. The performance period of the cost-p...

U.S. Army seeks larger munitions stockpile, citing 'readiness crisis'

Mar 10, 2017 (UPI)

U.S. Army leaders implored lawmakers to fund more munitions procurements, citing a shortage of spares, in a statement to a House Armed Services subcommittee. Th...

U.S. Army picks Revision Military for new helmets

Mar 08, 2017 (UPI)

The U.S. Army awarded Revision Military, a small business from Vermont, with a $98 million contract to produce Advanced Combat Helmet Generation II units. The o...

FLIR delivering CBRN equipment sets

Mar 08, 2017 (UPI)

FLIR Systems is to deliver to the U.S. Army chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear dismounted reconnaissance gear. The 50 CBRN systems - including equi...

Sierra Nevada to continue U.S. counter-IED support

Mar 08, 2017 (UPI)

Sierra Nevada received a $30.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy to continue supporting the branch's effort to counter improvised explosive devices. The contr...

European Defense Agency completes artillery accuracy project

Mar 06, 2017 (UPI)

The European Defense Agency recently completed the Course Correction Fuze project, an effort aimed at improving the accuracy for artillery munitions. The Course...

Unidentified country orders Saab target vehicle system

Mar 02, 2017 (UPI)

Saab is to supply its AUV62-AT advanced anti-submarine warfare training system to an unidentified country beginning this year, the company announced Thursday. T...