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Navistar Defense receives MRAP upgrade contract
May 25, 2016 (UPI)
Navistar Defense has been awarded a $29.7 million U.S. Army contract modification to reset and upgrade 250 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles. The contrac...
SNC gets contract modification for Thor II counter-IED device
May 24, 2016 (UPI)
A counter-measure system to defeat radio-controlled improvised explosive devices will continue to be supplied to the U.S. Military by Sierra Nevada Corporation....
Railgun pulse power modules delivered to U.S. Navy
May 24, 2016 (UPI)
Deliveries of pulse power containers for the U.S. Navy's railgun program have been initiated by Raytheon. The containers with multiple pulsed power modules will...
Ukraine's National Guard gets new vehicles
May 16, 2016 (UPI)
The Ukrainian National Guard has received six advanced armored personnel carriers from Ukroboronprom subsidiary Kyiv Armored Plant. Ukroboronprom provides all w...
Iran says it has equipped tanks with anti-TOW jamming system
May 13, 2016 (UPI)
The head of Iran's ground forces said Wednesday that the country has quipped its M60 tanks with anti-TOW missile jamming systems. Brig. Gen. Ahmadreza Pourdasta...
U.S. MRAPs arrive in Egypt
May 12, 2016 (UPI)
The first shipment of U.S. Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles arrived in Egypt Thursday. The 762 armored vehicles were provided to the Egyptian military a...
BAE Systems, Czech company team for CV90 contract
May 12, 2016 (UPI)
BAE Systems and VOP CZ have partnered in a contract bid to replace the Czech Republic's BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle with BAE's CV90. The teaming offers the ...
Cubic to research Air Force readiness, training
May 10, 2016 (UPI)
Cubic Global Defense has joined an L-3 Communications team to conduct research and evaluation of warfighter readiness and training. The L-3 team includes Ball A...
U.S. Army's Stryker to get 30mm cannon upgrade
May 10, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. Army announced the modification of an existing contract Friday that will see General Dynamics Land Systems receive roughly $329 million for a 30mm cann...
Two female US Marines assigned to infantry
May 10, 2016 (AFP)
The US Marine Corps is assigning two women to frontline infantry roles, a first for the armed service under new Pentagon rules opening all combat jobs to women....
Navy SEALs grab limelight in years since bin Laden death
May 03, 2016 (AFP)
They are supposedly bound by a code of silence, but several of the US Navy SEALs involved in killing Osama bin Laden published accounts of the raid -- to the di...
Germany orders soldier training systems
May 02, 2016 (UPI)
The German Army has ordered laser duel simulators from Rheinmetall AG for the Bundeswehr's Army Combat Training Center, Rheinmetall announced. The order is wort...
GXV-T revs up research into smarter armored ground vehicles
Apr 28, 2016 (SPX)
Today's ground-based armored fighting vehicles are better protected than ever, but face a constantly evolving threat: weapons increasingly effective at piercing...
Army taps BAE Systems for M88A2 recovery vehicles
Apr 26, 2016 (UPI)
BAE Systems is to convert U.S. Army M88A1 recovery vehicles to the M88A2 configuration under a contract modification worth $109.7 million. The conversions allow...
Sagem forming Indian JV for AASM Hammer bomb kits
Apr 20, 2016 (UPI)
Sagem of France is creating a joint venture company in India for the manufacture of its AASM Hammer bomb guidance and glide kit. A memorandum of understanding f...
Northrop's new battle command system proves its worth
Apr 19, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. Army has successfully defeated ballistic and cruise missiles in a dual-engagement test of a Northrop Grumman-developed battle command system. The syste...
Orbital ATK making non-U.S. standard ammo for U.S. allies
Apr 18, 2016 (UPI)
Non-U.S. standard ammunition and mortar weapons systems are to continue to be produced by Orbital ATK under a new indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award ...
US Army approves first female officers for ground combat
Apr 15, 2016 (AFP)
The US Army said Friday it will commission 22 women as infantry and armor officers under historic new rules allowing females to serve in ground combat roles. De...
Navy orders more laser-guided training rounds
Apr 15, 2016 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin is to produce additional Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds for the U.S. Navy under the service's exercise of a contract option. The ELGRT is...
Britain halts use of 105mm rounds after contamination
Apr 14, 2016 (UPI)
Britain's Ministry of Defense has banned its forces from using 105mm live artillery ammunition because of safety concerns. British Forces News said the order wa...
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