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FNSS of Turkey intros new armored vehicle
May 06, 2015 (UPI)
A 4x4 armored vehicle with amphibious capabilities has been debuted by FNNS Defense Systems of Turkey, a joint venture firm of BAE Systems and Nurol Holdings. T...
Army orders integrated night vision/thermal targeting system for soldiers
May 05, 2015 (UPI)
A system that integrates night vision capability and thermal targeting sights onto the goggles of dismounted troops has been ordered by the U.S. Army. The visio...
Denmark to buy Piranha armored personnel carriers
May 04, 2015 (UPI)
The Piranha 5 wheeled armored personnel carrier from Switzerland has been chosen by Demark to replace its Army's aging M-113 APCs. The announcement was made on ...
Australian military receives JDAM-ER wing kits
Apr 30, 2015 (UPI)
The Australian Air Force Thursday accepted the first production set of Australian designed and made JDAM extended range wing kits. The kits, strapped onto a bom...
ManTech wins Army Intelligence and Security Command contract
Apr 30, 2015 (UPI)
The U.S. Army has given ManTech International Corporation an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide global intelligence support services. T...
Australia seeks sustainment services for fighters, warships
Apr 29, 2015 (UPI)
U.S. sustainment packages for Australian fighter aircraft and warships through the Foreign Military Sales program have won approval from the State Department. T...
EXACTO guided bullet demos repeatable performance against moving targets
Apr 29, 2015 (SPX)
DARPA's Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordnance (EXACTO) program, which developed a self-steering bullet to increase hit rates for difficult, long-distance shots, comp...
Exelis, L-3 Platform Integration team for EW capability
Apr 28, 2015 (UPI)
Exelis and L-3 Platform Integration are jointly developing electronic self-protection capabilities for U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command aircraft. The c...
Formula One technology adapted for armored vehicles
Apr 28, 2015 (UPI)
BAE Systems has adapted Formula One race car technology for tracked CV90 armored vehicles, increasing their speed and stability. The technology, called Active D...
New work for CACI in helping combat IEDs
Apr 27, 2015 (UPI)
U.S. military efforts to counter improvised explosive devices are to receive analysis support at home and abroad from CACI International Inc. The contract for a...
Thales Australia opens new Bushmaster support center
Apr 23, 2015 (UPI)
A new support center for Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles of the Australian Defense Force has been opened by Thales Australia. A new facility in Townsvill...
Northrop helps stabilize Raytheon optical targeting systems
Apr 23, 2015 (UPI)
Northrop Grumman reports it is providing its LN-200 Inertial Measurement Unit to Raytheon through 2018 for use on optical targeting systems. An earlier initial ...
New Army combat engine to be developed
Apr 21, 2015 (UPI)
AVL Powertrain Engineering Inc. is to collaborate with the U.S. Army in the research and development of a new engine for combat vehicles. The award for collabor...
Lockheed Martin UK demos modernized Warrior armored vehicle
Apr 21, 2015 (UPI)
A modernized Warrior armored vehicle of the British Army has demonstrated its firepower and capabilities during recent firing trials in Scotland. The trials wer...
Germany approves Puma fighting vehicle for army
Apr 20, 2015 (UPI)
Puma infantry fighting vehicles have been authorized for use by the German Army following months of iextensive testing, the vehicle's program manager PSM said. ...
Newest precision glide bomb enters operational testing
Apr 20, 2015 (UPI)
The newest variant of Raytheon's AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon is entering operational testing before delivery to the U.S. Navy next year. The advancement follo...
DARPA demos Persistent Close Air Support System
Apr 17, 2015 (SPX)
Close air support (CAS)-delivery of airborne munitions to support ground forces-is difficult and dangerous because it requires intricate coordination between co...
Lithuania eyes German Army artillery
Apr 16, 2015 (UPI)
Lithuania is to begin negotiations with Germany over acquisition of an undisclosed number of Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled artillery systems. Disclosure of...
Saab tests BriteCloud active decoy system
Apr 16, 2015 (UPI)
An expendable active decoy system by Selex ES has been successfully fired from a Gripen jet fighter during capability tests in Sweden. Saab, maker of the Gripen...
Germany offers Lithuania howitzers: minister
Apr 15, 2015 (AFP)
Germany said Wednesday it wants to sell howitzer-type mobile artillery vehicles to Lithuania as the Baltic NATO nation boosts its defences amid concerns over ne...
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