Iveco - Oto Melara to Supply 86 Centuro II Armored Vehicles to...
The Italian Army and Iveco - Oto Melara Consortium today signed a contract for 86 Centauro II armoured vehicles, plus 10 additional units in option, integrated logistic support and equipment. Equipped with a new power pack delivering over 700hp and with H-drive architecture, a hallmark of the 8x8 Centauro range, Centauro...
KONGSBERG to Provide Remote Weapon Stations for British Boxer Vehicles
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS (KONGSBERG) has won a contract worth $117.9 million (1030 MNOK) to provide PROTECTOR RS4 Remote Weapon Stations (RWS) for British BOXER 8x8 vehicles
French MoD to Order 20,000 Additional Heckler & Koch HK-416 F Rifles
The French Directorate General for Armaments (DGA) has decided to place an order for 12000 HK-416 F assault rifles in 2021 and will receive an equal number of rifles under an earlier order next year. Another 12,000 HK-416 rifles were delivered in 2020, bringing to 45,340 the number of units currently...
DARPA Awards Contracts to Launch Atmospheric Water Extraction Project
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Bundeswehr Orders Heavy Tractor Trailers from Rheinmetall
The German Bundeswehr has contracted with Rheinmetall to supply it with additional heavy tractor trailers with a 70-tonne payload. Delivery of a further 24 unprotected heavy tractor trailers – dubbed the SaZgM 70t mil in German military parlance – is to take place in 2021, with a further 24 to follow in 2022
Netline Delivers C-Guard RJ Vehicular Counter-IED Systems to Spain
Netline Communications Technologies has completed delivery of 51 C-Guard RJ Vehicular Counter-IED Systems to the Spanish Ministry of Defense (MoD). In a statement Monday, the company said it completed testing and evaluation of the system on 12 types of Spanish MoD vehicles
Russian Army Tests Artificial Intelligence Equipped Target Robots
Artificial intelligence (AI) based mobile target robots that dodge shooters bullets have been tested for the first time in Patriot Park shooting range near Moscow. The AI-based robots are dressed as soldiers and carry dummy guns
Elbit Systems to Provide Additional Digital Soldier Systems to the Royal Netherlands...
The Dutch Ministry of Defence awarded Elbit Systems $50 million to supply the Royal Netherlands Army (RNLA) with additional digital soldier and vehicular systems. Under the contract, Elbit Systems will supply digital soldier systems and vehicular integration of improved combat network capabilities including TORCH-X Dismounted Command and Control systems and E-LynX Software Defines Radio systems
Dutch Army Procures Elbit XACT nv32 micro Night Vision Systems
Elbit Systems has won $15 million from the Dutch Ministry of Defense to supply XACT nv32 micro night vision monocular systems for the Armed Forces of the Netherlands. The initial contract will be performed over a period of two-years, with the potential for additional follow-on orders over a period of seven-years, the company said in a statement this week
General Dynamics Delivers Mobile Protected Firepower Vehicles for U.S. Army Contest
General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) this month has delivered two Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) preproduction vehicles to the U.S
Saudi Arabia Orders 39 Russian Pantsir S1 Air Defense Systems Worth $2.2B:
Elbit Systems to Equip Israel’s F-16I Aircraft with New Self-Protection Suite...
Leonardo Signs MoU with Saudi Arabia for Collaboration in Combat Air and...
Hungary Prepares First Lynx-equipped Battalion for Operational Readiness
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U