A Chinese netizen has claimed PLA soldiers died during the June 2020 Indo-China border clash attributing the PLA fatalities to poor quality of the Dongfeng off-road vehicles used by the Chinese military. He was subsequently arrested and made to write an apology letter clearing the Dongfeng Off-road company
Spanish Defense electronics firm, Indra has signed contracts with Navantia to equip the five F110 frigates of the Spanish Navy with sensors that will make these ships one of the most advanced of the world. Under the new contracts, the company will supply the Rigel i110 radar band electronic defense system and the Regulus i110 communications interception system, which reinforce the ship's situational awareness and protect it against possible attacks, as well as radar Solid-state multifunction Prisma 25 X, capable of maritime surveillance and low-level aerial targets
The French Ministry of the Armed Forces receives its first light surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft (ALSR) capable of carrying out intelligence missions with a small logistical footprint and great ease of deployment. The DGA received the first light surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft on July 31, 2020
The Russian Central Research Institute of Precision Engineering (TsNIITOCHMASH) has started serial production of the self-loading 9-mm pistol "Udav" whose unique features include armor piercing bullets. Among the patented technologies is the design of the magazine, which indicates the number of cartridges
Boeing has been selected to provide Tactical Edge Server (TES) for inclusion in 211 BOXER Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles (CRV) to be built in south-east Queensland under LAND 400 Phase 2. The TES forms part of a scalable deployable computer architecture incorporated into man-portable, deployable and vehicle mounted solutions, including the Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle and BOXER 8x8 CRV
A video released today by Germanys Rheinmetall showed a tank with a 130mm turret besides a new hull front as part of its MBT Advanced Technologies Competence demonstration, a possible indication of what will go into the future Main Ground Combat System (MGCS). The demo tank looks like the latest iteration of its advanced technology demonstrator for the British Armys Challenger 2 Life Extension Project (LEP)
Team Eurofighter will have to submit its best and final offer (BAFO) for supply of
Pakistan Air Force (PAF) held an "operational exercise" in its Skardu base using JF-17 jets days before India is scheduled to welcome its most advanced fighters, the Dassault Rafale aircraft. Significantly, Skardu air base in Gilgit-Baltistan, an area which India claims is part of the undivided Kashmir
Russian Pantsir-S air defense system has received an automated control system capable of firing at airborne targets including loitering munitions, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles without any human intervention. The algorithms will aid the Pantsir in first detecting and classifying targets as per the level of threat they pose
Indonesia is still committed to a 2018 deal over the purchase of Russian-made Su-35 fighter jets, said Mohamad Wahid Supriyadi, ambassador of Indonesia to Moscow. Supriyadi said his country "will not walk away from the deal" when asked in an interview by a Russian publication on July 24 whether his country had given in to pressure from the US to abandon the purchase