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Rheinmetall Acquires Canada's Provectus Robotics Solutions

July 27, 2019 @ 07:01 AM

Rheinmetall has acquired 100% stake in Canada-based firm "Provectus" to expand Rheinmetalls technological capabilities in the field of robotics and autonomous driving. Automation and digitization are among the vital Group-spanning technology clusters which Rheinmetall is systematically working to expand, concentrating knowledge and capacities in order to exploit additional future growth potential
Poland To Modernise T-72 Tanks For $460 Million

July 24, 2019 @ 07:34 AM

The Polish Ministry of Defense awarded a $460 million (PLN 1.75 billion) contract to Zakłady Mechaniczne "Bumar - Łabędy" S
Rheinmetall Wins €470M To Equip NATO Taskforce with 41 Puma IFVs, Related

July 22, 2019 @ 11:27 AM

Rheinmetall has won a €470 Million ($527 million) contract to equip NATOs spearhead Very High Joint Readiness Task Force 2023 (VJTF 2023) with 41 Puma Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs) and other related equipment. The contract was awarded to ARGE Puma, a consortium of Rheinmetall and PSM Projekt System Management on 11 July, 2019
Germany’s Puma IFV Exceeds Initial Manufacturing Costs by Euro 2.9 Billion

July 22, 2019 @ 09:15 AM

The manufacturing costs of Germanys “Puma” mechanised infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) has reportedly exceeded initial estimates of the government by Euro 2.9 Billion, German media has reported
Israel Aerospace Secures $50M MRSAM Missile Maintenance Deal with Indian Navy

July 17, 2019 @ 10:24 AM

Israel Aerospace Industries has a $50 million to provide the Indian Navy and MDL Shipyard with complementary Naval MRSAM (Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile) systems worth $50 million. Under the contract, IAI will provide a range of maintenance and other services for various sub-systems of IAIs advanced MSRAM air defence system (ADS)
US Navy To Buy 38 Unmanned MQ-8C Fire Scout Helicopters

July 11, 2019 @ 07:11 AM

The US Navy is looking to buy 38 units of Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout Helicopters which was declared to be combat ready by the navy on June 28, 2019. “Current plans call for purchasing 38 Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scouts, which are based on a commercial Bell 407 airframe,” reports
BAE Systems to Use Artificial Intelligence to Decipher Radio Frequency Signals

July 10, 2019 @ 01:08 PM

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded BAE Systems to develop “Controllable Hardware Integration for Machine-learning Enabled Real-time Adaptivity (CHIMERA),” a technology that integrates machine-learning (ML) into platforms that decipher radio frequency signals. The solution provides a reconfigurable hardware platform for ML algorithm developers to make sense of radio frequency (RF) signals in increasingly crowded electromagnetic spectrum environments, the company said in a statement Monday
Apple May Leave Russia as Moscow Considers Forcing Local Apps on Smartphones

July 1, 2019 @ 12:30 PM

While China is locked in a trade war with the US over Huawei, another may be brewing between Washington and Moscow in the telecom field. Smartphones made by international manufacturers such as Apple, Samsung and Huawei may be forced to pre-install applications made by local vendors if they want to sell in Russia according to a proposal initiated by the Kremlin
Honeywell To Supply J7 Control Units for Saudi, Kuwaiti Abrams Tanks

June 29, 2019 @ 10:25 AM

Honeywell has won a $16.5 million contract to supply J7 Digital Electronic Control Units for Abrams family of vehicles belonging to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia
French Defence and Intervention Frigates Steel Cut in October 2019

June 28, 2019 @ 12:58 PM

The first steel cut for the French Navys defence and intervention frigates (FDI), the fully digital warships that will be among the most modern anywhere in the world, will take place in October this year. Naval Group teams are in the process of launching the program for the FDIs that will be delivered from 2023 onward, a Naval Group release said on the occasion of the completion of the Normandie frigate which marks the completion of the FREMM shipbuilding program

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