The South Korean army has introduced a new 7.62 mm-calibre machine guns, the K-16 to replace K-3 and M60 gun used by its troops earlier
The United States Air Force (USAF) tested a current inventory cruise missile armed with a live warhead as part of the Rapid Dragon program to demonstrate the ability to employ weapons using standard airdrop procedures from cargo aircraft. During the December 16 test, a MC-130J flown by an Air Force Special Operations Command operational flight crew, received new targeting data while in flight which was then routed to the cruise missile flight test vehicle (FTV)
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Australia has placed an order for 30 K-9 Thunder self-propelled howitzers and 15 K-10 armored ammunition resupply vehicles from South Korea under a contract valued A$1biillion (US$720 million). The announcement came more than a year after Hanwha Defense was named the sole preferred bidder for an Australian artillery gun procurement project
Rheinmetall presented Autonomous Combat Warrior Wiesel, a new robotic ground vehicle based on the Wiesel platform, on Friday. The Wiesel vehicle is driven by an autonomous kit which is applicable to a variety of both tracked and wheeled vehicle systems such as Boxer, Lynx or HX tactical trucks, Rheinmetall
India completed testing the Pinaka Extended Range (Pinaka-ER) rocket Saturday, qualifying the weapon for series production. The Indian Ministry of Defense said successful tests of Pinaka-ER, Area Denial Munitions (ADM) and indigenously developed fuzes had been carried out at various test ranges
Kazan Helicopter Plant, a subsidiary of Russian Helicopters has received approval from the Federal Air Transport Agency to equip the Ansat helicopter with an external sling, clearing it for transporting oversized cargo and extinguish fires. The maximum take-off weight of Ansat when using an external sling has been increased from 3600 to 3800 kg
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) said that a prototype of its new Unmanned Aircraft System called ‘Mojave, unveiled Thursday, took to the skies for the first time this summer
Russian experts are evaluating the need to build a new aircraft carrier while work is already underway to create its design. "The Russian Ministry of Defense, together with industrial enterprises is analyzing the demand for an aircraft carrier as well as studying the possibility of its technical implementation