July 2016 Global Defence & Security Industry - Military - Army News
 
 
 
 

Russian Tank biathlon 2016 international contest began at Alabino range near Moscow
 
Russian Tank biathlon 2016 international contest began at Alabino range near Moscow Russia 640 001
The Russian “Tank biathlon” international contest began at the Alabino range (Moscow Region). Teams of Russia, Kazakhstan, Serbia and India are participating in the first race. The Tank Biathlon World Championship consists of tests of driving, racing and shooting with various vehicles. It features 39 crews from 13 countries.
 

U.S. Air Force releases an official request for a new ICBM InterContinental Ballistic Missile
 
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The U.S. Air Force releases on Friday, July 29, 2016, an RFP (Request For Proposals) to replace the LGM-30 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile and the nuclear cruise missile as the military moves ahead with a costly modernization of its aging atomic weapons systems.
 

India on the way to acquire 100 K9 Vajra 155mm 52 calibre tracked self-propelled howitzer.
 
K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzer 155 MM South Korea South Korean Army 640
India is on the way to acquire 100 new K9 Vajra 155mm tracked sel-propelled howitzer for the Indian army. A contract is expected to be signed in the next few months with the South Korean Defense Company Samsung-Techwin and its Indian partner Larsen & Toubro (L&T).
 

Japan to upgrade its Patriot PAC-3 air defense missile system to increase range and accuracy
 
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Japan is upgrading its Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC-3) missile defence system to increase range and accuracy needed to intercept more advanced North Korean ballistic missiles. This program represents the most significant upgrade to Japan’s missile defence system in a decade.
 

Saab receives U.S. order for Carl-Gustaf ammunition
 
Saab receives US order for Carl Gustaf ammunition 640 001
Defence and security company Saab has received an ammunition order from the US Department of Defense (DoD) for the Carl-Gustaf man-portable weapon system, known in the US as M3 MAAWS (Multi-role, Anti-armor Anti-personnel Weapon System). The order value is USD 5.4 million (MSEK 46).
 

China would like to strengthen its military cooperation with Cambodia
 
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Admiral Sun Jianguo, deputy chief of the Joint Staff Department of China's Central Military Commission (CMC), met with General Nem Sowath, director general of Cambodian Defense Ministry's Policy and Foreign Affairs Department in Beijing on Thursday, July 28, 2016.
 

Rheinmetall and Tectonica establish partnership for the supply of land 400 Boxer LSWS
 
Rheinmetall and Tectonica establish partnership for the supply of land 400 Boxer LSWS 640 001
Rheinmetall has announced on July 28 a partnership with Melbourne-based defence systems integrator Tectonica Australia Pty Ltd for the development and manufacture of a sophisticated Local Situational Awareness System for the BOXER Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle in response to the Commonwealth of Australia’s LAND 400 Phase 2 Request For Tender.
 

Australia downselects Rheinmetall and BAE Systems for its Land 400 Phase 2 CRV program
 
Australia downselects Rheinmetall and BAE Systems for its Land 400 Phase 2 CRV program 640 001
The Department of Defence announced on July 29 the selection of two tenderers to participate in the next stage of evaluation for LAND 400 Phase 2, Army’s Mounted Combat Reconnaissance capability. The two tenderers are the Rheinmetall Boxer and the BAE Systems Australia AMV35. The Elbit Systems/ST Kinetics Sentinel II and the General Dynamics Land Systems/Thales Australia LAV 6.0 have not been selected for the evaluation phase.
 

DFNDR Armor selects Honeywell Spectra material for new Military and Law Enforcement Body Armor
 
DFNDR Armor selects Honeywell Spectra material for new Military and Law Enforcement Body Armor 640 001
Honeywell announced on Wednesday July 27 that DFNDR Armor, a leading engineer of U.S.-made advanced body armor systems, is using Honeywell Spectra Shield® ballistic composite materials to create one of the lightest, most high-protection lines of body armor plates available today.
 

Raytheon launches NSA-certified, next-generation Ethernet encryption system
 
Raytheon launches NSA-certified next-generation Ethernet encryption system 640 001
The National Security Agency has certified Raytheon Company's KG-350 Ethernet encryption system to protect network communications for sensitive information up to Top Secret/SCI classification. The Type 1 certification gives Raytheon authorization to sell the groundbreaking KG-350 encryptor to commercial, military and government customers immediately.
 

Patria AMV35 selected for Australian Army’s Land 400 Program evaluation
 
Patria AMV35 selected for Australian Army s Land 400 Program evaluation 640 001
The Australian Department of Defence announced on Thursday July 28 that BAE Systems Australia and Land 400 bid partner Patria have been confirmed as one of 2 tenders selected to take part in the 12-month Risk Mitigation Activity for the Australian Army’s Land 400 Phase 2 combat reconnaissance vehicle program.
 

Cubic awarded more than $10 Million in orders for I-MILES IWS 2 Training System by the US Army
 
Cubic awarded more than 10 Million in orders for I MILES IWS 2 Training System by the US Army 640 001
Cubic Global Defense, a business unit of Cubic Corporation, today announced an award of more than $10 million for new orders of its Instrumentable-Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System Individual Weapon Systems 2 (I-MILES IWS 2) from the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) and Army Contracting Command-Orlando (ACC-ORL).
 

Chinese ZBD-05 Infantry Fighting Vehicles to participate in Army Games 2016
 
Chinese ZBD 05 Infantry Fighting Vehicles to participate in Army Games 2016 640 001
The ZBD-05 amphibious infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) of the Chinese People`s Liberation Army (PLA) have been dispatched to Baltiysk (Kaliningrad Territory) to participate in the Naval Landing 2016 competition (a part of the Army Games 2016 drills), according to a source in the Russian defense industry.
 

Rheinmetall wins major order for ammunition worth over €400 million
 
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The Rheinmetall Group of Düsseldorf has won another major order for ammunition from an international customer. Booked in the second quarter of 2016 and worth over €400 million, the contract runs for seven years. This underscores once again the Group’s global reputation for excellence, which has made it one of the world’s top three makers of military munitions.
 

Lockheed Martin's Next Generation Counter-IED System to support U.S. and coalition forces
 
Lockheed Martins Next Generation Counter IED System to-support US and coalition forces 640 001
In today's rapidly changing battlespace, our adversaries are using technology to their advantage to turn the most commonplace devices into explosives. The U.S. Navy recently approved Symphony Block 40, Lockheed Martin's counter-improvised explosive device system, which provides enhanced capabilities that allow partner nations to combat ever-changing threats.
 

Thales Selects PrismTech’s Vortex OpenSplice for Sighting Systems on AJAX Vehicle Programme
 
Thales Selects Prism Tech s Vortex OpenSplice for Sighting Systems on AJAX Vehicle Programme 640 001
Thales has selected PrismTech’s Vortex™ OpenSplice™ as the data-sharing platform for the sighting systems implemented in the AJAX fleet of armored vehicles, which is being delivered to the British Army by General Dynamics Land Systems-UK. Thales is the supplier of sighting systems and ancillary equipment for the AJAX fleet.
 

Thales Deutschland modernises the shooting simulators  of the German Army
 
Thales modernises the shooting simulators of the shooting simulators of the German Army 640 001
Thales Deutschland received an order from the Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Utilisation of the Federal Armed Forces (BAAINBw) for the modernisation of all small arms/handheld antitank weapons shooting simulator training devices (AGSHP) in use with the Federal Armed Forces. The order volume is approximately five million Euro and to be implemented by the end of 2017.
 

New Russian-made S-500 air defense missile system wil be unveiled at Army 2016 exhibition
 
S-500 77P6 air defense missile system TEL Transporter Erector Launcher vehicle Russia Russian defence industry 640 001
The promising Russian-made S-500 air defense missile system will be unveiled at the Army 2016 international military and technical forum which will be held near Moscow from 6 to 11 September 2016, Rambler News Service reported with reference to a source in the defense and industrial sector.
 

Harris to receive a $22.5 million contract from US Department of Defense for SINCGARS radio system
 
Harris to receive a 22.5 million contract from US Department of Defense for SINCGARS radio system 640 001
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced on Tuesday July 19, that Harris Radio in Rochester will receive a $22.5 million contract from the Department of Defense (DOD) to manufacture single channel ground-to-air radio system circuit card assembly parts.
 

RS-28 Sarmat Intercontinental Ballistic Missile drop tests shift to end 2016
 
RS-28 Sarmat Intercontinental Ballistic Missile drop tests shift to end 2016
The drop tests of the newest RS-28 Sarmat (NATO reporting name: SS-X-30) intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) have been shifted to end-2016 due to the drawbacks pertaining to the fire trials of the missile`s first stage engine, according to a source in Russian defense industry.
 

Elbit Systems awarded $30 Million contracts to supply observation systems to a European country
 
Elbit Systems awarded 30 Million contracts to supply observation systems to a European country 640 001
Elbit Systems Ltd announced today that it was awarded contracts, in a total amount of approximately $30 million, to supply advanced thermal-imaging observation systems to a country in Europe. The systems will serve all army command levels, from the dismounted soldier to the headquarters command and will be supplied over a one-year period.
 

North Korea has test fired two Scud and one No Dong ballistic missiles
 
No-Dong Rodong A medium range ballistic missile North Korea Korean army defence industry military technology 640 001
On Tuesday, July 19, 2016 North Korea has test fired three ballistic missiles the East Sea from its central western county of Hwangju. According the U.S. Strategic Command in Nebraska, North Korea launch two Scud tactical ballistic missiles back-to-back and was followed by a No Dong intermediate range ballistic missile.
 

Major Flagship Sdn Bhd and DCI agrees to create an helicopter training academy in Malaysia
 
Major Flagship and DCI agrees to create an helicopter training academy in Malaysia 640 001
In the presence of Deputy Ministry Of Defence Malaysia, Major Flagship Sdn Bhd and Defence Conseil International have entered into an agreement to develop and implement an Helicopter Training Academy in Malaysia to address both Malaysia and ASEAN requirements.
 

Hudson Technologies Awarded Department of Defense Contract with an Estimated Value of $400 mn
 
Hudson Technologies Awarded Department of Defense Contract with an Estimated Value of 400mn 640 001
Hudson Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:HDSN) announced that it has been awarded, as prime contractor, a five-year contract including a five-year renewal option, by the United States Defense Logistics Agency (“DLA”) with an estimated maximum value over the term of the agreement of $400 million in sales to the Department of Defense.
 

CyPhy Works Reconnaissance and Communications Drone Ordered by the US Army
 
CyPhy Works Reconnaissance and Communications Drone Ordered by the US Army 640 001
CyPhy Works announced on Monday, July 18that it has received an order for its Persistent Aerial Reconnaissance and Communications (PARC) System, from the U.S. Army’s Rapid Equipping Force (REF). PARC, a tethered drone, addresses the need for a persistent eye-in-the-sky by flying for days at a time.
 

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