The delivery of Russian-made S-400 (NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler) air defense missile systems to Turkey will begin within two years, Turkish Undersecretary for Defense Industry Ismail Demir said.
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U.S. soldiers assigned to 6th Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment partnered with the Republic of Korea – Army 516 ADA Sept. 6-8 at the Darrakae training area, Pocheon, South Korea, for the first combined short range air defense training event on the Korean Peninsula.
EURENCO’s second modular charges production line (Ligne 2 Charges Modulaires or LI2CM) has been inaugurated today in its Bergerac facility (France). It is a new step in EURENCO’s strategy to modernize its production sites and develop export sales.
Khatam Al-Anbia Air Defense Base has deployed new missile systems to western regions of the country in a bid to strengthen air defense capabilities. General Alireza Elhami, Deputy Commander of Khatam Al-Anbia Air Defense Base for Operations, made the remarks on Tuesday.
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a 24-month contract by the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Special Projects Search and Counter Measures team for in-service support of the CUTLASS Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) remotely controlled vehicle.
The majority of the Terminator tank support combat vehicles will be delivered to the Russian army in 2018, Uralvagonzavod’s Director General Alexander Potapov said on Tuesday.
Russian Road Service specialists have built a bridge across the Euphrates several kilometers away from Deir ez-Zor in northeastern Syria to transport military hardware and personnel to the eastern bank, Chief of the Russian Defense Ministry’s Road Service Vladimir Burovtsev said. To perform this operation Russian armed forces sent latest generation of amphibious bridging ferry PMM-2M in Syria.
German Company Rheinmetall will soon be modernizing part of the Bundeswehr’s fleet of Leopard main battle tanks, implementing a comprehensive array of upgrade measures. A total of 104 Leopard 2 main battle tanks of the German army will be upgraded to the Leopard 2 A7V standard.
The Irish Army has conducted a live firings exercise with RBS 70 and the latest generation of the system, RBS 70 NG. The purpose of the firings were to enhance their soldiers operational capability to engage both aerial and static targets. The firings took place at the Bofors Test Center in Karlskoga, Sweden.
Russia's Strategic Missile Forces successfully test-fired an RS-12M Topol intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with a new advanced warhead, the Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday, September 27, 2017.
Three prototypes of the advanced Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) will undergo pop-up tests at the Plesetsk spaceport in the Arkhangelsk Region in north Russia before mid-2018, a source in Russia’s defense industry told TASS.
The United States has donated 19 Bastion 4x4 light combat vehicles via the American Company Mack Defense to the Ugandan Contingent serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia, (AMISOM), as part of the continued effort to boost capacity to fight Al Shabaab terrorists.
The Rosoboronexport arms trader supplied a batch of antitank Kornet-E missile complexes to Bahrain in 2016, Director General of the company Alexander Mikheyev said. Kornet-E is the export version of the Russian Kornet missile system, an anti-tank missile is designed and manufactured by the Russian Company KBP Instrument Design Bureau.
The Indonesian Defense Company PT Pindad has confirmed that the Indonesian Intelligence Agency (BIN) has ordered 517 weapons, that could be the assault rifle SS2, a replacement for the Pindad SS1 also manufactured by PT Pindad.
The delivery of upgraded T-90M tanks to the Russian Armed Forces may start in 2018, Head of Russia’s Uralvagonzavod Corporation Alexander Potapov told TASS. A contract for the delivery of T-90M tanks was signed during the Army 2017 exhibition.
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s subsidiary Remotec Inc. is unveiling the newest member of the AndrosTM line of proven unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), the Interoperability Profile (IOP)-compliant Nomad.
Ministry of Defense of Laos has showed interest to purchase G2 elite pistols, SPR 2 sniper rifles and ammunition from the Indonesian Defense Company PT Pindad according the company's vice president for export Ridi Djajakusuma.
The Turkish army has launched Monday, September 25, 2017, large military exercise in the Silopi-Khabour area of the Kurdish province of Sirnak on the border with the Kurdistan Region. Turkish army has deployed main battle tanks and armoured vehicles near the Iraqi border.
Last week, Israeli Air Force’s (IAF) has officialy cretaed a new Iron Dome battalion to increase aur defense against aerial threats in Israel’s northern region. This is the second battalion created by the Isreali armed forces using Iron Dome short-range air defense system.
According to the Newspaper website "The Jerusalem Post", a permament U.S. military base was officially opened on the territoty of Israel, Monday September 18, 2017. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s said that the U.S.-Israel alliance has “never been stronger,” the two countries recently made history by opening of the first permanent American military base on Israeli soil.
Iran on Friday, September 22, 2017, successfully test-fired its new ballistic missile,"Khorramshahr". The new missile was also unveiled in a military parade in Tehran.
The new Khorramshahr long-range ballistic missile that Iran’s Defense Ministry has manufactured for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) was unveiled in a military parade in Tehran on Friday, September 22, 2017.
According to the website SCOUT, U.S. Army will receive first of six newly-upgraded M1A2 SEP v3 Abrams Main Battle Tank. The first M1A2 SEP v3 tank, built by General Dynamics Land Systems, is slated to arrive as soon as this month – as part of a delivery of initial prototype vehicles, developers said.
Rolls-Royce is to supply a total of 500 MTU Series 106 engines to Polish vehicle manufacturer Jelcz. The type 6R 106 TD21 engines will be used to power four-wheel-drive Jelcz 442.32 all-terrain trucks for use by the Polish Armed Forces.
According to the Defense News website, the Czech Defence Minister Martin Stropnicky has announced that the government was presented this week a plan to spend $5 billion to modernize the Czech Land Forces by 2026, including a $2 billion acquisition of at least 210 new infantry fighting vehicles.
The American military vehicle manufacturer Oshkosh Defense has received a $466.8 million contract modification to produce Family of Medium Tactical Vehicle variants for the U.S. Army based the FMTV A1P2 technical data package.
According to pictures and information released on the Internet website Azeri Defence, Azerbaijani Armed Forces have received Czech-made 8x8 152mm self-propelled howitzer DANA-M1 and MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System RM-70 Vampir. These new combat vehicles were used during large military exercise in Azerbaijan.
Defence and security company Saab has signed a contract for delivery of the Giraffe 1X surface radar system. Due to confidentiality arrangement with the customer, Saab will release no further details of this order.
U.S. soldiers from 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division and Kuwaiti military forces conducted the first-ever Desert Observer exercise near Udairi Range in northern Kuwait on Sept. 13.
Endeavor Robotics, the U.S.-based global leader in tactical ground robotics, has been awarded a contract for 75 FirstLook robots from the United States Government for immediate operational use. This marks the company’s third major contract win in the past six weeks.
The United States Marine Corps has ordered additional diesel MRZR® (MRZR D) Utility Task Vehicles (UTV) from Polaris Government and Defense to enhance Marine Corps operational capabilities. This follows the successful delivery and fielding of MRZR UTVs to Marine Corps infantry regiments earlier this year. Delivery of the more than 100 vehicles is scheduled to be completed by the end of the year.
Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH, the global market leader in mobile crane systems, has awarded Rheinmetall an order for protected driver’s cabs and crane cabs for a new generation of Bundeswehr crane vehicles.
Logos Technologies announced today that the company has been officially awarded a second Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to continue work on the SilentHawk hybrid-electric motorcycle, the US company announced on September 14.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) awarded Elbit Systems of America, LLC, a contract to provide an in-fill radar system and tower. The amount of the award is not material to Elbit Systems Ltd, the parent company of Elbit Systems of America. The work is being performed in Texas.
National Cyber Security Centre-Finland of the Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority has granted approval for the Mobile Security and Public Safety targeted Bittium Tough Mobile LTE-smartphone and related Bittium Secure Suite back-end system to process material that is classified nationally as Confidential. Bittium’s mobile solution is the first one in the world to receive official Confidential level encryption product classification. The mobile solution can be used for creating and processing classified information, as well as for transferring it between smartphone and connected back-end solutions.
A total of 80 tracked military vehicles were sent to the Syrian-Turkish border near Turkey's southern province of Hatay Sunday, local Daily Sabah reported on September 17.
The self-propelled antitank missile complex Khrisantema-S will be modernized and the design has begun, Designer General of the Machine-building Design Bureau (KBM) Valery Kashin told journalists on Sept. 15.
The combat tank-support vehicle (BMPT) Terminator 2 designed by the Uralvagonzavod Scientific and Production Corporation of Rostec State Corporation was for the first time engaged at the strategic Zapad-2017 (West-2017) exercise, the military Zvezda TV channel reported.
Army Recognition is pleased to announce the launch of the new version of its newly redesigned website www.armyrecognition.com, one of the most popular defense and security online magazine. The new version of the website has been officially launched during DSEI 2017, taking place from 12 to 15 September in London, United Kingdom. Army Recognition is a privileged partner of DSEI 2017 and is the Official Media Partner of the show.
On August 23, some $1.2 million worth of military equipment, 4x4 armoured vehicle Tiger and supplies were officially handed over to the Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas from the Government of the People's Republic of China.
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