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The new MLRS will replace the BМ-21 Grad in service with the Ukrainian army. 122mm MLRS has been importantly upgraded by SE Shepetovka Repair Plant. Ukroboronprom decided to use new generation KrAZ truck as the basis for its new vehicle design.
Chinese defense industry has developed a new 155mm 8x8 wheeled self-propelled howitzer called SH-11. The new artillery system will be unveiled during AirShow China 2018, that will take place in Zhuhai (China) from the 6 to 11 November 2018.
At the Arms and Security Exhibition that took place in Kiev (Ukraine) on October 9-12, the Ukrainian defense contractor Global Dynamics showcased the latest prototype of its 4x4 unmanned ground vehicle UGV) called Ironclad, like BAE Systems' one, which is tracked.
Scientists at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have developed a novel algorithm that enables localization of humans and robots in areas where GPS is unavailable.
A new cutting-edge air defense missile system is on target for full-time use by both the Royal Navy and the British Army - with its innovation supported by experts from the Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), who has been at the heart of its development since conception.
With exoskeleton technology, the Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, or NSRDEC, is helping soldiers to step into future, as explained by NSRDEC Public Affairs.
Among the wide range of innovations worked on by the human brain, the U.S. Marine Corps is developing a crowd control device which can neutralise huge crowds from thousands of feet away and send them into a daze and even vaporise skin, as Sean Martin reports in The Express.
After recent testing of multi-domain operations in the Pacific, the Army now plans to expand its future warfighting concept to Europe this coming fiscal year. Sean Kimmons, Army News Service, reports.
The CAATSA (Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act) threat weighing on the head of countries dealing with Russia causes serious concerns to many countries allied of the US, not only for military supplies. How to deal with countries which not only procure Russian, but also Chinese, weapons? Several Southeast Asian countries do purchase Chinese equipment in varying quantities. Thailand is a major customer of them.
A deep modernization of the well known BM-21 Grad 122mm multiple launch rocket system is being showcased this week at the Arms and Security defense exhibition in Kiev, Ukraine. Called BM-21UM Berest, the system has been designed by Shepetovsky repair factory, which is part of UkrOboronProm.
At Arms and Security 2018, being held in Kiev (Ukraine), the local defense contractor Zhytomyr Armored Plant is introducing an upgraded variant of the BRM-1K armored command post vehicle, the BMP-M1C infantry fighting vehicle.
The Ukraine-based copany Mykolaiv Armored Plant, part of the State Enterprise Ukroboronprom, is presenting a further development of the BRDM-2 combat reconnaissance vehicle at the Arms and Security defense exhibition in Kiev, Ukraine.
The U.S. Army is drafting new rules for the use of GPS receivers in weapon systems and will create a training program for soldiers that operate these systems, Sandra Erwin explains in SpaceNews. The Army is looking for ways to make weapon systems more secure against electronic attacks aimed at GPS signals.
Honeywell International is working with the U.S. Army to test a prototype of an advanced helmet-mounted vision system in a prime military ground vehicle with a goal of enhancing soldier protection yet not hindering an operating crew’s vision.
The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a contract modification to insert Gallium Nitride (GaN) into the TPQ-53 (also known as the Q-53) radar as part of the full rate production configuration.
MBDA, a leader in the production of missile system, has unveiled a new concept of mobile ground-to-ground missile system based on Boxer 8x8 armored vehicle fitted with a launcher pod with 8 individual container that could launched a new stretched version of the Brimstone air-to-surface missile.
