Soldier System Index - Defense Update

Recent News:

June 2011

• THOR Global Defense Introduces New .408″ Sniper Rifles

May 2011

• SAAB Wins a New Order for AT-4

April 2011

• ATK Awarded $65.8 to Prepare the XM25 for Production

March 2011

• Spike or Javelin? India Still Undecided on a Billion Dollar Missile Buy
• U.S. Army to Test Wearable PCs with Battle Command Network
• Saab Wins $180 Million Order for Carl-Gustaf Anti-Tank Ammo

February 2011

• FELIN Soldier Systems Enter Service with the French Army
• U.S. Army Orders 21,000 Thermal Sights from Three U.S. Suppliers

January 2011

• Special Feature: Infantry Multi-Purpose Missiles

December 2010

• U.S. Army to Field XM-25 ‘Game Changing’ Weapon by 2014

November 2010

• British-Israeli JV to Produce Carbon Nanotubes for Defense Applications
• Saudi Arabia to Buy Javelin Anti-Tank Missiles

October 2010

• New Casualty Evacuation System Introduced by Easy Rescue
• Converting Pistols into Carbines
• ISDEF 2010 – First Impressions
• Silver Shadow’s AK-47 Kalashnikov Makeover
• Gilboa – Debut of a new Israeli Assault Rifle
• New Super-Strong Fiber Designed to Meet Threats in Former-Soviet Markets

September 2010

• Extendable Stick Turns Micro Robot into a Pole Cam
• Raytheon Sarcos Unveil a New, More Powerful Exoskeleton
• Australian-Afghan Patrol Engages Insurgents Near Derapet, Afghanistan

August 2010

• Sand-X Motors Introduces the Sand-X T-ATV Desert Patroller

July 2010

• U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center to Test Lockheed Martin's HULC Exoskeleton System
• The Afghan National Army and Police are still far away from taking control

May 2010

• The U.S. Army Recalls 44,000 Advanced Combat Helmets
• France's Embarks on the Scorpion Land Forces Transformation
• Multicam Gear to Arrive in Afghanistan by October 2010

February 2010

• MultiCam Camouflage Pattern Selected for U.S. Army Uniform and Equipment

September 2009

• British MOD Launches the first phase of FIST Acquisition Program
• U.S. Air Force Gears for Irregular Warfare Operations (IW)

May 2009

• MAUL Weapon launched at Small Arms Symposium in Nevada

April 2009

• Metal Storm's MAUL to Debut at the NDIA show Next Month
• Metal Storm Completes 3GL Endurance Test
• U.S. Army Develops New Electronic Gear for Infantry Commanders

March 2009

• Wirkmittel 90 - a New Multi-Purpose Shoulder Launched Weapon from Dynamit Nobel Defence

December 2008

• Marine Corps Awards $30 Million for Javelin Missile Upgrades

November 2008

• Remote Eyepiece Displays Empower Thermal Weapon Sights

August2008

• Marine Corps Contracts Nammo-Talley to Develop an Improved SMAW
• Harris Unveils a New Wearable Tactical Radio

July 2008

• SOCOM Selects Puma for Hand-Launched Multi-Purpose UAV

June 2008

• Ultra-fast EO Gunshot Detectors, Unattended Sensors from Elta
• Army Team Soldier Certifies Commercially Available Gear
• Saab Receives Order for AT-4 CS Anti-Tank Weapons

May 2008

• US Army Needs Combat Suites to Equip an Entire Brigade by 2009
• The US Army to Acquire 35,000 M-26 Rifle/Shotguns
• Farewell Ma Duce! - Welcome LW50MG

January 2008

• Mississippi State University Develop Portable Fuell Cell-Battery with Ultralife

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