Boeing, U.S. Navy Expand P-8A Maritime Patrol Fleet with 14th Delivery
Boeing recently helped expand the U.S. Navy’s maritime patrol capabilities with delivery of the 14th P-8A Poseidon aircraft. The P-8A, delivered on schedule, is now with its squadron at Naval Air...
View ArticleIsraeli army has sent troops with tanks and artillery to the border with the...
Israeli army has sent troops to the border with the Gaza Strip, raising the possibility of an expanded operation in the Palestinian territory in response to intensifying rocket fire. Thursday's...
View ArticleSaab Receives Order from FMV to Design New Lightweight Torpedo
Defence and security company Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) regarding design plans for a New Lightweight Torpedo (NLT). The order refers to the...
View ArticlePatria launches new concept 8x8 armoured vehicle AMV XP Extra Payload...
In September 2013, Patria has launched its new vehicle concept, the Patria AMV XP during the Defense Exhibition DSEI in London, United Kingdom. Since then the vehicle has been tested and fine-tuned in...
View ArticleBrazilian Navy Signs Contract for Lynx Mk21A Maritime Helicopters Upgrade
AgustaWestland is pleased to announce that the Brazilian Navy’s Naval Aviation has signed a contract for a major midlife upgrade of eight Lynx Mk21A helicopters. The contract, valued in excess of...
View ArticleHMS Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier, future flagship of the Royal Navy...
Her Majesty the Queen has officially named the UK’s newest aircraft carrier today at Rosyth, near Edinburgh, in a spectacular ceremony celebrating British naval capability. Recognising the strategic...
View ArticleLockheed Martin wins $200M for LRASM next generation ant-ship missile
The US Department of Defense announced July 2nd that Lockheed Martin Corporation in Orlando, Florida, was awarded a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for an amount not to exceed $200,000,000 for the...
View ArticleElbit Systems contract to supply upgraded armoured personnel carrier to...
Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: ESLT) ("Elbit Systems") announced that it was awarded a contract, valued at approximately $20 million, for the supply of upgraded armoured personnel carriers (APCs)...
View ArticleArmy of Colombia has take delivery of three new Nexter System LG1 Mk III...
In June 2014, Army Colombia has take delivery of three new light gun Nexter LG1 105mm Mk-III which is equipped with an autonomous ballistic computer for artillery system. The Nexter LG1 is especially...
View ArticleLAV Demonstrator General Dynamics with 30mm Kongsberg turret enhances...
In June 2014, during Eurosatory 2014 International Defense and Security Exhibition in France and at DVD 2014 in United Kingdom, General Dynamics has showcased the latest in wheeled combat technologies...
View ArticleChaiseri First Win 4x4 armoured personnel carrier excellence from Thailand...
From this rich wealth of experience Defense Company Chaiseri of Thailand has gained the knowledge and expertise necessary to develop its own vehicles, thus elevating the company from being a support...
View ArticleFirst arms sale for Japan with sensors of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for...
Japan is likely to approve its first military export deal in decades, Nikkei business daily reported. Japanese-made sensors will be installed on American Patriot PAC-2 surface-to-air missile defense...
View ArticleMBDA's First Sea Ceptor/Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM) Firings Are A...
MBDA carried out two successful guided firings by the Sea Ceptor air defence system on 29th May and 5th June at the land-based Vidsel range facilities in Sweden. These firings were the first seeker...
View ArticleIsrael plans to sell for the first time its Mekava IV main battle tank to...
In a deal estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars, Israel plans to sell its Merkava Mark IV main battle tank to a foreign army for the first time since the first Merkava was manufactured in the...
View ArticleFirst Sea Trial for Italian Navy FREMM Frigate Carabiniere
On 25 June 2014, the Italian FREMM frigate “Carabiniere” had her first sea going, successfully reaching this important milestone three months earlier than her predecessor the “Carlo Margottini”....
View ArticleRussian shipbuilders Capable of Servicing Mistral-class LHDs according to...
Russian shipbuilders are capable of servicing Mistral-class LHDs, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said Thursday to Ria Novosti. “I believe shipbuilders and engineers will be able to...
View ArticleUkraine Ministry of Defense modernizes Russian-made BRDM-2 4x4 armoured...
A video releases by the Ukrainian TV channel "5th Channel" shows the modernization of BRDM-2 4x4 armoured vehicle performed by the Design and Technology Centre (TCC) of the Ministry of Defense of...
View ArticleGerman Company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann supplies three LEGUAN bridge layers to...
On 26. June 2014, the Swedish procurement authorities and KMW signed a contract in Stockholm for the purchase of three LEGUAN bridge layers on LEOPARD 2 chassis. The value of the order amounts to about...
View ArticleUkrainian Company Morozov tests Dozor-B 4x4 armoured vehicle to prepare...
The regular testing of ‘Dozor-B’ light armored vehicle took place at firing range of Kharkov region. Runoff and firing testing do continue in the framework of the preparations to the launching process...
View ArticleDCNS opens new platform following Royal Saudi Navy Fleet Modernization contract
The teams of the Saudi Arabia programme platform manage the service contracts with this major DCNS customer.» The LEX contract relates to the maintenance of 4 Madina-class frigates (frigates 2000) and...
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