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Pentagon has announced on 18 January that soldiers assigned to Company D, 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, tested a tank protection system at Fort Bliss Dec....
Leonardo Helicopters has been awarded a $377 million contract by the U.K. government to maintain its fleet of AH MK1 Apache gunships until they are removed from service in 2024. Defense Minister Stuart Andrew...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump pulled aside Patrick Shanahan, the acting secretary of Defense, following a cabinet meeting to ask him about finding employment for Donald Trump Jr. as an “Army guy,” sources confirmed...
Talbert Manufacturing Inc. is to deliver a batch of M872-series trailers to the U.S. Army under a new $360 million contract. According to a statement released by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) on...
A Long Way from Fender Guitars Established in Anaheim, California, in 1977 by founders Dave Sanderson and Steve Kottman, SKB first began manufacturing guitar cases. By 1987, the company was exceeding $200,000 per month...
Close Combat Symposium The Close Combat Symposium (CCS) was held at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom over July 9–11, 2018; historically, it has its origins in the Small Arms & Cannon Symposium...
ABOVE: The Tactical Sniper Bench being employed by an elite IDF sniper. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Counter Terror (CT) Warfare School was founded in 1985 as an integral part of the newly formed...
ABOVE: The Tactical Sniper Bench being employed by an elite IDF sniper. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Counter Terror (CT) Warfare School was founded in 1985 as an integral part of the newly formed...
The US Army is preparing to test out a host of new technologies in experiments throughout the country with an eye towards preparing for conflicts in dense urban terrain. In a recent notice posted...
The Latvian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been ordered to halt the EUR200 million (USD228 million) procurement of the Finnish-built Sisu Auto GTP for its long-running 4×4 tactical vehicle requirement following formal protests by...
Al Venter , Washington, DC The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) is using radars made by Israeli company RADA Electronic Industries to provide its bases with early warning of incoming...
SIG Sauer has announced the selection of its Electro-Optics TANGO6T 1-6×24 Second Focal Plane (SFP) Riflescope and ALPHA4 Ultralight Mount for use by the U.S. Special Operations Forces. According to a statement, the TANGO6T...
WASHINGTON The Marine Corps has kicked off a rapid development program to begin firing long range anti-ship missiles from shore-based ground vehicles in an effort to add more punch to the Navy’s growing anti-ship...
Rheinmetall has been awarded a contract from the Swedish armed forces to supply vehicles for transporting Patriot air defense systems made by Rheinmetall’s partner Raytheon. Starting in the first quarter of 2021, Rheinmetall MAN...
The U.S. Army is planning to acquire Israel-built combat-proven Iron Dome air defense system, according to Inside Defense newspaper. According to a media report, the U.S. Army is seeking to buy two batteries of...
The U.S. Marine Corps has announced plans to extend the service life of the Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) into the 2030s before it finally retires. The fleet of Marine Corps Light Armored Vehicles will...
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – U.S. Air Force adaptive optics researchers are ready to approach industry for a new high-power sodium laser to create artificial stars for a variety of optical research at...
WASHINGTON – Top U.S. military leaders are reinforcing their commitment to open-systems standards for embedded computing and electronics design, as outlined in a memorandum signed last week by the secretaries of the U.S. Navy,...
BRUSSELS – If people talk about a modern conflict, most agree that IT will be fought in all dimensions possible. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has a good view about threats it might...
Turkish missile manufacturer Roketsan signed a contract on 10 January with local defence electronics house Aselsan for the serial production of an imaging infrared (IR) seeker to equip the new OMTAS 160 mm-calibre man-portable/vehicle-mounted...
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