First 4 Women Graduate Cavalry Scout Training at Fort Benning
For the first time, four women were among 162 soldiers who graduated Thursday from the Cavalry Scout One Station Unit Training. …read more Read more here:: Military.com (Land)
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Azerbaijan’s army receives more 9M123 Khrizantema anti-tank missile systems
The Azerbaijani Army has received a new batch of new 9M123 Khrizantema anti-tank missile systems from the Russian Federation, said azeridefence.com June 24. A large batch of 9M123 Khrizantema (AT-15 Springer) anti-tank missile systems...
Dismissal of Bid Protest Clears Way for New Army Sidearm
In January, the Army announced that Sig Sauer would supply its standard sidearm for the next decade, replacing the Beretta M9. …read more Read more here:: Military.com (Land)
‘Sorry aboot that, eh’ — Canadian sniper apologizes after record-breaking kill shot
OTTAWA — A Canadian sniper apologized today after he was confirmed to have scored the longest lethal shot on record, according to sources. The sniper, whose identity is being withheld for operational security reasons,...
General Dynamics: Fault Radios For Army Network Vulnerabilities, Not WIN-T
TAUNTON, Mass. – Recent public criticism of the Army’s battlefield communications network is not unfounded, but fault likely should reside with the range and security of tactical radios rather than the satellite-based system that...
Ukraine to buy 10 new Oplot main battle tanks in 2018
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov to declare the government will buy at least 10 new Oplot main battle tanks in 2018. In the state defence order for...
IDE’s Hybrid Tactical Mobile Generator in ‘Spring Storm’ 2017
INTRACOM Defense Electronics (IDE’s) latest product technology was put to the test by the Estonian Defence Forces (EDF) during the ’15th Spring Storm’ exercise. …read more Read more here:: Army Technology (Land)
North American Anti-Materiel Rifles with Houthi Forces in Yemen
Multiple videos shared by pro-Houthi media channels during October 2015 show Houthi rebel fighters employing Barrett Model 82A1 (M82A1) anti-materiel rifles during fighting in Yemen. The American-made Barrett M82A1 is semi-automatic, chambered for .50...
DX Korea 2016
DX (Defense Expo) Korea is, literally, a defense exposition held bi-annually in Korea. Originally, there was one major international defense expo in Korea; it has been the ADEX (Aerospace & Defense Expo), which was...
DX Korea 2016
DX (Defense Expo) Korea is, literally, a defense exposition held bi-annually in Korea. Originally, there was one major international defense expo in Korea; it has been the ADEX (Aerospace & Defense Expo), which was...
Rockwell Collins’ Modernized GPS receivers successfully complete NavFire-M weapons testing
In a series of seven ballistic and guided flight tests, Rockwell Collins’ Military-Code (M-Code) Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers successfully completed each test, demonstrating live fire tracking for precision guided munitions. The precision guided...
Leonardo and HENSOLDT to upgrade more than 350 UK air, land and sea platforms
Leonardo has signed a contract with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) worth in excess of 290 million Euros. The contract will see Leonardo and HENSOLDT, working together as ‘Team Skytale’, upgrade the IFF...
Paris Air Show 2017: Airbus DS outlines progress on armed C295
Airbus Defense and Space (DS) is set to deliver its first armed intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) C295 aircraft to an undisclosed customer in September, Pablo Melero, marketing manager for ISR Military Aircraft at...
GAO: Army improving acquisitions, but ‘requirements’ far understaffed
The US Army has made progress in improving its acquisition processes, particularly in how it generates requirements for new capability, but work remains to be done and staffing may be a critical issue, according...
Latvia boosts defence spending
Latvia will meet the NATO target of defence spending of 2% of GDP in January 2018, President Raimonds Vejonis announced on 19 June. After a ceremony to mark the completion of the deployment of...
Rising star: Colombia’s COTECMAR shipyard sails to higher seas
COTECMAR’s developing expertise and capacity to build ships of increasing complexity have contributed to its growing reputation as a viable and innovative supplier of naval vessels across Latin America. Erwan de Cherisey charts the...
Turkey deploys small force to Qatar
The Turkish military announced on 22 June that it had deployed 23 personnel and five armoured military vehicles to Qatar. It did not say how many Turks are now in the country, but a...
German parliament passes EUR10 billion worth of defence programmes
During its penultimate session before the summer recess, the Bundestag’s parliamentary budget committee approved defence procurement and modernisation programmes worth EUR10 billion (USD11.2 billion). This included the approval of funding for the procurement of...
USMC, Raytheon begin producing new turrets for LAV anti-tank vehicles
The first two production models of the US Marine Corps’ (USMC’s) Light Armored Vehicle Anti-Tank Modernization (LAV-ATM) A2 models, updated with an improved rocket launcher, have been completed. The new model includes an unmanned...
North Korea conducts another possible ICBM rocket engine test, says report
North Korea has carried out another test of a rocket engine that the United States believes could be part of Pyongyang’s programme to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the Reuters news agency reported...