Saab has received an order from the Latvian Armed Forces for deliveries of the shoulder-launched disposable AT4 weapon system. Deliveries will take place in 2021. The order is the third placed within the framework...

Raytheon, one of the largest U.S. defense contractors that manufactures a wide range of products, from cruise missiles to combat-proven air defense systems, has unveiled a new cutting-edge military training product at I/ITSEC, the...

MW Industries (MWI), a Chicago area-based firm that makes heavy-duty springs for military ground vehicles, is getting a new leader. The company announced in late November that Simon Newman will become its CEO on...

Key Points UK maritime forces conduct second experiment with autonomous capabilities Advanced technologies will support the development of the Future Commando Force The UK Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Marines (RM) have completed a...

On the hunt for ways to defeat tanks outfitted with explosive reactive armour, the US Army is seeking vendor input on anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) and associated technologies that will be ready within eight...

Raytheon [RTN] has unveiled a new virtual reality trainer the company has designed to meet the Army’s requirement to simulate operational scenarios with real and virtual weapons as part of the Synthetic Training Environment...

DoD is finalizing contracts for three competing demonstrators, aiming for a 300-kilowatt weapon by 2022 and 500 kW by 2024, laser R&D director Thomas Karr told us. …read more Read more here:: Breaking Defense...

The Dutch Defence Materiel Organisation signed a contract at the Netherlands Defence and Security Industry (Stichting Nederlandse Industrie voor Defensie en Veiligheid: NIDV) exhibition in Rotterdam on 28 November with Iveco Defence Vehicles for...

The Czech Army general staff and Ministry of Defence published a new strategic concept on 20 November describing the modernisation priorities of the armed forces over the next 10 years. “We have to accelerate...

MAC, based in Mississippi, is expected to start delivering its latest .50 calibre (12.7×99 mm) polymer cased ammunition to the US Marine Corps (USMC) in 2020, according to Joe Gibbons, the company’s plant manager....

Tokyo and New Delhi agreed to further deepen their bilateral defence and security co-operation during the first India-Japan 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial Meeting on 30 November. During the meeting, which was held in...

Malaysia’s parliament unanimously approved the country’s first Defence White Paper (DWP) on 2 December, outlining the strategic outlook for the next 10 years. Tabling the document, which has yet to be released to the...

The Norwegian Army is scheduled to accept initial deliveries of a new mobile ground-based short-range air-defence system from prime contractor Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (Kongsberg) in late 2022, with all units expected to be...

Two of Japan’s biggest shipbuilders – Imabari Shipbuilding and Japan Marine United (JMU) – have agreed to enter an alliance, the companies announced on 29 November. The move represents the latest in a series...

Russian defence equipment exporter Rosoboronexport, a subsidiary of the state-owned Rostec group, has developed a four-stage/dual-use counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) capability and is now actively marketing it globally, Director General Alexander Mikheev told Jane’s....

The Chilean government is planning to transfer up to 100 Piranha 6×6 armoured personnel carriers (APCs) from the army to the Carabineros, the national police force. The army is set to be compensated with...

Rheinmetall plans to develop and manufacture a new 155 mm gun with a significantly larger chamber and longer, 60-calibre barrel, the company said in a 27 November press release. Rheinmetall told Jane’s on 28...

Images released by North Korea’s state-run media shows that the weapon system the country tested on 28 November was the same ‘super-large multiple rocket launcher [MRL]’ it had tested on 31 October, 10 September,...