2020 BUDGET: Airpower Wins Big; ‘Multi-Domain’ Emerges
PENTAGON: What does the US military need to win a war — or better yet, prevent one — against Russia or China? The answer in the 2020 budget request is planes and missiles. At...
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Russians training pudgy, tattooed honeypots to target enlisted
MOSCOW – The Russian Federation intelligence “sparrow” school has launched a new program to train fat, tattooed women to seduce lower enlisted analysts, sources confirmed today. “For decades, we’ve trained elegant, sensual, intelligent women...
U.S. Special Operations Command orders advanced sniper rifles
Tennessee-based Barrett Firearms Manufacturing Inc. had got a $49,9 million order for delivering advanced sniper rifles to the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). The Department of Defense (DoD) announced on Monday an agreement worth...
UK forms specialised Gurkha battalion
The UK is forming a specialised Gurkha battalion, Armed Forces Minister Mark Lancaster announced on the Ministry of Defence (MoD) website on 11 March. Recruitment for the 3rd Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles begins in...
EOS reports strong 2018 revenue growth
Australian remote weapon station (RWS) manufacturer Electro Optic Systems (EOS) reported a 200% growth in defence revenues year-on-year to AUD85 million (USD59.9 million) in 2018, and is expecting to achieve a further 100% growth...
Ukraine completes factory testing of new BTR-4 variant
UkrOboronProm (UOP) announced at the end of February that its Malyshev Plant and Morozov Design Bureau had completed testing of the new BTR-4 armoured personnel carrier (APC), with serial production set to begin this...
Oshkosh Receives $23.6 Million To Recapitalize 48 Heavy Tactical Trucks For National Guard
Oshkosh Defense [OSK] has received a $23.6 million dollar order to recapitalize nearly 50 Heavy Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks (HEMTT) for the National Guard. The deal is the first under a new $237.7...
Army Reboots Cruise Missile Defense: IFPC & Iron Dome
The new approach will focus on an urgent but largely unmet threat: Russian and Chinese cruise missiles. …read more Read more here:: Breaking Defense (Land)
Slovakia consider procuring 3D radar from United States
The Slovak Ministry of Defence (MoD) consider procuring 3D air defense radar systems from a range of suppliers – including the United States of America. Slovakia plans to procure 17 3D air defense radar...
Green Beret fights off cougar at local bar
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A Special Forces soldier is in serious but stable condition in his team room this morning after a cougar attack in a Fayetteville bar last night, sources confirmed today. Staff Sgt....
Construction moves forward on ballistic missile defense gallium nitride (GaN) radar system in Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska; Construction is moving forward on a U.S. military project to build a new ballistic missile defense system in Central Alaska that involves a gallium nitride (GaN)-based solid-state active electronically scanned array (AESA)...
Two injured after Russian modern Pantsir missile system crash in Vladivostok
A busy highway in Vladivostok is shut down after a Russian modern Pantsir missile system rollover crash on Monday morning Two soldiers were injured in a rollover accident in a Pantsir-S1 air defense systems...
Canada receives final TAPVs
The Department of National Defence of the Government of Canada recently confirmed to Jane’s the receipt of all 500 Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicles (TAPVs) under order. The last vehicle was delivered in December 2018....
Russian MoD reinforces VSHORAD
The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said that it is reinforcing its land forces’ very short-range air defence (VSHORAD). “State trials of the Derivatsiya-PVO 57 mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun [SPAAG] system are set...
British Army to deploy robotic and autonomous systems operationally
Following the success of Army Warfighting Experiment (AWE18) Autonomous Warrior (Land), held on Salisbury Plain in November–December, UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson announced at the Autonomous Exploitation Conference in London on 5 March 2019...
Poland implements modernisation plan for 2017–26
Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak signed the Armed Forces Technological Modernisation Plan (TMP) 2017–2026 on 28 February. “Security has been, is, and will be a priority for us. The plan assumes modernisation worth PLN185...
Bolivian Army integrates new sniper systems
The Bolivian Army paratrooper regiment RFC-18 ‘Victoria’, based at Cochabamba, received a batch of about 35 newly acquired Steyr SSG 04 A1 sniper and HS .50 M1 anti-materiel rifles on 7 March . This...
Animal Dynamics acquires autonomous software developer Accelerated Dynamics
Unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturer Animal Dynamics has acquired autonomous software developer Accelerated Dynamics, combining the capabilities of the two British firms. Animal Dynamics develops UAVs based on biomechanics, utilising natural fundamentals and coupling them...
Rheinmetall, NIOA secure investment for artillery facility
A consortium between Rheinmetall Defence Australia (RDA) and Brisbane-based firearms and ammunition producer NIOA has secured investment from the Queensland state government to support the establishment of an artillery manufacturing facility. NIOA said on...
Spanish army tests new VAMTAC SK95 artillery truck
Spanish Army has announced on 7 March that soldiers assigned to 7th brigade “Galicia”, stationed in Pontevedra (Galicia) tested new artillery truck developed by UROVESA. According to a statement, the new truck designed to...