Russia has renewed a 2004 agreement to donate defence equipment to Mongolia. In remarks quoted by Russian news agency TASS on 1 October Mongolian Foreign Minister Damdin Tsogtbaatar said the two governments have “extended...

The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) has commissioned its second Krabi-class missile-capable offshore patrol vessel (OPV). The ship, HTMS Prachuap Khiri Khan (552), was inducted in a commissioning ceremony at Sattahip, Chonburi, on 27 September,...

North Korea test-fired what appeared to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from waters off its eastern coast on 2 October. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said that same day that the...

General Dynamics [GD] and team of Raytheon [RTN] and Rheinmetall have both submitted bids for the Army’s Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) program, the companies said Monday. GD said it is offering a new...

General Atomics has received a $41.8 million deal from the Army to support future hypersonic weapon system flight tests scheduled to begin in 2021. The deal, officially announced Monday evening, covers manufacturing and production...

General Atomics has received a $41.8 million deal from the Army to support future hypersonic weapon system flight tests scheduled to begin in 2021. The deal, officially announced Monday evening, covers manufacturing and production...

Raytheon Rheinmetall Land Systems, a joint venture formed by Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) and Rheinmetall Defence, has submitted its bid for the U.S. Army’s new Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle, or OMFV, program. The team...

America’s adversaries have begun challenging U.S. forces in nearly every domain including the air, land and sea, said Lt. Gen. Eric Wesley, Army Futures Command deputy commanding general and director of the Futures and...

U.S. diversified manufacturer Textron has been selected by the Raytheon Rheinmetall Land Systems, a joint venture of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) and Rheinmetall Defence, as the U.S. chassis manufacturer for the Lynx Infantry Fighting...

U.S. defense contractor FLIR Systems announced an indefinite contract with the United States Army for a new version of their chemical agent disclosure spray designed to detect sulfur mustard. FLIR has won a contract...

Industry proposals to build the US Army’s M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle replacement are in for service leaders to evaluate and, potentially, make an initial downselect early next year. On 1 October, Optionally Manned Fighting...

Video footage seemingly showing a significant victory for the Yemeni rebel group Ansar Allah (Houthis) is misleading, according to Colonel Turki al-Maliki, the spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition. Speaking during a 30 September press...

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The Army said Monday it has completed a two-year effort to transition over to a single hardware and software baseline for mission command platforms, a key step required to field the force’s future command...

The new joint venture from Raytheon [RTN] and Germany’s Rheinmetall has selected Textron Systems [TXT] to serve as the U.S. chassis manufacturer for the Lynx fighting vehicle being offered for the Army’s Bradley replacement...

Raytheon Rheinmetall Land Systems, a joint venture of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) and Rheinmetall Defence, has selected Textron Systems as the U.S. chassis manufacturer for the Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle. The team of industry...

Rheinmetall is taking on an important role in the modernization of the Hungarian Army. The Düsseldorf-based Group is producing the main armament and fire control technology for forty-four Leopard 2 main battle tanks as...

To keep our Armed Forces and personnel safe, the UK and US governments are offering up to £1.5 million for new technologies to access, disable and/or destroy munitions and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) containing...

Rheinmetall has been awarded a EUR300 million (USD328 million) contract in relation to 44 Leopard 2A7+ main battle tanks (MBTs) and 24 Panzerhaubitze (PzH) 2000 self-propelled howitzers (SPHs) destined for Hungary, according to a...