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Oshkosh Defense courtesy photo The U.S. Army has awarded the Oshkosh Defense, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oshkosh Corporation, a contract for the next-generation variant of its Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles. According to a company news release, Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command...

Approximately 160 items of U.S. Army equipment are scheduled to be offloaded at the port facility in Izmir, Turkey, August 6, 2021. The equipment, assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 122nd Field Artillery Regiment, 33rd Brigade Combat Team, Illinois Army National Guard, will transit from the port via...

The Egyptian Navy has taken delivery of its fourth and final Type-209/1400mod submarine (S44) from Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), with the vessel arriving in Egypt today. S44 docked at Alexandria Naval base after sailing from Kiel in Germany. It was handed over by TKMS in a...

Translated To deploy missile units on Ishigaki Island ... Aiming to counter China, the Nansei Islands have four bases The Ministry of Defense has decided to deploy the Ground Self-Defense Force's missile unit to Ishigaki Island (Ishigaki City) in Okinawa Prefecture at the end of 2022. The...

The Aerodynamics Branch of Arnold Engineering Development Complex(AEDC) tests directed energy system in wind tunnel Dr. Rich Roberts, chief of the Aerodynamics Branch Store Separation Section of Arnold Engineering Development Complex, looks at a directed energy (DE) system turret positioned on...

Rheinmetall will be equipping the Dutch military’s Fennek wheeled armoured reconnaissance vehicle with a new gun carriage-adaptable aiming device. The new device, the Lafettenadaptierbares Zielgerät 400, or LaZ400 for short, will replace the vehicle’s existing thermal imaging system...

SCHIEBEL CAMCOPTER® S-100 COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL TRIALS FOR THE HELLENIC NAVY Vienna, 2 August 2021 – Schiebel demonstrated the outstanding capabilities of its Unmanned Air System (UAS) CAMCOPTER® S-100 to the Hellenic Navy. Stationed on board of the Elli-Class Frigate Aigaion (F-460) in the...

On 19 July 2021, the second Leonardo AW139 helicopter with registration BH-YBG (construction number 31769) was delivered to the 5th Aviation Regiment (5th AVN) at Garbut Barracks/RAAF Base Townsville (Qld). The first AW139 (registration VH-YBF) was delivered on 12 May 2021. In October 2020, the...

On 28 July 2021, the Vzdušné síly armády České republiky (CzAF, Czech Air Force) received the last of two additonal Airbus C295MW transporters. The service’s sixth airlifter, serial 0482 (construction number 173) was delivered in the new C295MW version, which features winglets in order to be...

Cyril Ramaphosa: South African President South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the use of 1,495 members of the military to help neighbour, Mozambique, fight an Islamic State-linked insurgency, parliament said on Wednesday. The use of the South African National Defence Force...

Leonardo is pleased to announce that the Portuguese Navy has taken delivery of its first upgraded Lynx Mk95A. The aircraft has been delivered to Montijo, Portugal. The Navy has been operating the Lynx for three decades and the modernisation programme will see the upgraded aircraft in-service...

Hanoi (dpa) – US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin met with his Vietnamese counterpart in Hanoi in a visit analysts say aims to strengthen military cooperation to counter China’s influence in the region – and address the legacy of war. Austin’s visit marks the first by a top member of the Biden...

Sailors assigned to the littoral combat ship USS Tulsa and Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 21 conduct flight operations while sailing with the guided missile destroyer USS Kidd on July 9. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Chase Stephens/U.S. Navy July 28 (UPI) -- Three U.S. Navy...

By its order, the Cabinet of Ministers endorsed the draft agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Federal Government of the United States on projects in the field of research and development, test and evaluation and authorized Defense Minister Andriy Taran to sign the agreement. The...

Rafael has released a new video advertising its SPICE-class of precision guided munitions. The video includes a segment showing a Su-27/35 carrying out a strike againsta a warship using the SPICE 250. Real time datalink updates to the weapon for the target’s coordianates were sent from the...

Taipei, July 28 (CNA) The Ministry of National Defense (MND) announced Wednesday that Taiwan has signed a contract with the United States to purchase six sets of MS-110 airborne reconnaissance systems, which experts said would significantly boost long-range air reconnaissance capability. The...

XQ-58A Valkyrie Tail #1 prepares for transfer to Air Force Museum WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – Air Force Research Laboratory engineers prepared the XQ-58A Valkyrie Tail #1 to be transferred to the National Museum of the United States Air Force here June 1. The XQ-58A...

SHIELD AI SIGNS DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE MARTIN UAV Shield AI’s Hivemind® will enable GPS- and communications- denied operation and swarming onboard Martin UAV’s V-BAT SAN DIEGO, CA and PLANO, TX (July 28, 2021) – Shield AI, a fast-growing technology company that develops artificial...

Ukrainian-based Archer company has developed an improved version of the compact gunner’s sight for main battle tanks. As noted by the company, it has developed a multi-sensor electro-optical sight system fitted with a cooled detector. The use of new state-of-the-art technology enables to offer...