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Gross aggregate value as high as €556 million The German Bundeswehr has awarded Rheinmetall an extensive framework contract to supply tank ammunition. Under this agreement, 203,000 rounds of 120mm x 570 cal. service and practice ammunition – the kind fired from the main armament of Leopard...

Maj. “Vudu”, a U-2 Dragon Lady pilot assigned to the 9th Reconnaissance Wing, prepares to taxi after returning from a training sortie at Beale Air Force, Calif., Dec. 15, 2020. This flight marks a major leap forward for national defense as artificial intelligence took flight aboard a military...

During a major test, the drone acted as an airborne translator for the F-22 and F-35, while also flying in formation alongside them. The U.S. Air Force has successfully demonstrated the ability of a new communications and data gateway, designed in part to be installed on a specially...

Milrem Robotics is expanding and hiring several senior-level engineers as well as establishing competence centres in Europe. The company’s expansion is fuelled by shifting its focus onto software development due to leading more complex system integration projects and recently receiving two EU...

Brazil has ordered 90 UNIMOG 5000 series off-road trucks, according to a press release by the Brazilian Navy, with Mercedes-Benz to deliver the vehicles between 2021 and 2027. They are intended for use by the Marines (Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais, CFN) to transport troops and material. The...

Expal has reached an important milestone in the development of the new Dual-EIMOS on-board mortar system, which is completing its validation under the UTEX Experimental Tactical Unit programme with the SDGPLATIN. During official tests on 26 November, which were carried out at CENAD San Gregorio...

The Spanish Army’s special forces, grouped in the Mando de Operaciones Especiales (Special Operations Command, MOE), are to receive a Light Tactical All-Terrain Vehicle (LT-ATV). The procedure for this procurement, through the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) in the period 2021 to...

AH-1Z Viper helicopter Bell Textron has won a $23 million contract to support UH-1Y and AH-1Z helicopters operated by the U.S. military, Bahrain and Czech Republic. This order provides engineering and logistics support, procures four resident integrated logistics support detachment computer...

On Tuesday, South Korean defense contractor Hanwha has announced that it signed a major agreement with the U.S. military on collaborative research and development of key defense items and technologies. According to a company news release, the Cooperative Research and Development Agreement...

The U.S. State Department recently approved the potential sale to Italy of two Gulfstream G550 Aircraft with Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Electronic Warfare (AISREW) Mission Systems, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. The possible deal, which...

Turkey’s leading household appliances maker Arcelik AS signed a deal to buy 60% of Hitachi Global Life Solutions Inc.’s for $300 million to deliver on its strategy to expand in emerging markets. Arcelik and Hitachi GLS will form a new company that Arcelik will control to run operations in the...

December 14, 2020 – Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that it was awarded a contract valued at approximately $27 million from the Romanian-based company, Avioane Craiova S.A., for the first phase of the upgrade program of the Romanian Air Force’s (RoAF) IAR-99 Standard trainer aircraft. The...

MBDA has carried out the first firing of an MMP missile from an ARQUUS SABRE special forces vehicle as part of a firing campaign implemented with the support of the French Army and the Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA), France’s Procurement Agency. The firing was carried out at the...

After 15 years of reorganization, which at times has pushed the military into the background, Bulgaria is taking to heart the restoration of its defense capabilities and is committing substantial funds and political momentum to become a good international partner. Despite the nation is still...

China’s CCTV channel 7 recently did a video on Norinco’s Type 90 twin 35 mm anti-aircraft gun system, CS/SA1 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) and the SWS2 35mm 8×8 wheeled SPAAG. It is said that the SWS2 lost the competition for a PLA contract and the winner is a 8×8 solution with a...

Hungary has decided to replace the Soviet-era P-37, PRV-17 and ST-68U radars with the ELM-2084 radar made by Israel. The contract was signed with Rheinmetall Canada last week by Chief of the Staff Lt. Gen. Ferenc Korom. Deliveries will start from 2022...

The Direction Générale de l’Armament (DGA), acting on behalf of the governments of Spain, Germany and France, has formalised the contractual amendment permitting Spanish industry’s full integration into Phase 1A Technology Demonstrators activities of the NGWS/FCAS project, which was initially...

Northrop Grumman has successfully completed multiple rounds of tests on its Solid Fuel Ramjet (SFRJ) tactical engine configuration, a technology intended to enable long range precision fires, one of the US Army’s key priorities. Conducted under phase one of the service’s XM1155 Extended-Range...