Tanzania commissions two Haiqing-class patrol boats
The two patrol boats that the Tanzanian Navy Command (TNC) commissioned earlier this year are Chinese-built Haiqing-class patrol boats, recently released satellite imagery has confirmed. The...
View ArticleObama bans transfer of some military hardware to police
US president Barack Obama has banned the transfer of seven kinds of military equipment to local law enforcement groups, the White House announced on 18 May. The new rules, which immediately take effect...
View ArticleIDF armoured brigade adopts Humvees for reconnaissance
An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reconnaissance company supporting a Merkava Mk 4 tank brigade has adopted unarmoured Humvees as its preferred mode of transport in combat zones. The 401st Armored...
View ArticleZenit Shipyard to provide more ships for Kazakhstan's coastguard and navy
Key Points Shipyard to launch fifth Project 0300 Bars-class patrol vessel for the coastguard in April 2016. Build work to start on a new navy Project 250 missile patrol boat in 2015. Kazakhstan's Zenit...
View ArticleIDEX 2015: Raytheon partners with Nimr on Talon
Raytheon's Talon guidance kit for 70 mm rockets appears to have been given a new lease of life through a collaboration with the Emirati company that produces the Nimr range of armoured vehicles....
View ArticleIDEX 2015: Nash-Shab Quad remote weapon station unveiled
The Jordanian company Jadara unveiled at the IDEX show in Abu Dhabi a remote weapon station that can launch four of its Nash-Shab rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) before needing to be reloaded. Dubbed...
View ArticleIndia looks likely to scrap multi-calibre rifle contest
India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) is likely to scrap its 2011 tender for 66,000 multi-calibre assault rifles after four overseas vendors failed to meet the Indian Army's qualitative requirements (QRs)...
View ArticleRussian scandal postpones Venezuelan Kalashnikov, munition factories
Construction of a Kalashnikov assault rifle factory and corresponding munitions factory will be further delayed, according to Russian reports. The delays are being attributed to an alleged...
View ArticleParis Air Show 2015: Orbital ATK prepares to deliver ShotFinder HFI to launch...
Orbital ATK (formerly Alliant Techsystems) expects to deliver its ShotFinder hostile fire indicator (HFI) system to its inaugural customer in the coming months, a senior company official told IHS...
View ArticleUS Army moves towards new XM17 handgun
The US Army has taken another step towards buying a new XM17 Modular Handgun System (MHS), and announced on 17 June that a draft solicitation was released to industry. Programme specifications have...
View ArticleKalashnikov unveils PL-14 pistol
Concern Kalashnikov unveiled its new PL-14 self-loading pistol, chambered for the internationally available 9x19 mm cartridge, at the International Military-Technical Forum 'ARMY-2015' held in Kubinka...
View ArticleKalashnikov unveils its first RWS
The Kalashnikov Concern unveiled its first remote weapon station (RWS) dubbed Modul Boyevoy Distantsionno Upravlyaemiy (MBDU) at the Army 2015 international forum held at Kubinka near Moscow. MBDU can...
View ArticleAnti-materiel sniper rifles added to Russian Ratnik soldier modernisation...
Two 12.7 mm anti-materiel sniper rifles have been included in the armament suite of the Ratnik soldier equipment modernisation programme developed by Russian design bureau TsNIITochMash, a source in...
View ArticleSwitzerland buys B&T small arms
The Swiss Armed Forces have selected the 9 mm Mp 14 submachine gun and the 40 mm single shot grenade launcher Mzw 14 from small arms manufacturer B&T, company representatives told IHS Jane's at the...
View ArticleEnforce Tac 2015: B&T unveils two new firearms
Swiss company B&T unveiled prototypes of the P26 submachine gun and compact TP380 carbine at the Enforce Tac exhibition in Nuremberg. Both weapons are chambered in 9 mm cartridges, with serial...
View ArticleFinland orders more NLAW missiles
The Finnish Defence Forces have ordered more Next generation Light Anti-tank Weapons (NLAWs) from Saab Dynamics, the Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Department has announced. The contract, worth EUR32...
View ArticleIndia resends request to US for M777 guns
India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) re-issued its letter of request (LoR) to the US government on 23 June for 145 BAE Systems M777 towed 155 mm/39 calibre lightweight howitzers, official sources said....
View ArticleIndecisive storm: Assessing the Saudi-led air campaign in Yemen
After more than three months the Saudi-led campaign against the Yemeni group Ansar Allah has had mixed results, preventing the group from taking control of Aden yet failing to achieve its key objective...
View ArticleDutch special forces to buy carbines chambered in 300 BLK
The Netherlands Maritime Special Operations Force (NL-MARSOF) are planning to purchase a new carbine chambered in the non-NATO standard 7.62x35 mm (300 BLK), with a formal tender being launched by the...
View ArticleExpal delivers first Eimos mortars to Middle East customer
Expal has completed its first tranche of deliveries of its truck-mounted 81 mm Eimos mortar system, one that it is now working on as the basis of a potential future model for the Spanish Ministry of...
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