TADTE 2019: Taiwan’s MPC readies new low-profile RCWS for Cloud Leopard
The Taiwanese Ministry of National Defense’s (MND’s) Materiel Production Center (MPC) has unveiled a new remote-controlled weapon station (RCWS) that has been specifically designed to reduce the target...
View ArticleAustralia hands over Guardian-class patrol vessel to Samoa
Key Points Australia has handed over the fourth of 21 vessels being delivered to 12 Pacific Island countries and Timor-Leste Vessel will strengthen the Samoan Police Service’s maritime surveillance...
View ArticleRafael demos Spike LR from JLTV
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has demonstrated a live-fire targeted launch of the Spike weapon system from an Oshkosh-supplied 4×4 Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV). The demonstration firing,...
View ArticleRoketsan developing new directed energy weapon system
Turkey’s Roketsan is expanding its research and development capability into directed energy weapon systems (DEWS). However, the company declined to comment on whether its DEWS was being developed with...
View ArticleUS delivers two additional Metal Shark Defiant 32s to Uruguay
The US officially delivered a second batch of two Metal Shark 32-ft (9.8m) fast patrol boats on August 14 to the Uruguayan Navy Comando de Infanteria de Marina (Marines). With the addition of the two...
View ArticleTurkish UAV seen in Libya
The presence of Turkish unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in Libya has seemingly been confirmed by footage showing what appeared to be a Bayraktar TB2 at an airport that could be identified as Mitiga in...
View ArticleSouth Korea completes development of upgraded 81 mm mortar system
South Korea has completed development of an upgraded 81 mm mortar system, according to a 29 August statement by the country’s Defence Acquisition Programme Administration (DAPA). Referred to as the ‘81...
View ArticleDynamit Nobel Defence to begin RGW 110 firing trials in 2020
Dynamit Nobel Defence (DND) is expected to begin preliminary firing trials of its prototype 110 mm calibre Recoilless Grenade Weapon (RGW) 110 shoulder-fired disposable single-use weapon system in...
View ArticleThree companies selected to design US Army NGSW prototypes
The US Army has selected three companies to design Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) prototype variants. On 29 August, the service announced that it has awarded Textron Systems, General Dynamics...
View ArticleUkraine’s Vilkha-M multiple launch rocket system completes tests
The Vilkha-M, a Ukrainian upgrade for the BM-30 Smerch 300 mm multiple launch rocket system, has completed another series of tests, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 30 August. In...
View ArticleMSPO 2019: ZMT offers UKM-2000PE machine gun to Norway
Zaklady Mechaniczne Tarnów (ZMT) unveiled the final export version of the second generation UKM-2000PE machine gun at the International Defence Industry Exhibition MSPO being held in Kielce, Poland,...
View ArticleDSEI 2019: EXPAL launches new mortar aiming and safety systems
Spain’s EXPAL Systems unveiled two new mortar components at the DSEI show on 10 September. The E-COMPAX electronic mortar aiming system provides orientation and elevation aiming giving mortar teams...
View ArticleDSEI 2019: Swedish Army to receive first series production Mölnar...
The Swedish Army will receive its first four series production Granatkastarpansarbandvagn 90 (Grkpbv 90) self-propelled mortars on 19 September, the Swedish Army told Jane’s at the 2019 Defence and...
View ArticleDSEI 2019: New FN Herstal ammunition adds punch, opens use of smaller ranges
FN Herstal has announced four new cartridges in the 5.56 mm and .50 calibres to augment its existing range of ammunition. The first of these is the FN PROPASS, a 5.56x45 mm armour-piercing round that...
View ArticleDSEI 2019: MKEK confirms rifle deliveries to Turkish Armed Forces
More than 40,000 MKEK MPT-55/55K assault rifles have been delivered to the Turkish Armed Forces out of an initial order of 70,000, Jane’s has learned on speaking to an MKEK representative at the 2019...
View ArticleDSEI 2019: SIG Sauer publicly unveils NGSW system
SIG Sauer publicly unveiled its entry for the US Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) programme at the DSEI 2019 defence exhibition in London during September. This follows an announcement in...
View ArticleFGM-148 Javelin fired from Titan UGV
The Lockheed Martin/Raytheon Javelin Joint Venture has demonstrated a FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) live-fire engagement capability from a Kongsberg M153 Protector Common Remotely...
View ArticleDSEI 2019: CTA International shines light on new munition for 40 CTAS
Speaking to Jane’s at the 2019 Defence and Security Equipment International exhibition (DSEI 2019), CTA International managing director Sylvain Richy showed off its General Purpose Round – Kinetic...
View ArticlePortugal presents weapons purchased from FN Herstal
The Portuguese Army has formally unveiled small arms that it purchased from FN Herstal through the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) for EUR42.8 million (USD47.3 million). The army officially...
View ArticleAselsan rolls out Alkar 81 mm mortar
Turkish company Aselsan has completed development of its latest Alkar 81 mm mortar weapon system (MWS) using internal research and development funding. The company said production can begin as soon as...
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