Former USCG Island-class patrol boats delivered to Ukraine
Two former US Coast Guard (USCG) Island-class patrol boats renamed Sloviansk (P 190) and Starobilsk (P 191) were delivered following refit to their new homeport of Odessa in Ukraine on 21 October, the...
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 ArticleRaytheon, Saab conclude initial guided flight trials of Guided Carl-Gustaf...
Raytheon Missile Systems and Saab Dynamics have completed an initial series of guided flight trials of the developmental Guided Carl-Gustaf Munition (GCGM) – the first guided round for the 84mm...
View ArticleUK Boxer contract signed
The Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) and Rheinmetall-Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) joint venture Artec signed a GBP2.8 billion (USD3.6 billion) contract on 4 November on behalf of the...
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 ArticleBurundi’s AMISOM contingent receives Springbuck, Fahd vehicles
The Burundian contingent serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has taken delivery of 10 Springbuck Heavy Duty (HD) mine-resistance ambush-protected vehicles (MRAPs), the South...
View ArticleVietnam modernising its AK-47 assault rifles
Vietnam’s Z111 factory has launched a modernisation of the armed forces’ inventory of AK-47 assault rifles in a move aimed at making the weapons more accurate and user friendly, according to a 5...
View ArticleGermany invests another EUR560 million in Bundeswehr equipment
The Bundestag, the German parliament, on 7 November approved equipment projects for the Bundeswehr worth about EUR560 million (USD618 million) and an increase in the capital of the BwFuhrparkService...
View ArticleEagle V 6×6 awaits production green light
General Dynamics European Land Systems – MOWAG said it has completed development of its latest Eagle 6×6 and is awaiting a production contract, with the Swiss army likely the first customer. The Swiss...
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 Mjölner...
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 ArticleMore details emerge about PLA’s new assault rifle
More details have emerged about the new assault rifle for China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) that was displayed during the 1 October parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the...
View ArticleAnalysis: Ukrainian defence procurement reflects the realities of war in the...
Ukraine is beginning to deliver to its army the weapons and systems it needs to hold firm in the Donbass. As Samuel Cranny-Evans reports, however, more will need to be done for the country to prevail...
View ArticleDSEI 2019: Swedish Army to receive first series production Mjölner...
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 ArticleBundeswehr orders more Spike launchers and missiles
The Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr (BAAINBw), Germany’s Federal Office for Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support, ordered 1,500...
View ArticleDetails emerge of Russia’s Sokol-V gun-launched missile
The next-generation 3UBK25 Sokol-V (Falcon) 125 mm gun-launched missile designed by the Tochmash Nudelman Precision Design Bureau is due to enter its first testing phase, according to information...
View ArticleTurkey test fires OMTAS missiles from moving anti-tank vehicles
Roketsan medium-range anti-tank missiles that were test fired from moving Pars 4×4 and Kaplan armoured vehicles hit their targets, Turkey’s Presidency of Defence Industries (SSB) tweeted on 25...
View ArticleRussia develops multilayered C-UAS system
Russian defence equipment exporter Rosoboronexport, a subsidiary of the state-owned Rostec group, has developed a four-stage/dual-use counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) capability and is now...
View ArticleNorth Korea releases image of 28 November weapon test
Images released by North Korea’s state-run media shows that the weapon system the country tested on 28 November was the same ‘super-large multiple rocket launcher [MRL]’ it had tested on 31 October, 10...
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