The Department of Defence has announced the award of a $50 million contract to ADS for the supply of holsters for the Army’s new Modular Handgun System. Atlantic Diving Supply… Continue reading "ADS Wins Army Contract for Modular Handgun Holsters"
The US Army’s newly stood up Futures Command will look at what the battlefields of the near future will look like and what operational factors troops might encounter. Senior officers… Continue reading "Army Futures Command to Ask What Will Future Battlefield Look Like?"
A month ago, President Donald Trump announced the formation of a new branch of the US military dedicated to space. While the US military’s current youngest branch, the US Air… Continue reading "Congress Delays Plans for US Space Force"
The US Army has announced that Austin, Texas will be the home of its new Futures Command, the command’s location was selected from a nationwide list of 150 cities. The… Continue reading "US Army Selects Austin, Texas as Home for New Futures Command"
Confirming our report back in June that the US Army’s future Next Generation Squad Automatic Rifle program has identified five current contestants and awarded opportunity notice awards to facilitate prototype development.… Continue reading "Five Companies To Develop Prototypes For US Army’s Next Generation Squad Automatic Weapon"
Over the last few weeks OVD/TFB have been keeping abreast of the US Army’s Sub Compact Weapon program. The program to arm Personal Security Details with a new compact, concealable submachine gunsaw contracts… Continue reading "BREAKING: US Army Cancels Sub Compact Weapon Program!"
The British defence company BAE Systems has won the $25 billion (£20 billion) contract to build Australia’s fleet of new navy frigates. The nine new frigates based on BAE’s Global Combat Ship will… Continue reading "Australia Selects BAE Frigate in $26 Billion Deal"
At the 2018 NDIA Armaments Forum the US Air Force detailed some of their current major small arms programmes. One of these was for a new ultra compact Aircrew Self… Continue reading "USAF’s New GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon"
The US Army is set to evaluate 10 off the shelf submachine guns to fill its recently identified Sub Compact Weapon role. Last month (May 2018) the US Army’s PEO Soldier – Project… Continue reading "US Army To Evaluate 10 Subguns for Sub Compact Weapon Program"
On the 6th June the United Kingdom’s first four F35-B Lightning II’s arrived at RAF Marham in Norfolk. Built by Lockheed Martin, the fighter jets represent the future of British air… Continue reading "First F-35B Lightning II’s Arrive in UK"