On 31 October, the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (Forsvarsmateriell) and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS announced the signing of a contract for the delivery of the Kongsberg Army Mobile Ground… Continue reading "Norway Contracts Kongsberg To Deliver Mobile Ground Based Air Defence"
The US Army has selected the General Dynamics Land Systems’ (GLDS) Multi-Utility Tactical Transport (MUTT) for its Squad Multipurpose Equipment Transport (SMET) unmanned ground system requirement. Some 624 8×8 MUTT… Continue reading "GLDS MUTT Wins US Army UGV Requirement"
BAE Systems and its partner, Iveco Defence Vehicles, have secured a contract modification which will see them deliver a reported 30 Amphibious Combat Vehicle-Personnel (ACV-P) platforms. The ACV is the… Continue reading "BAE and Iveco Secure Additional USMC Amphibious Combat Vehicles Contract"
On 5 November, the British Ministry of Defence announced that it had signed a contract for the delivery of over 500 Boxer 8×8 Mechanized Infantry Vehicles (MIV) worth £2.8 billion… Continue reading "Britain Confirms Boxer Order and Signs £2.8bn Contract"
Three firms have made it through the first gate of the US Army’s Robotic Combat Vehicle- Medium (RCV-M) and have been selected by the National Advanced Mobility Consortium (NAMC). General… Continue reading "Three Firms Chosen for US Army Robotic Combat Vehicle-Medium"
On 29 October 2019, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, the manufacturer of the Leopard 2A7V (Verbessert, or improved) main battle tank, handed over the first two tanks to the German and Danish armies… Continue reading "Denmark and Germany Receive First Leopard 2A7Vs"
On October 25, the Finnish Army announced that the final Leopard 2A6 main battle tanks it purchased had been delivered to Vuosaari Harbour at 06:45 local time. The Finnish Army… Continue reading "Final Finnish Leopard 2A6s Delivered"
Officially termed a “directed energy” weapon, the first pair of vehicle mounted lasers designed to combat unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have been received by the US Air Force. The ‘High… Continue reading "Raytheon Delivers Counter-Drone Laser to USAF"
Leonardo DRS and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems have delivered the first Trophy Active Protection System (APS) for the US Army’s M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) under an urgent requisition… Continue reading "First Trophy Active Protection System Delivered to US Army"
In another first for the 2019 AUSA (Association of the United States Army) trade show, Textron Systems have displayed their M5 Ripsaw Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV). The diminutive 10-ton ‘robot… Continue reading "M5 Ripsaw Robot Tank Debuted"