This year at AUSA, BAE Systems proudly displayed their Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) family of systems which entered full-rate initial production for the US Army in August 2023. On display… Continue reading "AUSA 2024: All About the AMPV with AMPV Program Director Bill Sheehy"
The US Army has announced that the 5th Battalion of the 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (5-4 ADA) under the Europe-based 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command (AAMDC) has… Continue reading "US Army Deploys New M-SHORAD Air Defense System"
US Army Contracting Command-Redstone have issued a request for information (RFI) pertaining to a replacement system for the current in-service Raytheon FIM-92 Stinger short-range air-defence (SHORAD) surface-to-air missile (SAM). The… Continue reading "US Army Issues RFI Seeking Stinger Replacement"
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan released a statement today admitting responsibility for shooting down a Russian Mi-24 Hind attack helicopter by mistake. The shootdown occurred around 6:30 PM… Continue reading "UPDATED: Azerbaijan Accidentally Shoots Down Russian Mi-24"
(Title Photo: Sergei Bobylev and TASS) The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces laid out the plans for the Russian military’s participation in the Army-2020 expo in a recent press… Continue reading "Russia to Demonstrate Medium and Short Range AA Systems Against Cruise Missiles and UAVs at Army-2020"
The US Army has placed testing of its Interim Maneuver Short-Range Air-Defense (IM-SHORAD) at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, on hold due to the impact of the CVOID-19 virus. The vehicle… Continue reading "COVID-19 Halts SHORAD"
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"
General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) have publicly debuted their Stryker A1 IM-SHORAD (Initial-Maneuver Short-Range Air-Defense) prototype at the AUSA (Association of the United States Army) trade show in Washington DC.… Continue reading "SHORAD Air-Defense Stryker at AUSA"