Exhibitions

FN Herstal Enhances Self-Protection Capabilities of deFNder RWS with ANTARES Situational Awareness System

For the first time in its history, FN Herstal will display its deFNder® Medium Remote Weapon Station (RWS) together with the ANTARES optronic system at the international EUROSATORY exhibition, due to be held in Paris, France, from June 11 -15, 2018.

Exhibitions

The Transatlantic Partner for Land Defense in Europe - General Dynamics European Land Systems premiers four new offerings at EUROSATORY 2018

MADRID -- General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) will present four new offerings at the EUROSATORY Defense & Security International Exhibition 2018, between June 11th and June 15th in Paris, in Hall 5A – Stand No. E839.

Defence Industry

BMPT Terminator will receive a remote blasting ammunition

The Pribor Research and Production Association, which is part of Techmash (Russia), is developing the state-of-the-arts amunition with a remote blasting, said Yury Nabokov, general director of the company.

Defence Industry

Rheinmetall ships 200th Puma IFV to the Bundeswehr

The 200th Puma infantry fighting vehicle earmarked for the Bundeswehr has just rolled off the assembly line at the Rheinmetall plant in Unterlüß in Lower Saxony. It is also the 100th Puma manufactured by the Düsseldorf-based tech enterprise, part-owner of the joint venture tasked with producing the vehicle. The jubilee vehicle will soon be arriving at the Bundeswehr’s force integration organization in Munster a.d. Örtze, likewise located in Lower Saxony.

Future Technologies

Uralvagonzavod demonstrates BMP-3 with AU-220M weapon station

Uralvagonzavod Corporation (UVZ, part of Rostech) has published video of combat shooting at the range from a gun of the caliber of 57 mm, mounted on the weapon station of BMP-3 IFV. The weapon station can be remotely controlled from a position outside the vehicle.

Exhibitions

Otokar to Present ARMA 8x8 in HEMUS 2018

Otokar, the largest privately owned company of Turkish defence industry, participated in HEMUS 2018 with its ARMA 8x8 armored fighting vehicle.

Exhibitions

General Dynamics European Land Systems presents a new variant of PIRANHA IFV at the HEMUS Exhibition 2018

PLODIV (Bulgaria) -- General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) will present a new variant of its advanced 8x8 wheeled infantry fighting vehicle PIRANHA IFV, at the XIII International Defence Exhibition HEMUS 2018 between May 30 and June 2 in Plodiv, Bulgaria.

Defence Industry

Arquus Unveils Its New Identity On May 24th 2018

On the evening of May 24, 2018, Arquus invited 450 prominent figures from the defense world to celebrate its new corporate identity. During the plenary session, Emmanuel Levacher, the CEO of Arquus, presented the company’s new identity, explaining the long-term considerations that motivated the change.

Defence Industry

U.S. Army Purchases 20 MRZR® X Vehicles for Soldier Trials

MINNEAPOLIS and ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Team Polaris® and its advanced MRZR® X multi-mode vehicle platform have been selected by the U.S. Army to be one of the robotic systems used by infantry brigade combat teams for the next year of trials as part of the Squad Multipurpose Equipment Transport (SMET) program.

Exhibitions

BAE Systems to participate in IDEB in Bratislava

BAE Systems will be participating in the IDEB international defense and security exhibition in Bratislava, Slovakia May 16-18, focusing on capabilities that will be offered to key European countries to replace their armored vehicle fleets.

Defence Industry

Elbit Systems of Australia Concludes Successful Delivery of Thermal Weapon Sights to ADF

Elbit Systems of Australia Pty Ltd (“Elbit Systems of Australia “ or “the Company”) has closed out the successful delivery phase of the Land 125 Phase 3C contract supplying XACTth65 thermal weapon sights to the Australian Defence Force (ADF). Dan Webster, the Managing Director of Elbit Systems of Australia and Malcolm McKeith, the Director of Armaments Systems Program Office at The Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG), signed the final delivery document at Melbourne’s historic Victoria Barracks on 22 March. The Maintenance phase of Land 125 continues until mid-2020.

Defence Industry

Global Clearance Solutions to support HI with mine clearance, development and social protection of vulnerable population in Northern Chad

Freienbach, Switzerland, 19.04.2018 (PresseBox) - Global Clearance Solutions (GCS) is a leading company in the security industry and a provider of safe, reliable and cost-efficient solutions for the effective clearance/disposal of explosive remnants of war (ERW), including landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and cluster munition. Additionally, the company offers a wide range of services and training in the field of EOD and IEDD*.

Defence Industry

BAE Systems and Milrem LCM Sign Maintenance Support Contract for Estonian CV90s

BAE Systems and Milrem LCM, an Estonian provider of combat vehicle life-cycle management, have signed a contract to support Estonia’s fleet of CV9035 Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs).

Robots

In Russia conducted winter tests of Combat UGV

On March 6, 2018, the Kalashnikov Concern published information on recent tests of equipment and weapons, the purpose of which was to test the operation of all systems in low-temperature conditions. The company published a brief description of this event, as well as shared photos and videos. The press service of the concern explained what exactly specialists were doing during the recent tests and what tasks they were solving.

Defence Industry

Three-axis amphibious armored truck was created in Belarus

Multi-purpose armored vehicle Vitim 668240 was developed in Minsk at the Minotor-Service enterprise. It was first presented at the International Military Technical Forum "Army-2017" in the Moscow region of Kubinka, Russia.