Defence Industry

Sale of RUAG Ammotec USA Inc. to Umarex

RUAG Ammotec Deutschland GmbH has sold its US subsidiary to the Umarex group of companies.

Defence Industry

Renovation and Modification of Swedish Artillery System

Swedish Government submitted to the Riksdag Government Bill 2005/06:132, "Renovation and modification of the Haubits 77B artillery system".

Defence Industry

M1152 To Be Modified By AM General L.L.C.

AM General L.L.C. was awarded two contracts to the amount of more than $61 million.

Defence Industry

Russian Ministry of Home Affairs is to procure 48 Tiger vehicles from GAS

Deputy Home Minister of Russia, Michael Soukhodolskiy, told journalists on Friday, that Russian Ministry of Home Affairs is planning to procure 48 Tiger 8x8 armoured vehicles from Gorky Automotive Plant (GAS), Nizhniy Novgorod.

Defence Industry

Oshkosh Truck Signs Agreement with ADI Limited to Offer Bushmaster(R) Armored Vehicles in North America

Oshkosh Truck Corporation, a leading manufacturer of specialty trucks and truck bodies, announced that it has added an armored vehicle to its stable of combat-proven military trucks.

Defence Industry

ROSOBORONEXPORT Board Of Directors Sums Up 2005 Arms Exports Results

The Rosoboronexport Board of Directors summed up results of 2005 at a meeting, convened on 15 February 2006. In 2005 Rosoboronexport exported in excess of US $5.2 billion's worth of defence products.

Defence Industry

Armoured personnel carriers of Morozov Design Bureau shall be equipped with German Deutz engines

Ukraine -- The leading enterprise in development of armoured equipment and artillery systems in Ukraine – Kharkov Morozov Machine-Building Design Bureau has fitted a German diesel engine Deutz into a new domestic special purpose armoured vehicle DOZOR-B.

Defence Industry

General Dynamics Delivers First Five Australian M1A1 Abrams Integrated Management Tanks

LIMA, Ohio -- During a ceremony at the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center - Lima, General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), delivered the first five of 59 M1A1 Abrams Integrated Management (AIM) tanks to the Commonwealth of Australia.

Defence Industry

Large-calibre contracts go to Rheinmetall – Turkey and the Netherlands order ammunition worth EUR 79 million.

Turkey and the Netherlands have recently awarded Rheinmetall AG of Dusseldorf contracts for large-calibre ammunition worth some EUR 79 million.

Defence Industry

U.S. Army and General Dynamics Ink Teaming Agreement Links Anniston Army Depot and defense industry for worldwide fleet management

FT.LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC), Program Executive Office Ground Combat Systems, Anniston Army Depot (ANAD) and General Dynamics Land Systems have signed an unprecedented teaming agreement on service and support of combat vehicles.

Defence Industry

NetFires LLC Successfully Completes Second Significant Program Milestone: Preliminary Design Review for NLOS-LS Container Launch Unit

TUCSON, Ariz., -- The NetFires Limited Liability Company (LLC), composed of Raytheon Missile Systems and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, successfully passed the Preliminary Design Review

Defence Industry

Turkey invites new bids for tanks

Undersecretariate for Defence Industry (SSM) of Turkey, being responsible for defence procurement in this country, officially invited bids for Turkish Main Battle Tank.

Defence Industry

Raytheon Demonstrates New Mobile Networking Capabilities

MCKINNEY, Texas -- During recent field exercises at Ft. Benning, Ga., Raytheon Company successfully demonstrated critical new mobile ad-hoc networking (MANET) capabilities - improvements in a network's ability to establish itself, in its ability to heal itself through data rate adaptation, and in its ability to fully integrate operations with legacy communications equipment via the network.

Defence Industry

BAE SYSTEMS Delivers 1,000 Transparent Armored Gun Shields For HMMWVs Under A U.S. Army TACOM Contract

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – BAE Systems has delivered the first 1,000 Transparent Armored Gun Shields (TAGS) to U.S. Army troops in Iraq under a contract worth up to $4.7 million from the U.S. Army's Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM).

Defence Industry

ESG Software Solution Enables Integrated Maintenance of German Army's Material Inventory

From now on, the Bundeswehr will be able to manage its material inventory in a more efficient and cost-effective manner.