The Marder infantry fighting vehicle celebrates its 50th anniversary today: it was a half a century ago, on 7 May 1971, that the German Army took formal deliver of the first serially produced vehicles. This took place at simultaneous ceremonies in Kassel and Kiel – the corporate seats of the …
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Belgium-based designer and manufacturer of small caliber weapons, associated weapon systems and ammunition FN Herstal has announced earlier today the entry of a brand-new machine gun with unique features, the FN EVOLYS™. With this new addition to FN Herstal’s product portfolio, the Company definitely intends to write a new chapter …
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BAE Systems has signed a contract worth around $200 million to produce and deliver 127 BvS10 all-terrain vehicles to the Swedish Army, adding to its existing fleet of BvS10s. The contract signed with the Swedish military procurement agency, FMV, is for both command and control and logistics vehicles. Deliveries of …
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The U.S. Army Contracting Command announced that it has awarded Oshkosh Defense, a wholly owned subsidiary of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK), a three-year extension to the FHTV IV contract and initial delivery orders valued at $146.8 Million. Under the extension, Oshkosh will provide new and recapitalized Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical …
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Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) has been commissioned by IVECO Defence Vehicles S.p.A. to produce the driver’s cabs of GTF2 protected transport vehicles on the IVECO Trakker basis. In total, the order involves a production volume of 224 protected cabs from KMW with an option for a further 824 truck cabs. KMW …
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In accordance with the contract signed in 2019, yesterday the first of 32 LMV-BR has been delivered to the Brazilian Army during a ceremony held at Iveco Defence Vehicles’ plant in Sete Lagoas (MG). The event was attended by representatives of the company and of the Brazilian Army. The remaining …
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“Where the rubber meets the road” is a well-known adage that refers to a place where a new idea is put to a real-world test, and it could not be more appropriate to describe Soucy’s highly innovative Composite Rubber Track system fitted to the Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicle. The Redback, …
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The European leading robotics and autonomous systems developer Milrem Robotics signed a distribution and maintenance agreement with XTEK Ltd. and delivered the first THeMIS Unmanned Ground Vehicle to the Australian homeland security specialist. This first THeMIS will be used by XTEK Ltd., for trial, evaluation, and demonstration purposes. Including Australia, …
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The Governor of Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI), H.E. Ahmad Al-Ohali, expressed his sincere appreciation and gratitude to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince, for the Council’s approval …
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Patria has been awarded a contract for the delivery of Patria Sonac ACS Acoustic Minesweeping Systems to the Royal Norwegian Navy by the Norwegian Defence Material Agency (NDMA). This contract is a very important milestone in Patria’s strategic efforts to become one of the leading companies providing underwater and maritime …
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