Hanwha launches the Redback in Australia
Hanwha Defense Australia and Team Redback have launched the Redback Infantry Fighting vehicle ahead of delivering three Redback vehicles to compete in the test and evaluation trials being conducted as part of the Risk Mitigation Activity for project Land...
IAI completes WindGuard Radar System deliveries to US military
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced it has supplied several hundred WindGuard (ELM-2133) radar systems to DRS Land Systems for the US Army’s Abrams tanks. The combat-proven radars are installed on IDF’s Merkava battle tanks and Namer armoured personnel carriers...
ABC News: Hawkei contract criticisms revealed after report previously sealed
ABC News in Australia is reporting that a previously sealed report into the Defence Department's handling of a A$1.3 billion dollar military contract for the Hawkei vehicle has been fully released. In 2018, Thales Australia applied for a Federal...
Final Trophy Active Protection Systems delivered to US Army
Leonardo DRS and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems of Israel (Rafael) announced that they have completed the delivery of Trophy Active Protection Systems (APS) ordered by the US Army for installation on Abrams main battle tanks. This marks a major...
Bundeswehr orders 48 heavy tractor trailers from Rheinmetall
The German Bundeswehr has contracted with Rheinmetall to supply it with additional heavy tractor trailers with a 70-tonne payload. Delivery of a further 24 unprotected heavy tractor trailers – dubbed the SaZgM 70t mil in German military parlance –...
XTEK wins contract to leverage actionable intelligence in C4 EDGE collaboration
XTEK announced its inclusion in the next phase of the Command Control Communications and Computers - Evolutionary Digital Ground Environment (C4 EDGE) Program. This an all-Australian industry consortium demonstrating a sovereign Battlegroup and Below Battlefield Command System (BG-BCS). Under...
APDR News in Brief 28 December 2020
Kaney selected to improve rotorcraft power systems for US Army: The US Army has selected Kaney for the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program with the goal of improving Army rotorcraft platforms. Under this effort, Kaney will develop technologies to...
KONGSBERG wins Remote Weapon Stations deal with British MIV program
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS (KONGSBERG) has signed a contract valued at approximately US$114 million with Thales UK for delivery of the PROTECTOR RS4 Remote Weapon Stations (RWS) to the British Army Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV) program.
More than 20,000...
XTEK gets US$2.1 million in orders, secures export license
XTEK announced that its US subsidiary, HighCom Armor Solutions has secured approval for permanent export licenses for ballistic products to Mexico City, with current export orders worth a total of US$2.1 million. This follows the approval of a Warehousing...
First firing of MMP from Sabre special forces vehicle
MBDA has carried out the first firing of an MMP missile from an ARQUUS Sabre special forces vehicle, as part of a firing campaign implemented with the support of the French Army and of the Direction Générale de l’Armement...