On 29 October 2019, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, the manufacturer of the Leopard 2A7V (Verbessert, or improved) main battle tank, handed over the first two tanks to the German and Danish armies… Continue reading "Denmark and Germany Receive First Leopard 2A7Vs"
On October 25, the Finnish Army announced that the final Leopard 2A6 main battle tanks it purchased had been delivered to Vuosaari Harbour at 06:45 local time. The Finnish Army… Continue reading "Final Finnish Leopard 2A6s Delivered"
Officially termed a “directed energy” weapon, the first pair of vehicle mounted lasers designed to combat unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have been received by the US Air Force. The ‘High… Continue reading "Raytheon Delivers Counter-Drone Laser to USAF"
Leonardo DRS and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems have delivered the first Trophy Active Protection System (APS) for the US Army’s M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) under an urgent requisition… Continue reading "First Trophy Active Protection System Delivered to US Army"
In another first for the 2019 AUSA (Association of the United States Army) trade show, Textron Systems have displayed their M5 Ripsaw Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV). The diminutive 10-ton ‘robot… Continue reading "M5 Ripsaw Robot Tank Debuted"
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"
Northrup-Grumman has unveiled the XM913 50mm Bushmaster at this year’s AUSA (Association of the United States Army) trade show and conference. The XM193 is based on the proven Bushmaster III… Continue reading "New 50mm Bushmaster Chain Gun at AUSA"
The impressively titled Research and Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces has unveiled a new family of unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs). In a press… Continue reading "Iran Unveils Heidar-1 UGVs"
Amidst the controversy of this recent events in Syria, a piece of footage recorded by a journalist for Germany’s Der Spiegel, Alexandra Rojkov, emerged on Twitter. It showed in excellent… Continue reading "Secretive Delta Force Pandur APCs Seen in Syria"
The US Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment have fitted the first 62 examples of the Mounted Assured Precision Navigation & Timing System (MAPS) anti-jam devices to their M1126 Stryker infantry carrier… Continue reading "Jam resistant GPS fitted to Strykers in Germany"