Australian Defence Magazine reports that the Australian Defence Force has been testing the EC-Paint day and night weapon camouflage paint made by a Norwegian company called NFM Group. The EC-Paint is formulated… Continue reading "Australian Defence Force Tests the EC-Paint Weapon Camouflage"
According to ADBR (Australian Defence Business Review), Australian Minister for Defence Christopher Pyne has approved the LAND 125 Phase 4 Integrated Soldier Systems project. LAND 125 is a multi-phase program dedicated to equipping… Continue reading "Australian Government Approves the LAND 125 Phase 4 Integrated Soldier Systems Project"
The Australian Army has ordered Saab’s Garl Gustaf M4 multi-role weapon system. In a press release Saab confirmed that they had received an order for the latest iteration of their… Continue reading "Australia Orders New M4 Carl Gustaf"
As Australia orders 211 Boxer CRV Wheeled Armored Vehicles Rheinmetall get their hands on a contract worth over €2 billion. After 52 weeks of comprehensive testing & evaluation the Australian… Continue reading "Australia orders 211 Boxer 8×8 Amored Vehicles"
The British defence company BAE Systems has won the $25 billion (£20 billion) contract to build Australia’s fleet of new navy frigates. The nine new frigates based on BAE’s Global Combat Ship will… Continue reading "Australia Selects BAE Frigate in $26 Billion Deal"
Australian Defence Magazine reports that Australian Army awarded three contracts with a total value of about $2.2 million to two domestic arms and equipment manufacturing companies. Here is how the publication… Continue reading "Australian Army Funds Domestic Development of a New Shotgun, Body Armor and Sights"
In recent weeks both Australia and the UK have confirmed that they will be procuring the ARTEC Boxer Armoured Fighting Vehicle. ARTEC is a joint venture between Rheinmetall & Krauss-Maffei Wegmann. In… Continue reading "UK & Australia To Procure Boxer Mechanised Infantry Vehicle"
Colt’s M5 Enhanced Carbine recently drew much interest and speculation at the formidable company’s latest entry into the AR15 market. However, we’ve recently learned more about the origins of the… Continue reading "Colt’s M5 Enhanced Carbine a Direct Result of Australian SOCOM Query"
Earlier this week, it was announced that plans for Japan to export used Abukuma-class destroyers to the Philippines have been agreed upon, marking the first time that Japan has exported… Continue reading "Japan Explores ‘Possible Transfer’ of Six Used Destroyers to the Philippines"
On June 24 Japan test fired a Type 88 surface-to-ship missile from the Shizunai Firing Range on the island of Hokkaido. The target was an unmanned boat located 40km from… Continue reading "Japan Conducts the First Ever Live-fire Missile Test from its Territory"