Kiwis Get New Wheels
The New Zealand Army are to receive 43 Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles (PMVs) in a deal worth a reported NZ $102.9 million. The Bushmasters will replace the Pinzgauer in Kiwi… Continue reading "Kiwis Get New Wheels"
The New Zealand Army are to receive 43 Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles (PMVs) in a deal worth a reported NZ $102.9 million. The Bushmasters will replace the Pinzgauer in Kiwi… Continue reading "Kiwis Get New Wheels"
Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace has won the contract for a common, system-wide wireless fire control system for the US Army family of in-development Robotic Combat Vehicles (RCVs). RCV-Light (RCV-L) and… Continue reading "Kongsberg Win Wireless Fire Control Contract for US Army Robotic Combat Vehicles"
The American arm of Australian firm EOS have successfully test-fired 30mm cannon and Javelin ATGMs (anti-tank guided missiles) from their R400S remote weapon station (RWS) mounted on a HMMWV (High… Continue reading "EOS Test Fire Cannon and Javelin from RWS"
ST Engineering announced on 20 April, that it had secured a Phrase 2 Contract for the production and supply of its Hunter Armored Fighting Vehicle from the Singapore Ministry of… Continue reading "Phrase 2 Production Contract for Singaporean Hunter Armored Fighting Vehicle"
The US Army Contracting Command recently issued a solicitation for up to 269 additional 30mm XM813 cannons for the existing Medium Caliber Weapon System (MCWS) Lethality upgrade to its Stryker… Continue reading "More 30mm Turrets for Stryker"
The Australian Army’s 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), has received the first five of their new Protected Mobility Vehicle-Light (PMV-L) or Hawkei (named after a death adder) as part… Continue reading "Australian Army’s 1RAR Receives Hawkei"
In 2013, the Polish Ministry of Defense began a new project to develop a new remote turret system for the Wolverine/Rosomak armoured personnel carrier (APC). The new remote turret, ZSSW-30,… Continue reading "ZSSW-30 Remote Turret System for Polish IFVs"
Four companies have been shortlisted for the Australian Army’s LAND 129 Phase 3 Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (TUAS) program to replace the RQ-7B Shadow 200 UAS currently in service. The… Continue reading "Australian Army Shortlists Drone Finalists"
Since the 1970s the Polish Armed Forces have been using a single Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) model. Throughout all those years new generations of conscripts had the questionable pleasure of… Continue reading "Badger IFV For The Polish Army – a Major Change?"
US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) have posted a request for information (RFI) to industry for their next generation replacement for the Pandur I based Armored Ground Mobility System (AGMS). The… Continue reading "SOCOM Looking for new Joint Armored Ground Mobility System"