The Portuguese Army is now armed with 166 Pandur II wheeled armoured vehicles that were purchased by the country´s procurement arm, the DGAIED (Direção-Geral de Armamento e Infra-Estruturas de Defesa) in February 2005 to General Dynamics European Land Systems-Steyr (GDELS-Steyr and formerly Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeug GmbH). The original contract worth EUR 344.3 million was for 240 […]

Economic growth (currently 7.2%) has enabled the Armed Forces of the Philippines to action the Defence Modernisation Programme and to also help finance the damage caused by typhoon Haiyan. The AFP Modernisation Programme is a 15 year programme with funding already agreed covering the first 5 years. This initial funding has resulted in the Philippines […]

Hydratek Inc, a privately owned manufacturer of multipurpose and amphibious vehicles based in Tennessee, USA won the bid to supply P66 million worth of small amphibian vehicle, a source from DND’s notice of award of the bidding. Hydratek must deliver 10 units of brand new small amphibian vehicle for Philippines Marine Corp with payload at […]

French firm CEFA has developed a new bridge crossing boat intended to replace the VEDETTE F1 currently fielded by engineering forces of the French Army (Armée de Terre). The new system called VEDETTE F2 is carried out and launched to water by a specifically developed towed trailer. The trailer is also able to recover the […]

TRAJAN 155 mm/52 caliber towed gun of French Nexter Systems is being offered to India to meet the country’s army TGS (Towed Gun System) towed howitzer program. TRAJAN weapon system feature a auxiliary power unit, inertial navigation system, muzzle velocity radar, hydraulically operated automatic loading and aiming system, embedded fire control system able to be […]

Radar realm midrange RV-02 is one of those products that are appreciated by superior efficiency, good anti-interference, high reliability, simple to use. Report broadcast on Quốc phòng Việt Nam (Vietnam Defense) pm on 7/10/2014, said Vietnam has succeeded in making radar medium-range planes RV-02. This project is the product of radar stations built RV-02 by […]

The Philippines has offered a US$1.5 billion budget to defense contractors around the world for phase one of its three-tier armed forces modernization program. It wishes to strengthen its bargaining chips in the dispute over the South China Sea’s disputed territories, reports the US Defense News Weekly. In a recent dispute over the South China […]

The Department of National Defense (DND) announced that the payment for the P882 million upgraded armored personnel carrier (APC), bagged by Israeli defense manufacturer Elbit Systems Ltd., will be done in three tranches. Dr. Peter Paul Galvez, Defense spokesperson, said first payment will be pegged at P405 million, the second will be P335 million and […]

OSHKOSH, Wis. — Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK), reached a milestone in the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program by completing Net-Ready testing with the Oshkosh Light Combat Tactical All-Terrain Vehicle (L-ATV). “We are pleased that our JLTV has demonstrated its capability to transfer critical data […]

Poland has short-listed a consortium of France’s Thales and European group MBDA, as well as U.S. firm Raytheon, in its tender for a mid-range missile defence system, the defence ministry said on Monday. The bids that lost out on the tender, which is estimated to be worth about $5 billion, were from the Israeli government […]