Inkas Vehicles – a manufacturer of armoured transport and special purpose vehicles based in Dubai Investments Park (DIP), will set up another manufacturing facility in the business park at an investment of Dh55 million, said a press statement. Inkas currently operates a 110,000 square feet manufacturing factory, producing over 1,000 quality armoured transport, executive SUVs, […]

Volvo Group Governmental Sales (VGGS) comprising Renault Trucks Defense, ACMAT Defense,Panhard Defense, Volvo Defense and Mack Defense, announced the 1000th ALTV (Light Tactical Vehicle) lightweight multi-purpose tactical vehicle rolled off the production line. The ALTV vehicle produced by ACMAT Defense has been sold to more than twenty countries since 2009. The 1000th unit is to […]

The Department of National Defense has signed a P882-million contract with an Israel-based firm for the purchase of 28 armored infantry fighting vehicles. DND Assistant Secretary Patrick Velez said in an interview on Thursday that the deal was signed last week with Elbit Systems Land and C4L for the “very capable” vehicles. Velez declined to […]

MineWolf Systems successfully delivered the runway clearance solution to the Government of Pakistan in 2014. The customer has procured the Mini MineWolf (MW240) platform with a range of attachments to fulfill different operational tasks; all of which are related to the clearance of explosive remnants of war.

The Harper government has signed off on a proposal to buy an additional C-17 Globemaster heavy-lift transport plane, bringing to five the number of the hulking airborne workhorses in the air force fleet. Multiple defence sources say the decision to acquire the aircraft was made recently, but has not yet been announced as officials are […]

Russia Unmanned Ground Vehicle “Platform-M” Displayed in Naval Base Security Role (Kamchatka). Platform-M combat robot is to be used for gathering intelligence, discovering and eliminating stationary and mobile targets, providing firepower support and guarding important sites.

The Russian army performs some military tests with new all-terrain vehicles Trekol SUV in the Arctic Region. Russia tested the vehicles on the Arctic peninsula of Rybachiy, 200 kilometers from Murmansk, Russian Defense Minister said December 15, 2014. TREKOL-39294 is an ATV on pneumatic low pressure propelling devices designed for year-round cargo and passenger transportation […]

This list only includes captured vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment captured and destroyed by the Islamic State may be higher than recorded here. Some civilian vehicles such as Toyota Hilux pickup trucks are not included in this list. A great deal of effort has […]

Russian Helicopters (part of State Corporation Rostec) has delivered the first batch of four Mi-171Sh military transport helicopters, made by Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant, to the Ministry of Defence of Peru. The Mi-171Sh are being delivered to Peru a month ahead of schedule. The customer also received aviation equipment required for its operation in addition to […]

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, California, has been awarded a $657,400,000 hybrid contract including firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-plus-fixed-fee undefinitized contract action for aircraft for the Republic of Korea. Contractor will provide four RQ-4B Block 30 Global Hawk air vehicles, two spare engines, and the applicable Ground Control Environment elements. Each will contain an Enhanced […]