BIDDING for the lucrative LAND 400 armoured vehicle project has stepped up with BAE Systems announcing a partnership with Finnish company Patria. BAE’s Australian headquarters is in Adelaide, and the company planned to partner with Patria to bid for phase two of the project, with plans to “maximise contribution by Australian industry”. The Land 400 […]

CAE today announced that it has won a series of contracts valued at approximately C$115 million to provide a range of training systems and services for global defence and security customers. These include contracts to continue providing MQ-1 Predator/MQ-9 Reaper aircrew training to the United States Air Force (USAF), a contract to update the Royal […]

The governments of Indonesia and China have jointly agreed to conduct an in-depth assessment of the procurement of the SLR-66 OTH maritime radar to boost the security of sea lanes in the Indonesian archipelago. Indonesian Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro informed ANTARA in Beijing on Tuesday that Indonesia and China will reevaluate the financing mechanism for […]

Thales has secured a Department of Defence contract to enter Low Rate Initial Production for the company’s innovative F90 assault rifle. “This is a major milestone in the F90 story,” said Kevin Wall, Vice President Armaments at Thales Australia. The engineering and development of Australia’s F90 has created a light, versatile weapon that has met […]

Given the foreign policy shifts of recent years and new national security priorities, the Russian Armed Forces now have a totally new set of objectives that could be broken down into the following four major dimensions: deterring the military and political threats to the security or interests of the Russian Federation Supporting economic and political interests […]

“AutoKrAZ” provides the vehicles with new Ford and Toyota engines at the request of the National Guard. The KrAZ-Spartan armored vehicle is equipped with turbocharged diesel V8 engine rated at 300hp at 2 800 RPM from Ford. Engine displacement is 6.7l. The KrAZ–Cougar armored vehicle is provided with 4.0l engine. This is a V6 petrol engine […]

India first customer of short-range airdefence system «Sosna».  New Air defense missile system “Sosna”  is intended to protect against all types of air threats including high-precision weapons e.g. cruise missiles and guided aircraft missiles in the area of the system responsibility: in range – up to 10 km, in altitude – up to 5 km Structure principles […]

PHOTO: Vehicles for Airdefense Missile System «Antey-2500» Egypt armed force  at Kirov Plant (c) www.fontanka.ru  

Two U.S. F-22 fighter jets intercepted six Russian military airplanes that were flying near Alaska, military officials said Friday. Lt. Col. Michael Jazdyk, a spokesman for the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, said the jets intercepted the planes about 55 nautical miles from the Alaskan coast at about 7 p.m. Pacific time Wednesday. […]

The Iraqi army have used the Russian anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) system Kornet for the first time, destroying five Islamic State (IS) armored vehicles in the central province of Diyala, Alsumaria TV channel reported on Monday. “The Russian anti-tank system was first used by the Iraqi army … in the province of Diyala [50 kilometers east of […]