DefenceTalkThe Ministry of Defence has awarded Babcock International a £900 million, 10-year contract for the maintenance of the army’s land vehicles. The contract will transform the way the army’s vehicles are maintained, repaired and stored. It also has the potential to grow to around £2 billion as a result of plans, subject to value for […]https://www.defencetalk.com/babcock-awarded-900-million-uk-army-vehicle-contract-61328/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Army Reserve has fielded the first two M1271 Medium Flail Mine Clearing Vehicles, or MCV, with the 364th Engineer Platoon, located at Fort Smith, Arkansas. The MCV is a manned vehicle designed to clear paths through minefields and provides area clearance using a motorized flail system to detonate mines in a safe manner. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/m1271-medium-flail-clearing-vehicles-enter-us-army-service-60693/

DefenceTalkThe State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Pakistan for 160 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles, spair and repair parts, and training, etc., for an estimated cost of $198 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-to-sell-mine-resistant-ambush-protected-mrap-vehicles-to-pakistan-60628/

DefenceTalkNATO partnership is strengthened as UK sells 123 surplus combat reconnaissance armored vehicles to Latvia. The highly-mobile UK vehicles have been sold to the Latvian Army in a package worth £39.4m, including their overhaul and refurbishment. The vehicles have previously been used in operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iraq and Afghanistan. The purchase of these […]https://www.defencetalk.com/latvian-army-purchases-uk-armoured-combat-vehicles-60521/

DefenceTalkThe Defence Material Organization (DMO) has awarded a $105M contract to high mobility vehicle specialist, Supacat, to deliver 89 Special Operations Vehicles – Commando (SOV-Cdo) for the Australian Defence Forces under the JP2097 Ph 1B (REDFIN) program. The new SOV-Cdo are based on the latest MK2 version of Supacat’s HMT Extenda and designed to meet […]https://www.defencetalk.com/supacat-to-deliver-89-special-operations-vehicles-60412/

DefenceTalkGeneral Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, is continuing work on an Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) solution for the U.S. Marine Corps. The recently awarded five-month contract extension, valued at $7 million, continues General Dynamics’ ongoing work to determine the best option for developing an affordable, survivable and high water speed ACV […]https://www.defencetalk.com/gd-continue-amphibious-combat-vehicle-testing-for-marine-corps-60137/

DefenceTalkThe global military land vehicles market is gaining momentum. While traditional markets are choosing to upgrade and maintain existing fleets rather than replace aging platforms, other regions are looking to purchase new units. This is providing maintenance and upgrades opportunities as well as export potential that will provide a steady source of revenue for market […]https://www.defencetalk.com/military-vehicle-market-seen-growing-60075/

DefenceTalkMilitants fighting in Syria’s war put to use for the first time on Sunday American-made Humvees that they seized during a lightning offensive in Iraq this month, a monitor said. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, used the armoured vehicles to capture the villages of Eksar and Maalal in Aleppo province, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/syria-militants-now-using-humvees-seized-in-iraq-59961/

DefenceTalkDozor-B armored vehicle in amount of 200 units of Kharkiv Morozov Machine-Building Design Bureau production – member enterprise of Ukroboronprom State Concern – will be supplied to Armed Forces of Ukraine and National Guard to put it into the service. It was announced by Oleksandr Turchinov, Acting President of Ukraine on June 4, 2014 at […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ukraine-orders-200-dozor-b-small-lavs-59883/

DefenceTalkAs the Navy prepares to deploy its first laser weapon on a ship later this summer, Office of Naval Research (ONR) officials announced June 11 that they have finished awarding contracts to develop a similar weapon to be used on ground vehicles. The Ground-Based Air Defense Directed Energy On-the-Move program, commonly referred to as GBAD, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/laser-weapon-being-readied-for-marine-vehicles-59857/