DefenceTalkThe State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the UAE of Excess Defense Articles (EDA) of up to four thousand five hundred sixty-nine (4,569) MRAP vehicles for an estimated cost of $556 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uae-to-buy-mine-resistant-ambush-protected-mrap-vehicles-75467/

DefenceTalkPakistan has given Navistar Defence, a US manufacturer, a $35 million contract to produce 40 mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) MaxxPro Dash DXM vehicles for, IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly reported on Wednesday. The US Department of Defence (DoD) announced the deal in a statement issued on Feb 16. Awarded under a US Foreign Military Sales contract, the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-orders-new-mrap-vehicles-69246/

DefenceTalkRussia’s defense industry continues to maintain that a Russian version of the MRAP (Mine Resistance Ambush Protected) vehicle should be developed, but the Russian military’s need for vehicles in the class is not apparent, expert Alexei Ramm writes in an article in the Military Industrial Courier weekly. The Soviet Army faced the need to protect […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-armys-need-for-mrap-type-vehicles-being-moot-point-68167/

DefenceTalkToday, the first shipment of MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicles from the United States arrived in the port of Alexandria for delivery to the Egyptian military. The heavily armored MRAP vehicles are specifically designed to protect soldiers from blasts from Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), landmines, and from other types of attacks. Today’s delivery is […]https://www.defencetalk.com/u-s-delivers-armored-mrap-vehicles-to-egyptian-military-67469/

DefenceTalkDenel Vehicle Systems has concluded a contract of more than R900-million with NIMR in the United Arab Emirates for the development and supply of advanced mine-protected vehicles. This contract for N35 is one of the largest received by Denel Vehicle Systems (DVS) in recent years and will provide work for two of the company’s major […]https://www.defencetalk.com/denel-to-develop-new-mrap-vehicles-for-uae-65813/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Army and Air Force are working together to develop mine-resistant, ambush-protected, or MRAP, vehicles with laser technology. Before, when the military wanted to disable a bomb, highly-trained bomb disposal specialists wore body armor, protective suits or used robots to render an area safe. With lasers, operators can negate the threat of improvised explosive […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-air-force-take-bomb-disposal-to-new-level-with-lasers-64585/

DefenceTalkSoldiers laud the ballistic protection Mine Resistant Ambush Protected, or MRAP, vehicles that provide them against underbody threats, but now a brand-new MRAP feature, the first of its kind for the Army, will help maximize warfighter safety and survivability. Electronic stability control, or ESC, is a computerized technology designed to improve vehicle stability and has […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-outfits-first-vehicles-with-electronic-stability-control-64294/

DefenceTalkArmy Field Support Battalion-Afghanistan, or AFSBn-AFG, is in the early stages of a mission that will result in 94 mine-resistant, ambush-protected, or MRAP recovery vehicles being available to support future coalition missions. The battalion received an order from Department of Army G-4 directing them to notify U.S. Forces Afghanistan of how many MRAP recovery vehicles, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/mine-resistant-ambush-protected-recovery-vehicles-key-in-mission-63647/

DefenceTalkThe debate in Washington regarding the pros and cons of the putative agreement between the P5 and Iran on limits to its nuclear programs is focused either on theological questions, such as is a bad agreement better than none at all, or technical details like the relationship between the number of centrifuges Iran is allowed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/arms-race-in-middle-east-seen-intensifying-63474/

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/