Deliveries of more than 2500 Rheinmetall MAN high mobility logistics vehicles to the Australian Defence Force have achieved a major new milestone with the Commonwealth of Australia declaring Initial Operating Capability (IOC) status for the LAND 121 Phase 3B program. Rheinmetall welcomes the announcement by Minister for Defence Senator the Hon. Linda Reynolds CSC that […]

DefenceTalkThe United States formally approved defense contracts totaling more than $1 billion with Saudi Arabia on Thursday, as the kingdom’s crown prince continued his American tour. The State Department confirmed it had green-lighted a $670 million deal for anti-tank missiles, a $106 million contract for helicopter maintenance and $300 million for ground vehicle parts. An […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-approves-1-billion-in-saudi-defense-contracts-71581/

DefenceTalkA team of people and vehicles from Fort Sill boarded a plane, Feb. 26, and departed for Germany to test the vehicles’ potential with an active unit. U.S. Army Europe officials requested the two vehicles after seeing their capabilities during stateside experiments against unmanned aircraft systems. “We know our enemy is using these capabilities,” said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-flies-counter-uas-vehicles-to-europe-69390/

DefenceTalkCSTC–A, Ministries of Defense (MoD), and Ministries of Interior (MoI) did not have controls in place to effectively manage accountability of the approximately 95,000 vehicles procured by DoD for Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) since 2005. In addition, MoD and MoI advisors were not confident that ANSF could effectively take over maintenance and sustainment of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/afghanistan-forces-cant-track-maintain-us-supplied-vehicles-63907/

DefenceTalkTwo-hundred-fifty Swedish [armored fighting vehicles] of the type BMP-1 are secretly being shipped to Iraq, Swedish Radio News reveals. It is illegal in Sweden to export weapons to Iraq, but the tanks are being sold via a company in the Czech Republic. In 2010, the Swedish Defence Material Administration, FMV, sold 350 light tanks to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/250-swedish-military-vehicles-sold-to-iraq-63365/

DefenceTalkThe German government has said it will not fulfill a request from its NATO ally and European Union partner Lithuania for the delivery of so-called Boxer tanks, a media report said on Sunday, citing the German Defense Ministry. “A delivery of armored transport vehicles from the German army or the resale of vehicles that are […]https://www.defencetalk.com/german-government-says-no-tanks-for-lithuania-report-63263/

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/

DefenceTalkGerman defence technology group Rheinmetall said on Tuesday its military vehicles joint venture with truck maker MAN had landed a 1.1-billion-euro ($1.45-billion) contract in Australia. “The Australian Defence Force has contracted with Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV) to supply it with an extensive fleet of advanced logistical vehicles,” Rheinmetall said in a statement. As part […]https://www.defencetalk.com/rheinmetall-man-announce-military-deal-in-australia-48593/

DefenceTalkIveco Defence Vehicles announced that, on May 28th 2013, the 14 variants of the “New Generation Vehicles” program were symbolically handed over from armasuisse to the Swiss Armed Forces Logistics Organization (LBA). The hand-over ceremony was held at the Arms square of the Swiss Army in Thun and was attended by military representatives and industrial […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iveco-delivers-new-gen-vehicles-to-swiss-army-48464/