Land Warfare

US sanctions fail to rattle India as it looks to Russian long-range radar

India has been navigating a strategic balancing act in its defence modernisation efforts as it considers deals with Russia and the US.

Land Warfare Preview 2025: Questions remain in a time of change

The land war in Ukraine has dominated the posture, spending and actions of Russia and NATO countries for two years. With a new US Government committed to ending the conflict early in 2025, there are implications on all three of those fronts.

Rheinmetall contracted by Ukraine to deliver Marder IFVs and propellant charge modules

The German manufacturer signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ukraine to expand their strategic cooperation which will include post-war rebuilding.

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Saab expands footprint in the US

The company will operate in two new locations in the coming years to better support US services.

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Boeing acquires US government intelligence provider SMSi

21st July 2011

Boeing today announced an agreement to acquire Solutions Made Simple Inc. (SMSi), an information services provider for the U.S. government and the Intelligence Community. Known …
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US Army awards Oshkosh upgrade contract for heavy tactical vehicles

21st July 2011

Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK), will recapitalize 160 trucks from the U.S. Army’s Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles (FHTV) fleet, including Heavy …
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Cassidian answers UOR from Swedish Armed Forces for protected transport

20th July 2011

Cassidian, the defence and security division of EADS, will improve the protection of soldiers of the Swedish Armed Forces in out-of-area missions with two of …
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800th Bushmaster delivered to Australian MoD

20th July 2011

The 800th Bushmaster to roll off the Bendigo production line has been officially handed over to the Hon. Stephen Smith, Minister for Defence. The handover …
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Ceradyne receives armour plate insert order

19th July 2011

Ceradyne, Inc. announced that it has received a delivery order for approximately $36.2 million for ESAPI (Enhanced Small Arms Protective Insert) ceramic body armor plates. …
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Comtech wins support contract for US Army movement tracking system

19th July 2011

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced July 15 that its Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, received an initial funded order totaling $4.6 million to support the …
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General Dynamics acquires NETCONN

19th July 2011

General Dynamics announced today that it has acquired Network Connectivity Solutions, Corp. (NETCONN), a provider of enterprise services and cloud computing to the U.S. Department …
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Boeing completes software and hardware development of beyond line of sight programme

19th July 2011

Boeing today announced that the hardware and software development of its Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) program is nearly complete. Boeing is working …
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Codan awarded sole source contract from AFRICOM

18th July 2011

Codan Limited (ASX-CDA) announced that it is delivering high frequency (HF) radio systems under a sole source contract to the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) …
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Harris Corporation receives $5.3m order from Brazilian MOD

18th July 2011

Harris Corporation , an international communications and information technology company, has received a $5.3 million order from the Federative Republic of Brazil for Falcon III …
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Navistar Defense to produce second round of MRAP

18th July 2011

Navistar Defense, LLC today announced that it received a delivery order for 140 International MaxxPro Recovery vehicles with rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) nets from the US …
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Lockheed Martin team delivers JTRS capability

18th July 2011

Lockheed Martin has delivered the first secure, Joint Tactical Radio to the US Army's AH-64D Apache Avionics Integration Lab. The Airborne, Maritime/Fixed Station Joint Tactical …
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Harris Corporation delivers wideband networking

18th July 2011

Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, is delivering combat-proven wideband networking capability through its Falcon III AN/PRC-117G tactical radio system as part …
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First DRS humvee with persistent field power delivered to USMC

16th July 2011

DRS Technologies, Inc., A Finmeccanica Company, announced its Test and Energy Management business unit has delivered the first of its next generation On-Board Vehicle Power …
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US Army awards secure mobile comms contract to TCS

16th July 2011

TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS), a world leader in highly reliable and secure mobile communication technology, today announced that it has been awarded a new order …
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Oshkosh to provide 400 additional MRAP M-ATVs to US Army

16th July 2011

Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, will build and deliver an additional 400 MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV) base variants with integrated underbody protection following …
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ESC BAZ wins asian contract for man-portable remote control systems

13th July 2011

ESC BAZ, a provider of advanced surveillance, observation and reconnaissance systems for defense and security applications, has announced today the winning of a contract to …
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Lockheed Martin teams with Esri to develop online geospatial capabilities

13th July 2011

Lockheed Martin and Esri will collaborate on technologies to put online geospatial apps and services in the hands of more military, intelligence, homeland security and …
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DARPA awards Raytheon BBN Technologies additional funding for MNP programme

13th July 2011

Raytheon BBN Technologies has been awarded $16 million in additional funding by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under phase two of the Military …