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Northrop Grumman Showcases Vehicle Active Protection System for the US Army

Huntsville, Ala. 16 January 2019. Northrop Grumman Corporation demonstrated advanced Vehicle Active Protection System technologies against Anti-Tank Guided Munitions during the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research Development Engineering…Read more ›

Tagged with: Anti-Tank Guided Munitions, ATGM, MEOS, Mike Meaney, Multifunction Electro-Optical System, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Northrop Grumman SKCM, Passive Infrared Cueing Sensors system, SKCM, Soft-kill Rodeo, TARDEC, Vehicle Active Protection System technologies

US Army to Proceed with Iron Fist Light APS Supported by RADA’s Software-Defined Radars

NETANYA, Israel. 07 January 2019 . RADA Electronic Industries Ltd. A leader in the development, production and sale of tactical land radar for force and border protection – announced that following the…Read more ›

Tagged with: Active Protection System, APS, AROC, Border Protection, Bradley Fighting Vehicle, Dubi Sela, Elbit Systems, emerging market, Fielding Active Protection, General Dynamics, IFL, IMI, Iron Fist Light, Israel Military Industries, RADA, RADA Electronic Industries Ltd, US Army

Sikorsky, Boeing Provide First Look at SB>1 DEFIANT™

West Beach Fla. 26 December 2018 . Sikorsky and Boeing provided the first look at the SB>1 DEFIANT™ helicopter the companies have developed for the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi-Role…Read more ›

Tagged with: Boeing, Future Vertical Lift program, Multi-Role-Medium Technology, Sikorsky, U.S. Army

U.S. Army awards General Dynamics contract for Mobile Protected Firepower

GD Land Systems to deliver 12 medium-weight, large-caliber prototype vehicles Sterling Heights, Mich., 20 December 2018. The U.S. Army has awarded a $335 million Section 804 Middle Tier…Read more ›

Tagged with: Don Kotchman, General Dynamics contract, General Dynamics Land Systems, IBCT, Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Joint Systems Manufacturing Center, Land Systems Griffin II, Lima, low rate initial production, LRIP, Middle Tier Acquisition, Mobile Protected Firepower, Mobile Protected Firepower program, MPF combat vehicle, MTA, Rapid Prototyping, Sterling Heights, U.S. Army awards

US Army decides to proceed with the Iron Fist Light APS on The Bradley

Petersburg, Fla . 21 December 2018. General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS) in cooperation with Elbit Systems and IMI’s team is moving forward with Phase II of their Iron Fist…Read more ›

Tagged with: Active Protection System, APS, Army Requirements Oversight Council, AROC, Bradley Fighting Vehicle, defended combat vehicles, Elbit Systems, Elbit Systems Land Division, General Dynamics Ordnance, Iron Fist Light APS, Tactical Systems, US Army, Yehuda Vered

Indra’s cyber range platform trains the experts of the Spanish joint cyber-defense command

The company holds a contract to facilitate the organization of cyber defense exercises aimed at enhancing the capabilities of armed forces experts The platform has been used in…Read more ›

Tagged with: Armed Forces, cyber exercise training, Ethical Hacking, Fifty cyber soldiers, Ibero-American Cyber Defense Forum, Indra’s cyber range platform, Joint Spanish Cyber Defense Command, real attacks

Romania to procure additional Patriot Air and Missile Defense systems

Bucharest, Romania. 01 November 2018. The Romanian government has signed an agreement with the U.S. Army and transferred funding to the US government for the purchase of three additional…Read more ›

Tagged with: additional Patriot Air, advanced aircraft, Cold War, cruise missiles, Global Armies, lower tier ballistic missiles, Michelle DeMaio, Mike Ellison, Missile Defense systems, Patriot fire units, Raytheon Patriot®, U.S. Army, U.S. Department of Defense, US Government

U.S. Army Pilots Fly Autonomous Sikorsky Helicopter for the first time

Technology developed with DARPA aids pilot decision-making and reduced crew Fort Eustis, Va.. 29 October 2018. U.S. Army pilots exercised supervised autonomy to direct an optionally-piloted helicopter (OPV)…Read more ›

Tagged with: ALIAS program, Army aviators, Chris Van Buiten, DARPA, DARPA ALIAS program, DARPA’s Aircrew Labor, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Future vertical lift aircraft, Lockheed Martin company, Mark Ward, Mission Software Flight Demonstration, non-Sikorsky pilots, Obstacle Avoidance, optimally-piloted systems, optionally-piloted helicopter, OPV aircraft, robust autonomous, S-76B commercial helicopter, SARA, Sikorsky Autonomy Research Aircraft, Sikorsky Chief Pilot, Sikorsky Helicopter, Sikorsky Innovations, Sikorsky’s MATRIX™ Technology, U.S. Army Pilots, U.S. Army’s Aviation Development Directorate

French Forces with MBDA clear MMP 5th generation land combat missile for Desert Operations

Paris. 18 October 2018. From August 25 to September 22 2018 in Djibouti, the French Army Technical Service (STAT), the French DGA (Direction Générale de l’Armement), with the support…Read more ›

Tagged with: Direction Générale de l’Armement, ECUME, French Army Technical Service, French Forces, Global Armies, land combat missile, MBDA, MMP weapon system, Operation Barkhane, STAT

Rostec creates replacement for Makarov pistol

Moscow. 17 October 2018. The Central Scientific Research Institute of Precision Engineering (TSNIITOCHMASH), part of the Rostec, has created a 9x21mm pistol that may replace the legendary Makarov handgun.…Read more ›

Tagged with: 9x21mm pistol, Albert Bakov, Conventional Armament, Makarov pistol, Nikolay Makarov, Sergey Abramov, Soviet firearms designer, TSNIITOCHMASH, Warsaw Pact

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Northrop Grumman Showcases Vehicle Active Protection System for the US Army

US Army to Proceed with Iron Fist Light APS Supported by RADA’s Software-Defined Radars

Sikorsky, Boeing Provide First Look at SB>1 DEFIANT™

U.S. Army awards General Dynamics contract for Mobile Protected Firepower

US Army decides to proceed with the Iron Fist Light APS on The Bradley

Indra’s cyber range platform trains the experts of the Spanish joint cyber-defense command

Romania to procure additional Patriot Air and Missile Defense systems

U.S. Army Pilots Fly Autonomous Sikorsky Helicopter for the first time

French Forces with MBDA clear MMP 5th generation land combat missile for Desert Operations

Rostec creates replacement for Makarov pistol

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