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Artillery & Air Defence
Netherlands to procure Israeli PULS MRLs
The Netherlands is set to become the first foreign customer of the Israeli Precise and Universal Launching System (PULS) multiple rocket launchers (MRLs), a new and advanced system that can fire rockets with high...
Land Platforms
Russia to equip T-80BVM and T-90M tanks with Arena-M APS
Russia is planning to upgrade its main battle tanks (MBTs) with a new active protection system (APS) that can intercept and destroy incoming projectiles, such as anti-tank missiles, rockets, and grenades. The Arena-M APS,...
Land Platforms
Russian Army testing new wheeled combat vehicles
The Russian army is testing two new types of combat vehicles on the Bumerang platform, the K-16 and the K-17, until the end of 2023. The Bumerang platform is a modular wheeled family of...
Land Platforms
Turkish Navy takes delivery of new amphibious combat vehicles
The Turkish Naval Forces Command (TNFC) has received the first batch of Zaha Marine Assault Vehicles (MAVs) from FNSS, a leading Turkish defence company. The MAVs are amphibious armoured vehicles designed to operate from...
Artillery & Air Defence
Raytheon awarded contract to supply Patriot air defence missiles to Switzerland
Raytheon has won a contract worth $1.2 billion to supply Patriot air defence missiles to Switzerland. The contract was announced by the U.S. Department of Defense on 28 March, as part of the Foreign...
Land Platforms
British Army’s Boxer vehicle enters production
Manufacturing has begun on the British Army’s Boxer armoured fighting vehicles at Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) manufacturing facility in Telford.
The British Army is set to receive more than 600 Boxer 8x8 armoured vehicles, as...
Army & Land Forces
Lockheed Martin to develop Long Range Maneuverable Fires Missile for U.S. Army
The U.S. Army’s Aviation and Missile Center has selected Lockheed Martin as one of the contractors to work on the Long Range Maneuverable Fires (LRMF) missile programme, along with a team from Raytheon Technologies...
Infantry Weapons
Finnish and Swedish Defence Forces to acquire a joint range of firearms from Sako
Finland and Sweden have recently announced an agreement to purchase a common family of firearms from Sako Ltd, a Finnish company with a long tradition of producing high-quality weapons.
The agreement, which was signed...
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