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UK armed forces to receive new 5.56 mm rifle

The UK Ministry of Defence and its Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) organisation revealed that they have granted a contract for the Alternative Individual Weapon (AIW) system, which is named the L403A1 in UK...

US approves sale of Patriot IBCS to Poland

The Government of Poland has been granted approval for a possible Foreign Military Sale by the US State Department for the sale of Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) and...

Russia to restart T-80 production

Oleksandr Potapov, the General Director of Russian main battle tank (MBT) manufacturer Uralvagonzavod has stated that the company plans to restart the production of the T-80 MBT at the request of the Russian Ministry...

Elbit Systems to supply IRON FIST APS for CV90

Elbit Systems Ltd has announced that it was awarded a contract worth $109 million to supply BAE Systems Hägglunds (BSH) with the IRON FIST Active Protection System (APS) for its CV90 platform. The contract...

Additional Marder vehicles to be sent to Ukraine

The German government has commissioned Rheinmetall to supply 40 more Marder infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) to Ukraine. The order was placed in August and is worth a high double-digit million-euro amount. Rheinmetall is continuing...

US approves sale of Stryker vehicles to Bulgaria

The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to the Republic of Bulgaria of Stryker Vehicles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $1.5 billion. The Defense...

BAE Systems awarded contract for Bradley A4 production

BAE Systems has announced that the company received a contract modification valued at over $190M to produce over 70 M2A4 Infantry Fighting Vehicles and M7A4 Fire Support Team Vehicles for the US Army. “The Bradley...

Lynx IFV production to begin in Hungary

German defence company Rheinmetall has officially opened its new armoured vehicle factory in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary. The factory, which covers an area of 20,000 square meters, will produce the Lynx KF41 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV)...