Thursday 12 December, 2024

Land Weapons

Germany takes delivery of first IRIS-T SLM air defence system

The German defence procurement agency (BAAINBw) has announced the delivery of the first unit of the IRIS-T SLM air...

Hanwha successfully testfires Excalibur artillery projectile from K9 howitzer

Hanwha Aerospace has announced the successful completion of a live-firing test for its K9 self-propelled howitzer using the Raytheon...

BAE Systems to produce additional M109A7 Self-Propelled Howitzers for US Army

BAE Systems has received a USD 493 million contract to continue producing M109A7 Self-Propelled Howitzers (SPH) and M992A3 Ammunition...

Lithuania, Poland to jointly procure Piorun air defence systems

Lithuania and Poland, together with two other European countries, have requested a partial European Union funding for the joint...

Elbit Systems to supply additional Iron Sting munitions to IDF

Elbit Systems has announced that it has been awarded a contract worth approximately USD 190 million to supply additional...

MBDA unveils new VSHORAD at Farnborough 2024

MBDA is presenting its new MANPADS (Man Portable Air Defence System) VSHORAD (Very Short Range Air Defence) solution at...

First trial of high-powered laser weapon on British Army vehicle

The UK's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has successfully fired a high-powered laser energy weapon from a British...

Saab to deliver MSHORAD air defence to Lithuania

Saab has received an order from the Lithuanian Ministry of Defence (MoD) for deliveries of Saab’s Mobile Short Range...

Lockheed Martin awarded hypersonic weapon system contract

Lockheed Martin received a $756 million contract from the US Army to enhance the Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW)...

British Army to receive Boxer-based RCH 155 artillery systems

The British Army will receive the Boxer-based Remote-Controlled Howitzer 155mm Wheeled Artillery System (RCH 155) for its Mobile Fires...

Spain orders additional NASAMS air defence systems

The Spanish government has announced a deal to acquire additional National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) from Kongsberg Defence...

Saab to deliver RBS 70 NG to Canada

Saab has received an order from Canada for the short-range air defence system RBS 70 NG. The order is...

Saab to deliver Mobile Short Range Air Defence system to Sweden

The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) has placed an order with Saab for its Mobile Short Range Air Defence...

BAE Systems to restart M777 production

BAE Systems has signed an agreement with the US Army to produce M777 lightweight 155mm howitzer structures, paving the...

Estonia takes delivery of Piorun air defence system

The Estonian Centre for Defence Investments (ECDI) has delivered the Piorun man-portable air-defence system (MANPADS) developed by the Polish defence...

Saab to supply RBS 70 air defence system to Lithuania

Swedish Defense Materiel Agency (FMV) and Lithuania's procurement authority for defence equipment, DMA, have officially entered into a joint...

First Precision Strike Missiles delivered to US Army

Lockheed Martin has delivered the first Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM) to the US Army providing long-range precision fires capability...

British Army takes delivery of first Archer wheeled artillery system

The first Archer Mobile Howitzer 6x6 gun for the British Army has arrived at Marchwood Military Port in Hampshire....

Rostec delivers 2S40 Phlox 120mm self-propelled mortars to Russian Army

The Russian Ground Forces have received the first batch of the 2S40 Phlox 120mm wheeled self-propelled artillery system from...

Germany to procure Israeli Arrow 3 air defence system

During a meeting in Berlin, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant made an agreement...

Australian Slinger counter-drone system heading to Ukraine

The Slinger counter-drone system developed by Canberra-based EOS Defence Systems is expected to be delivered to Ukraine by the...

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...

Morocco takes delivery of Israeli Barak MX Air and Missile Defence System

Morocco has acquired the Israeli Barak MX Air and Missile Defense System. The system, which is designed to intercept...

Russia begins state trials of the 2S42 Lotos artillery system

Russia has begun state trials of its new 2S42 Lotos airborne amphibious 120mm self-propelled artillery system, according to a...

Polish Army receives additional RAK self-propelled mortars

The Polish Army recently received another batch of 120 mm RAK self-propelled mortars designed to provide fire support for...

Lockheed Martin secures MLRS contract

Lockheed Martin Corporation has secured a $4.8 billion contract from the U.S. Army to produce and deliver thousands of...

Lockheed Martin to deliver additional THAAD air defence systems to US MDA

The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract worth $74 million to produce the Terminal...

Finland to purchase David’s Sling air-defence system

Finland has made the decision to buy the David's Sling air-defence system from Israel, becoming the first foreign customer...

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)...

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...

British Army to receive Swedish Archer Artillery Systems

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced a new deal with Sweden to acquire 14 Archer 155mm self-propelled...

Saab to support Swedish ground-based air defence

Swedish defence firm Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration for the continued support of...

Latvia orders short-range air defence systems from Saab

Swedish defence company Saab has received orders for the RBS 70 NG ground-based air defence system and the Giraffe...

Germany approves sale of RCH 155 howitzers to Ukraine

The German government has agreed to the sale of 18 RCH-155 self-propelled howitzers, following a Ukrainian request two months...

Saab’s MSHORAD System in successful live firing demo

Swedish defence company Saab has conducted the first Mobile Short-Range Air Defence (MSHORAD) live system firing for an audience...

Poland orders K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzers

South Korean aerospace and defense company Hanwha Defense signed a contract on August 26 to supply K9 Thunder Self-Propelled...

Slovakia transferred S-300 air defence system to Ukraine

Slovakia has donated an S-300 air defence system to Ukraine Prime Minister of Slovakia Eduard Heger confirmed on 8...

UK to deploy Sky Sabre air defence system to Poland

UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace announced the deployment of the Sky Sabre air defence system while visiting his Polish...

UK plans to deliver Starstreak air-defence system to Ukraine

UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said UK is exploring donating Starstreak anti-air missiles to Ukraine. Speaking in the House...

Raytheon wins U.S. Army Patriot radar replacement competition

Raytheon Company announced 17 October that it has been selected to provide the US Army with their next-generation, 360-degree...

NASAMS selected by Australia for new air defence capability

The Australian Department of Defense (DoD) announced 25 March that the Raytheon/Kongsberg National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System...

NATO Procurement Agency orders RBS 70 Mk II missiles from Saab for Czech Army

Swedish defence company Saab announced 14 March that the company has received an order to deliver the Mk II...