North Korea held a new night-time military parade on Thursday, attended by leader Kim Jong-un. Thursday parade celebrated a major ruling party meeting at which Kim vowed maximum efforts to bolster his nuclear and missile program. During the parade, the North Korean military displayed what appeared to be a new version of its mobile short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) system. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – […]
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U.S. Defense contractor L3Harris Technologies has announced that U.S. Navy has awarded the company a five-year, $496 million contract to deliver the next-generation external jamming pod. L3Harris says that the company will deliver prototype tactical jamming pods designed to extend U.S. Air superiority. The Next Generation Jammer Low Band (NGJ-LB) is a high-powered, high-capacity airborne electronic warfare (EW) system. L3Harris’ single-pod solution enables extended stand-off jamming […]
Russian largest armoured personnel carrier maker, Military-Industrial Company (VPK), is slowly close up to the mass production of its next-generation armored vehicle. On Friday, multiple news outlets reported that testing of Russia’s latest armored vehicle, Atlet, will begin in the spring of 2021 and continue until late summer. “By now, Altet has fully completed preliminary trials and is about to enter state trials. They will begin […]
German industrial group Rheinmetall has announced that Baltskin Viper helmet solution has been chosen as the next Specialised Forces Helmet (Helm SpezKr schwer; Specialised Forces are Ranger-type units of the German Army). The details were given in an 11 December media release, to announce Rheinmetall and its strategic partner, the North-American helmet maker Galvion, have won an order to supply the German Bundeswehr with an advanced […]
The U.S. Army plans to publish a new solicitation for the next-generation vehicles that will change the battlefield. According to recent notice at the U.S. government’s main contracting website, the Army Contracting Command, Army Contracting Command – Detroit Arsenal (ACC-DTA), Warren, MI, intends to issue a full and open Request for Proposal for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) Phase 2 Concept Design Effort under solicitation […]
The U.S. Army has announced that its researchers in cooperation with Uber research lab are working on silent and efficient VTOL, or vertical takeoff and landing operation, for the next generation fleet of Army air vehicles. Currently, stealthily moving of troops and supplies is Army modernization priorities for future vertical lift aircraft. The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), Army Research Laboratory, researchers collaborated with […]
Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa has announced that a prototype of the new Polish Infantry Fighting Vehicle, commonly known as Borsuk (Badger), has undergone a series of tests. The Borsuk has already undergone several tests, including a live-fire exercise in September 2020 at Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area, according to a company news release. “Borsuk, or to be precise, its first prototype was armed with the ZSSW-30 turret and […]
The U.S. Navy has announced that the new class of frigate will be named Constellation. Secretary of the Navy Kenneth J. Braithwaite announced USS Constellation (FFG 62) as the name for the first ship in the new Guided Missile Frigate (FFG(X)) class of ships Oct. 7 while aboard the museum ship Constellation in Baltimore Inner Harbor, according to a recent service news release. The name was […]
Ukraine will supply advanced missile engines to Turkey, for new cruise missile with deep-strike capability. The news agency Defense Express, quoting the ProZorro public procurement platform, reported that SE Ivchenko-Progress signed a number of contracts for the purchase of cutting-edge aircraft engine components for the new AI-35 turbojet engines that will equip new Turkish cruise missiles. SE Ivchenko-Progress designed the AI-35 engine family to power high-speed […]
The U.S. Army has fielded its next-generation artillery system being manufactured by BAE Systems to GREYWOLF brigade. On Monday, the 1st Cavalry Division tweet said that the GREYWOLF brigade has received Paladin M109A7 Artillery Systems, the latest howitzers in the BAE Systems M109 family. “Say hello to the M109A7 Paladin, and the most recent addition to the GREYWOLF Family!,” said in a tweet. “The modernization efforts […]
Ten U.S. Air Force’s refueling tanker aircraft, includes eight newest KC-46A Pegasus and two KC-135s, were a part of Wednesday’s elephant walk exercise at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. McConnell’s tanker aircrews and maintenance personnel were tested on their ability to rapidly generating multiple sorties during a weather evacuation exercise. On Thursday, the Air Base press release said that the elephant walk was part of a […]