Land Warfare

Sweden to purchase IRIS-T air defence systems for $930 million

This recent purchase of the medium-range air defence system adds to the country’s ongoing efforts to ramp up its overall defence readiness and capabilities.

GM Defense teams up with NP Aerospace for British Army vehicle requirement

The UK’s Land Mobility Programme (LMP) has three types of vehicles: medium protected, light protected and light mobility (LMV). US company GM Defense and the UK’s NP Aerospace have teamed up to make an offering for the latter. The LMP will replace more than a dozen vehicle types with as few as three or four models.

CTAI’s 40mm cannon gains new A3B airburst round for UAV defence

CTA International (CTAI), a joint venture between KNDS France and BAE Systems, developed the 40mm Cased Telescoped Armament System (40 CTAS) for integration onto armoured vehicles. It has been further developed for ships and ground-based systems.

Digital Battlespace

Chess Dynamics successfully demonstrates Vision4ce AI-driven tracker

The Vision4ce Deep Embedded Feature Tracking (DEFT) technology software is designed to process video and images by blending traditional computer vision with artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to present actionable information from complex environments.

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Land Warfare

Oshkosh Defense awarded $13 million for HEMTT A4 add-on armor kits, fuel tanker self-sealant applications

4th May 2010

Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, has received two awards valued at more than $13 million from the US Army TACOM Life Cycle Management …
Land Warfare

Northrop Grumman Cobham team Successfully integrates VIS-X vehicle intercom system into US Army Stryker systems integration lab

4th May 2010

Northrop Grumman Cobham Intercoms (NGCI) LLC, a company formed by Northrop Grumman Corporation and Cobham, has announced the successful integration of the Vehicle Intercom System …
Digital Battlespace

Harris Corporation receives $13 million order for JTRS-approved Falcon III tactical radio systems for next-generation MRAP vehicles

4th May 2010

Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has received a $13 million order to supply JTRS-approved Falcon III AN/PRC-152 multiband handheld radios and …
Land Warfare

ATK receives $372 million in small caliber ammunition orders

4th May 2010

Alliant Techsystems has received orders totaling $372 million to produce 5.56mm, 7.62mm and .50-caliber ammunition for the US Army Contracting Command in Rock Island, Ill. …
Land Warfare

Warthog deployment postponed by UK pending extra trials

30th April 2010

Deployment of the UK’s fleet of Warthog All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) to Afghanistan has been delayed until September at the earliest, according to Ministry of …
Land Warfare

ATK awarded $32 million in follow-on contracts to produce HELLFIRE II rocket motors and warheads

30th April 2010

Alliant Techsystems has received follow-on production contracts valued at $32 million to produce rocket motors and warheads for the precision-strike laser-guided HELLFIRE II missile. ATK …
Land Warfare

BAE Systems wins infra red artillery round development contract

30th April 2010

BAE Systems has won two contracts worth £7.2 million for 105mm artillery illuminating shells from the UK's Ministry of Defence (MoD). One is for 6000 …
Digital Battlespace

Lockheed Martin delivers communications system module for second Mobile User Objective System satellite

30th April 2010

Lockheed Martin has delivered a cutting-edge communications system module for the second satellite in the US Navy's Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) program. Supporting ultra-high …
Land Warfare

GTV delivers JLTV technology development vehicles ahead of schedule

29th April 2010

The General Tactical Vehicles (GTV) team of General Dynamics Land Systems and AM General delivered today seven Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs), four trailers and …
Digital Battlespace

NATO Nations discuss multinational funding for Integrated Command and Control system

28th April 2010

On 19 and 20 April, 8 NATO Nations met at the NATO C3 Agency (NC3A) in The Hague, Netherlands, to discuss a multinational project to …
Land Warfare

Ocelot LPPV ready to roll next year

28th April 2010

Force Protection (FP) and Ricardo are positioned to start mass production of the ‘Ocelot’ light protected patrol vehicle (LPPV) by the end of the year, …
Land Warfare

Oshkosh Defense receives $79 million for M-ATV protection and remote weapon system kits

27th April 2010

Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, has received two awards valued at more than $79 million from the TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) …
Military Logistics

Northrop Grumman delivers 150th Firefinder shelter to the US Army

27th April 2010

Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced the on-schedule delivery of the 150th next-generation Firefinder radar shelter to the US Army. Firefinder is an integrated radar system …
Military Logistics

Harris awarded $35 million follow-on IT services contract to support US military commissaries worldwide

27th April 2010

Harris Corporation , an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a $35 million contract to deliver network operations support, that will enable …
Land Warfare

Lockheed Martin delivers 10,000th GMLRS rocket to the US Army

27th April 2010

Lockheed Martin marked the delivery of the 10,000th Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rocket during a ceremony held at its Camden, AR, facility today. …
Digital Battlespace

TiaLinx announces launch of Eagle5-BH, precision buried underground sensor for movement tracking

27th April 2010

TiaLinx, Inc., a developer of mm-wave integrated radio and antenna arrays, today announced launch of the Eagle5-BH, a small form factor remote sensor. "The lightweight, …
Land Warfare

Force Protection announces sale of two Ocelot vehicles to UK MoD

27th April 2010

Force Protection, Inc., a leading designer, developer and manufacturer of survivability solutions and provider of total life cycle support for those products, today announced that …
Military Logistics

Wincanton secures five-year contract with BAE Systems

27th April 2010

Leading European provider of supply chain and business outsourcing services, Wincanton, has secured a five-year contract to provide logistics services in support of the supply, …
Digital Battlespace

Harris Corporation receives $20 million order from US Department of Defense for Falcon III AN/PRC-117G multiband manpack radios

27th April 2010

Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has received a $20 million order from the US Department of Defense for Falcon III AN/PRC-117G …