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AUSA 2018: Third times a charm for Griffin (video)
The General Dynamics Griffin III demonstrator is likely to be put forward for the US Army's next generation combat vehicle programme. Featuring a turret with ...
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AUSA 2018: Smart Shooter debuts tactical drone eliminator
Smart Shooter unveiled a tactical drone-elimination variant of its SMASH 2000 fire control system at last week’s AUSA annual meeting and exposition. The basic SMASH 2000 ...
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AUSA 2018: Profense confirms minigun testing success
Small arms manufacturer Profense has confirmed that testing of its PF556 minigun has been successful and the company is now setting its sights on low ...
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India tests indigenous shoulder-launched ATGM
On 15-16 September, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in India successfully conducted the first live-fire tests of its shoulder-launched Man-Portable Antitank Guided Missile ...
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Raytheon develops new rifle sight
Raytheon has developed a new close quarters rifle sight that allows ground troops to identify targets more quickly, the company announced on 10 October. The ...
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Excalibur upgrade complete
Raytheon and the US Army have completed the upgrade of Excalibur precision-guided projectile, the company announced on 9 October. The Excalibur Shaped Trajectory (EST) ...
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US Army to procure BONUS precision-guided munitions
The US Army is procuring BAE Systems’ Bofors 155mm BONUS ammunition through a contract with the NATO Support and Procurement Agency. The latest version of ...
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AUSA 2018: Show round up
As the curtain closes on AUSA 2018, Shephard's land editor Grant Turnbull discusses the main news from across the show, including the US Army's continued ...
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BAE Systems receives $16m contract for Additional HIMARS vehicles
15th November 2010
BAE Systems today announced it will manufacture an additional 44 vehicles for the US Army that incorporate technologies to increase protection for soldiers from artillery ...
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UK selects Raytheon BBN Technologies' Boomerang Warrior-X for field trials
15th November 2010
Raytheon Company's BBN Technologies' Boomerang Warrior-X wearable shooter-detection system has been selected by the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MOD) for field trials related to ...
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Spartan Motors awarded subcontract by BAE Systems
10th November 2010
Spartan Motors Chassis, Inc., a subsidiary of Spartan Motors, Inc., has been awarded a subcontract order from defense contractor BAE Systems to support the production ...
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Hamilton Sundstrand wins contract for Army Stryker modernization program
5th November 2010
Hamilton Sundstrand, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., has been selected by General Dynamics Land Systems for the Stryker Modernization Generator Subsystem Engineering and Manufacturing ...
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General Dynamics awarded four-year ammunition contract by Spanish Army
3rd November 2010
The Ministry of Defense of Spain has awarded General Dynamics European Land Systems, through its Spanish subsidiary Santa Barbara Sistemas S.A., a four-year contract for ...
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BAE Systems wins $8m order for enhanced body armor plates
2nd November 2010
BAE Systems has been awarded an $8 million order from the Defense Logistics Agency for enhanced body armor plates. Enhanced Small Arms Protective Inserts, or ...
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Lockheed Martin awarded high-power microwave energy weapon contract
2nd November 2010
Lockheed Martin received a $230,000 US Air Force contract to define requirements for a weapon that uses high-power microwave energy beams instead of explosives to ...
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Rockwell Collins to provide TacNet data link for Small Diameter Bomb II program
2nd November 2010
Rockwell Collins, as a member of the Raytheon team, will provide its TacNet data link system for the Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) II program. Raytheon ...
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Norwegian Army purchases DINGO 2
1st November 2010
The Norwegian Army has responded to the increased threat of attacks by commissioning Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) with the delivery of 20 DINGO 2 heavily armoured ...
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AUSA 10: Boeing offers multirole Avenger
29th October 2010
Boeing Defense, Space & Security displayed at AUSA Annual Meeting an Avenger adapted for a range of force protection missions beyond air defence. A universal ...
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AUSA 10: FORSCOM releases five year campaign plan
29th October 2010
US Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) Commanding General, General James Thurman, released the FORSCOM Campaign Plan 2011-2015 at the AUSA Annual Meeting. ‘The FORSCOM Campaign Plan ...
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BAE Systems reaches milestone with modernized Howitzer vehicles
29th October 2010
BAE Systems has delivered seven Paladin Integrated Management (PIM) prototype vehicles to the US Army on schedule. PIM is the latest howitzer in the M109 ...
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AUSA 10: SMAW II passes Critical Design Review
28th October 2010
Raytheon and Nammo Talley have announced the successful Critical Design Review (CDR) of their Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon (SMAW) II, paving the way for its ...
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AUSA 10: Government agencies primed for Sentinel
28th October 2010
The US Department of Defense (DoD) and another undisclosed government agency are 'ready' to test and evaluate BAE Systems' Sentinel multi-mission off-road vehicle, according to ...
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AUSA 10: ATK introduces two unmanned turrets
28th October 2010
ATK and ADVS UK unveiled two new unmanned turret systems – the Modular Remote Turret (MRT) and the Light Weight Remote Turret (LWRT) – at ...
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AUSA 10: Raytheon displays new SLAMRAAM platform
28th October 2010
For the first time at the AUSA Annual Meeting Raytheon displayed a SLAMRAAM (Surface Launched Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile) prototype mounted on the new ...
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Lockheed Martin conducts validation testing on the advanced ruggedized HULC robotic exoskeleton
28th October 2010
Lockheed Martin recently began laboratory testing of an improved next-generation design of its HULC advanced robotic exoskeleton. The testing brings HULC a step closer to ...
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ATK receives more than $200m in orders for small-caliber ammunition
28th October 2010
ATK has received additional orders for small-caliber ammunition under an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract with the US Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Contracting Center. ...
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AUSA 10: USSOCOM and AFRICOM take lead on MONAX
27th October 2010
The US Special Operations Command and Africa Command (AFRICOM) are set to become the first agencies to use Lockheed Martin's MONAX communications system, it was ...
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