Swift Response 15 Brings Unique Training Operating Environment to Allied...
The Operational Environment (OE) has taken a new form at the US Army's Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) for Exercise "Swift Response 15." Army Europe is leading a training exercise built...
View ArticleMSPO 2015: RENK France Reveals New Powerpack 350S
During MSPO 2015 on its booth (E-47) , RENK France, a French leader in automatic transmission for tracked armored fighting vehicles, unveiled its brand new Powerpack 350S for main battle tanks...
View ArticleCubic Delivers $1.7 Million of Next-Generation Training Systems to the...
Cubic Global Defense (CGD), a business unit of Cubic Corporation today announced the delivery of its specialised training systems to the Ukrainian Army worth $1.7 million. The equipment is...
View ArticleMSPO 2015: News from Polish Defence Companies
MSPO 2015 is the official debut of the KRAB (CRAB) 155mm self-propelled howitzer with South Korean Techwin’s K9 chassis. It was officially confirmed that the first two new KRABs with this chassis and a...
View ArticleMSPO 2015: Orbital ATK's Artillery Offer to Poland
Orbital ATK, an aerospace manufacturer from the United States, made its formal debut at the MSPO defence exhibition in Poland. For the company, which was formed this year from the merger of Orbital...
View ArticleMSPO 2015: Rotorcraft Dominating MSPO 2015
Without any exaggeration it can be said that helicopters dominated this year edition of MSPO defense exhibition. An impressive number helicopters arrived to Kielce: TAI’s T-129 ATAK, Sikorsky’s UH-60M...
View ArticleMSPO 2015: International Companies Show Their New Portfolio
MSPO defence exhibitions, held every year in Poland, are a great opportunity to present a current offer, not only for Polish defence companies, which are the most numerous (299 exhibitors), but also...
View ArticleMSPO 2015: Rivalry Among the Submarine Suppliers for Poland Arrives at Kielce
The most interesting naval element of MSPO 2015 was that related to the ORKA procurement programme. Its aim is to procure three new submarines for the Polish Navy. The first plan assumed that a...
View ArticleSaab Details Future ATGM Developments
Saab Defence & Security is aiming its next-generation anti-tank guided munition (ATGM) weapon systems at an evolving operating environment centred around the conduct of military operations in urban...
View ArticleSaab Aids in the Growing Role of Simulation and Training
A coalition of NATO members will benefit from a centralised simulation and training centre equipped with interoperable kit and equipment to enhance exercise effectiveness and improve tactics,...
View ArticleL-3 Linkabit PTS Modems Successful in Both OTA Inmarsat-5 and WGS Satellite...
Late August 2015, L-3 Linkabit, developer of the highly advanced Network-Centric Waveform (NCW) currently in use by the US Army, the US Marine Corps’ (USMC) Network On-The-Move (NOTM) programme and...
View ArticleL-3 Linkabit Provides the ISR Community with a True On-The-March SIGINT System
Late August 2015, L-3 Linkabit received a significant award for its next-generation PRD-13(V)3 tactical On-The-March (OTM) Electronic Support Measures (ESM) system from the UK Ministry of Defence...
View ArticleBOXER 8x8 with LANCE Turret & new C4ISR Architecture for Australian LAND 400 Bid
Rheinmetall has lodged a bid in response to the Commonwealth of Australia’s LAND 400 Phase 2 - Mounted Combat Reconnaissance Capability request for tender, under which the Commonwealth is offered the...
View ArticleMSPO 2015: Security Solutions and Throwable Robots
During MSPO 2015, many Polish suppliers presented interesting products for civil security operations.(All Photos: Robert Czulda)One such suppliers was Zeszuta, who during MSPO 2015 presented the SZOP...
View ArticleMSPO 2015: Inzpire Pursuing Real Opportunities in Poland
During his conversation with MT at MSPO 2015, Alistair Howard from Inzpire explained that the company has grown in two particular directions. Firstly, the company provides a range of Defence Managed...
View ArticleMSPO 2015: Wide Range of UAVs Presented
MSPO 2015 was full of interesting premieres of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAV).Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) recently completed a series of flight demonstrations of its HAROP Loitering Munitions in...
View ArticleUN Mission MINUSMA - The Most Dangerous UN Mission Ever?
France recently announced it was reducing its troop numbers in the Central African Republic as it gradually hands over to a 8,500-strong United Nations (UN) peacekeeping force brought in to contain a...
View ArticleMSPO 2015: WZL1 and Roketsan Sign Future Cooperation MoU
WZL1 and Roketsan have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) covering future cooperation on a range of defence industry activities at MSPO 2015. Under the terms of the agreement, the two companies...
View Articletoo little, too late
As the heart-breaking image of a drowned refugee boy who washed up on a beach in Turkey ricocheted around the world on social media, along with equally painful images of children lying suffocated in...
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