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Land Bilateral Relations

Croatia Acquires US' Bradley Combat Vehicles

27 Jan, 09:42
2 min read

Croatia inked a deal with the United States to purchase 89 Bradley M2A2 vehicles as part of its collaboration with Washington.

Land

Oshkosh Defence Discloses New Hybrid-Electric JLTV

27 Jan, 01:54
2 min read

Oshkosh Defence has developed a new version of its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) featuring hybrid-electric technology.

Land

The Iveco-Oto Melara Consortium wins the Italian Army's new VBM Plus contract

19 Jan, 04:03
1 min read

The Iveco-Oto Melara Consortium has signed a contract for 14 Mortar Carrier VBMs, 26 Command Post VBMs, and six "10x10" rescue and recovery vehicles.

Land Weapon / Missile Unmanned Systems

Poland’s Perun UGV test-fires Pirat ATGM

16 Jan, 04:19
3 min read

Polish defence company Zaklady Mechaniczne Tarnow demonstrated the Perun combat-wheeled Unmanned Ground Vehicle with Pirat ATGM.

Land Navy / Maritime Air Expo and Air Show Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software

Turkish Showcase Efes 2022 will start in May

15 Jan, 10:33
1 min read

Turkish Armed Forces to show its strength in May. Land, Naval, Air Force and General Staff Special Forces Command will come together at Efes Exercise.

Land Investment

BMC Gave Up from its Tank investment in Sakarya Karasu

11 Jan, 11:42
1 min read

BMC has abandoned its investment in Karasu for the Altay Main Battle Tank. The information belongs not to BMC but to the area’s investors.

Land

Indonesia Might Manufacture the Kozak-2M2 Ukrainian 4x4 Light Armoured Vehicle Locally

30 Dec, 03:51
2 min read

Serhiy Vilkov, Head of Development at the Ukrainian company Practika, announced that Indonesia might manufacture the Kozak-2M2, a 4x4 light tactical armoured vehicle according to Army Recognition. A Memorandum of Cooperation (MoU) was signed in 2020 between the Ukrainian company Practika and the Indonesian company PT Pindad to develop and manufacture military equipment. According to open sources, Indonesia will receive two Kozak 4x4 armoured personnel carrier vehicles in 2021 to conduct research and development.

Land

AAV-7 Amphibious Vehicles will wait at the Shore

23 Dec, 01:26
1 min read

The US Marine Corps (USMC) announced that it would keep the amphibious AAV-7 armoured vehicles out of the water unless an emergency arises.

Land

ROK Deploys New KW2 30mm Anti-Aircraft Gun Wheeled Vehicle System

22 Dec, 12:01
2 min read

ROK Armed Forces has started deploying a new 30 mm self-propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun Wheeled Vehicle System (AAGW) produced by Hanwha Defence.

Land

The Philippines get their Sabrah Ascod light tanks

21 Dec, 07:52
2 min read

In December, the Philippine military announced that it would get Sabrah Ascod light tanks and Pandur II Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) from Israel as part of an ongoing modernization effort.

Land Navy / Maritime

FNSS’ MAV Towards Final Tests

15 Dec, 02:31
1 min read

SSB President Demir said that FNSS's Marine Assault Vehicle (MAV/ZAHA) had completed mine and ballistic testing.

Land

Poland Acquires Excess US Cougar MRAPs

14 Dec, 10:47
1 min read

Poland and the United States inked a G 2 G deal for 300 surplus 4x4 US Cougar mine-resistant, ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicles for the Polish Armed Forces.

Land

Australia Signs AS9 Huntsman Contract with ROK

14 Dec, 08:19
2 min read

Australia ordered a fleet of approximately $1 billion worth of Hanwha’s Huntsman AS9 self-propelled artillery systems from the Republic of Korea (ROK).