Lenco Armored Vehicles introduces the BearCat® Tactical SUV
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Lenco Industries, Inc., the global leader in the design and manufacture of armored police vehicles, announces the Tactical SUV, another variant of the popular BearCat® APC employed by military and law enforcement agencies worldwide. Without sacrifice to tactical functionality, Lenco has designed the BearCat® SUV to meet the need within Law Enforcement for a more […]
Boeing Completes Delivery of Canadian CH-147F Chinooks
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Boeing [NYSE: BA] and the Royal Canadian Air Force today celebrated the delivery of the 15th CH-147F Medium-to-Heavy-Lift Helicopter, ensuring advanced operational capability for the Canadian Chinook fleet. “The Medium-to-Heavy-Lift Helicopter project is making an exemplary contribution to the Canada First Defence Strategy,” said Col. Andrew Fleming, program manager for the Medium Heavy Lift Helicopter […]
Royal Thai Navy Signed Contract for Procurement of Saab Arthur Weapon Locating Radar
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Admiral Narong Pipattana as Naval Commander presided over the signing of the purchase contract for the land system and is signed with Mr. Per Jakobsson, Director of Marketing & Sales Saab Asia Pacific Co., Ltd., at the naval headquarters Bangkok. Ministry of Defense approved the Navy’s procurement for Artillery Regiment-Marine Corps for land target search, […]
Elbit Systems Land & C4I presented the latest configuration of its SOLTAM ATMOS
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Elbit Systems Land & C4I presented the latest configuration of its SOLTAM ATMOS (Autonomous Truck Mounted hOwitzer System) truck-mounted 155 mm self-propelled artillery system at Eurosatory 2014 defence show. Although ATMOS was seen mounted on a 6×6 Tatra Export T816-7 series high-mobility chassis, the weapon system can be fitted to a 6×6 or 8×8 chassis. […]
Turkish firm Otokar is shown armoured fighting vehicle Cobra II
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Turkish firm Otokar is shown armoured fighting vehicle Cobra II Cobra II is the follow-on to the original and highly successful Cobra, which has been built in large numbers for the home and export markets. Otokar has confirmed that the Cobra II will be marketed alongside the original Cobra. The Cobra II has more volume, […]
MQ-8C extended-endurance Fire Scout unmanned helicopter caught “on the road” in California
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The MQ-8C Fire Scout is a Bell 407 helicopter modified with autonomous controls from the MQ-8B drone copter. It weighs 2.7 tons, has a 1,000 lb payload, can fly for 24 hours and can carry AGM-176 Griffin missiles, APKWS II guided 70 mm rockets, and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles. It first flew in October 2013 and […]
Iraq receives first batch of Russian fighter jets
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Iraq said it received the first batch of Sukhoi warplanes from Russia as it pressed a counter-attack Sunday against Sunni militants whose offensive threatens to tear the country apart. Related The arrival of the fighter jets comes with Iraqi forces, backed by aerial cover, pushing to retake the militant-held city of Tikrit and world leaders […]
Marine pilot describes audacious landing
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A Marine Corps pilot who landed his crippled jet on a specially built ‘stool’, has described the incredible landing on the deck of the USS Bataan. After a front landing gear malfunction, Captain William Mahoney of the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), had to perform the audacious maneuver […]
Photo Report: Armored vehicles on the move – DVD’ 14
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The UK’s biggest military vehicle demonstration, Defence Vehicle Dynamics (DVD), has got underway in Bedfordshire yesterday, giving visitors an insight into the vast array of equipment used by the British Army. The DVD 2014 event, held at the Millbrook proving ground brought together the MoD’s equipment and support organisation (DE&S), the Army and industry to […]
Ukroboronprom supplied to National Guard of Ukraine 5 vehicles of BTR-3E
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On June 25, 2014 the supply of next batch of five vehicles of BTR-3E armored personnel carriers for the needs of National Guard of Ukraine was carried out on the Kyiv Armored Plant, which is a member-enterprise of Ukroboronprom State Concern. This is the second batch of armored personnel carriers of such class, which was […]