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ARQUUS Delivers Another 100 VT4 Vehicles to French Army
2020-06-19 Read More...On June 11, 2020, the Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA, French Procurement Agency) has received the eighth batch of the VT4 Mk2 vehicle on the ARQUUS plant in Saint-Nazaire. Including this new batch, 300 VT4 vehicles have been delivered in
Oshkosh Defense to Produce Trailers for Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV)
Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation company, announced it has been awarded a $61.8 million modification from the U.S. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal to increase available trailer options under the current Joint Light Tactical
L3Harris Unveils New Iver4 580 Unmanned Undersea Vehicle
L3Harris Technologies announced its new man-portable Iver4 580 unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV). The new Iver4 580 is the second vehicle in the Iver4 family of next-generation UUVs to address a wide variety of customer missions, including survey;
Raytheon’s StormBreaker® Completes First Guided Release from Super Hornet
Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, completed the first guided release of a StormBreaker® smart weapon from an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, which will become the second fighter jet to add the weapon when the program
Jim Taiclet Becomes New Lockheed Martin President & CEO
In a planned leadership transition, experienced Chief Executive, Gulf War Veteran and Pilot James D. Taiclet, 60, became President and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corporation on Monday. He succeeds Marillyn A. Hewson, 66, who has served as Chairman,
ARQUUS Presents Report on Use of HUMS in Army Fleet
On May 15, 2020, ARQUUS presented a report on the use of HUMS (Health and Usage Monitoring Systems) in an Army fleet to a group of Defense authorities. This report concludes a six-month tactical evaluation carried out on a fleet of 20 VAB (Véhicule
FLIR Unveils ‘380X’ Upgrade for Star SAFIRE® Long-Range Imaging Systems
FLIR Systems, Inc. announced the release of the Star SAFIRE® 380X hardware, firmware and software upgrade to support advanced image-aiding features for its globally deployed Star SAFIRE gimbal systems, including Star SAFIRE 380-HD and
Scorpion Program’s Acoustic Localization System PILAR V Obtains UAF Label
METRAVIB DEFENCE, the supplier of acoustic localization system for “Griffon” VBMR (multi-role armored vehicles) and “Jaguar” EBRC (armored reconnaissance and combat vehicles) obtained the UAF label for its acoustic localization system PILAR
Turkey’s Bayraktar TB2 Drone Completes 200,000-Hour Flight Time
Turkey’s armed drone (UAV) Bayraktar TB2 has completed 200,000 hours of operational flight hours, becoming the first domestically developed aerial vehicle to achieve such an extensive flight time in the nation’s aviation history, Chief Technology
EDA Selects “PILUM” Consortium to Lead Electromagnetic Railgun Research Project
Following calls for proposals launched by the European Defence Agency (EDA) in 2019, the consortium “PILUM” (Projectiles for Increased Long-range effects Using Electro-Magnetic railgun) has been selected to lead a research project on the
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