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Photo of Uro Vamtac Fast Attack Vehicle for Special Forces

Photo of Uro Vamtac Fast Attack Vehicle for Special Forces Masia Pelarda 4x4 Rally Raid

Spain Army will double in 2016 budget for the purchase of vehicles and ammunition

The Spain Army will in 2016 with a budget of 8.3 million euros for the purchase of land transport vehicles and ammunition and explosives. This amount is almost double the executed this year, a total of 4.4...

Brazilian Senate approves financing for Gripen jets acquisition

The Brazilian Senate has given the green light today (5th) to the credit operation that will allow the country to purchase the Swedish Gripen combat aircrafts. The closing of negotiations with Sweden for the aircrafts’ acquisition was...

M-ATV MRAP of UAE destroyed by Improvised explosive device in Yemen

M-ATV MRAP of UAE destroyed by Improvised explosive device in Yemen. Three soldiers were killed in the explosion M-ATV in Yemen. At least a dozen Oshkosh All-Terrain Mine-Resistance Ambush Protected Vehicles (M-ATVs) have been delivered...

Ukrainian military are faced with a serious problem during the operation of vehicles Humvee

Ukrainian military are faced with a serious problem during the operation set previously Humvee military vehicles as part of military assistance provided by the United States, according to military-informant.com. Combat vehicles which have been transferred to the armed...

Spain to buy four MQ-9 Reaper

Spain has approved a proposal to buy four US Reaper surveillance drones worth a $27 million. The defence ministry has selected the bid from General Dynamics, which has a teaming agreement with Spanish engineering firm Sener, to supply...

New Era as F90 Assault Rifle Enters Australian Defence Force Service

The Australian Department of Defence has signed a AUD 100 million contract with Thales to produce rifles, grenade launchers, spare parts and various ancillaries at Thales’s facility in Lithgow, regional NSW. The F90 is a light, versatile weapon...

Vietnam Received Two New Su-30MK2 Multirole Fighter

Two new Russian-made Su-30MK2 fighter for Vietnamese Air Force, has been disassembled for shipping to Vietnam on 6/8. Sukhoi factory Komsomolsk-on-Amur has officially provide 2 multirole fighters Su-30MK2 to Vietnamese Air Force. Interfax-AVN citing sources in the Russian...