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Russian Army Seeks All Terrain Tracked Carrier for service in the Arctic

Russian army seeks all terrain tracked carrier for service in the Arctic. At the international military-technical forum "Army 2015" the was first shown model of new «DT-BTR» twin chassis multi-purpose articulated tracked carrier for service in...

Spain orders Iveco military trucks

The Spanish Army has signed a contract with Iveco Defence Vehicles for the supply of 700 multi-purpose military trucks for the Spanish armed forces, the company announced on 16 June. Iveco's bid for the contract was selected after...

Ural has developed a new Russian off-road 6×6 truck

Ural-4320-70 «Ural-M» is a general purpose off-road 6x6 truck, produced at the Ural Automotive Plant in Miass, Russia for use in the Russian army. The new truck has an updated cockpit and engine. Ural-4320-70 «Ural-M» 6х6...

Russia To Build Helicopter Carrier “Similar To Mistral”

The forum "Army 2015" representatives of the Ministry of Defence has shown the layout of the ship - analogue French Mistral. Amphibious assault ship of the "Surf" (Priboy) is available in the form layout on the stand...

Airbus Helicopters H160 Flight Test campaign launched

Airbus Helicopters' highly innovative H160 flew for the first time in Marignane on Saturday, 13 June, shortly after beginning its ground runs end of May. The aircraft flew for about 40 minutes in ground effect that allowed the...

Lockheed says initial contacts with France about C-130s

Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N), the largest U.S. weapons maker, on Tuesday said it had been in "initial contact" with French government officials about their interest in buying some C-130J transport planes to augment a fleet of larger...

First photo of Egypt S-300 air defense system

Egypt buy the S-300 missile defense system from Russia. The Russian news agency TASS said in a March report that Egypt would receive the Antey-2500 missile system, an S-300 variant, and put the value of...

Russia has shown «Sprut-SDM1» new Self-propelled amphibious tank destroyer

Russia has shown «Sprut-SDM1» new Self-propelled amphibious tank destroyer at International Miltary-Technical Forum "ARMY-2015". The «Sprut-SDM1» is designed to defeat tanks, hard-skinned material and enemy manpower by airborne and amphibious landing forces, as well as by specially...