Archive for Category: "Army & Land Forces News"
Jordan interested in buying Russian helicopter gunships and other military equipment
Itar-Tass, MOSCOW: Jordan is interested in purchasing Russian helicopter gunships and other military equipment, King Abdullah II of Jordan said at a meeting with editors-in-chief of Russian media outlets at the Itar-Tass news agency on Thursday. Jordan is very interested in acquiring Russian helicopter gunships, and air defense and antitank systems, he said, emphasizing that [...]
First AH-64D Apache Longbow for Kuwait Delivered
Boeing Co, ST. LOUIS: The U.S. government, on behalf of the Government of Kuwait, accepted Kuwait
UK to Buy Guided MLRS Rockets
Lockheed Martin, Lockheed Martin has received a $55 million Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rocket contract from the United Kingdom. This contract represents the first international sale of GMLRS. The initial contract calls for the production of GMLRS rockets with the Dual Purpose Improved Conventional Munitions (DPICM) warhead, with an option to migrate to [...]
Latest Stryker Variant Arrives for Duty
US Army, FORT LEWIS: Soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, have been rotating to Yakima Training Center this summer to train on the first Stryker Mortar Carrier version B, the latest variant of the Stryker to arrive for duty. Brigade units will field the MCV-B, essentially a Stryker with a 120mm mortar mounted in [...]
Ukraine plant ready to supply Pakistan with tank parts
Agencies, A Ukrainian plant is ready to supply Pakistan with parts for main battle tanks and can assist Libya in upgrading its Soviet-built armoured vehicles, a report said today. Malyshev plant can provide Pakistan with engines, transmissions and weapons for al-Khalid tanks, private TV5 quoted Plant Director Henadiy Hrytsenko as saying. dt Ukraine is a key [...]
M777 Howitzer Booms at Pendleton
US Marine Corps, MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON: Earthquakes aren't the only things rumbling in southern California. 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, is breaking sound barriers with the M777 Howitzer-and for the first time, firing it at Camp Pendleton. The artillery unit manned the cannon Tuesday to get familiar with the weapon that could be [...]
HAL to design Light Combat Helicopter prototype by '07
PTI, MUMBAI: State-owned aircraft manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd on Thursday said the prototype for the Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) will be completed by 2007. “The research and development process for the LCH design is progressing and the prototype is expected to be ready by 2007,” HAL Chairman Ashok K Baweja said. Baweja said the company [...]
Stinger Training System for the Royal Netherlands Army
United Industrial Corporation, HUNT VALLEY, Md.: United Industrial Corporation announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary AAI Corporation has been awarded a $13.8 million contract by the Royal Netherlands Army (RNLA) to provide an Advanced Moving Target Simulator (AMTS) system for air defense training for the nation's armed forces and related logistics support for a period [...]
Australian Army Fires First Hellfire II From a Eurocopter Tiger Helicopter
Lockheed Martin, ORLANDO: Lockheed Martin and Eurocopter have completed a successful live firing of the Hellfire II missile from Australia's Eurocopter Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopter (ARH), verifying the weapon's integration with the aircraft. The Tiger is the first non-U.S. platform to integrate the Hellfire II missile. The first of six firings paves the way for [...]


