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Spanish Minister Monitors Progress of VCR Combat Vehicle

Spanish Minister Monitors Progress of VCR Combat Vehicle

Minister of Defense Margarita Robles this morning attended a demonstration of the capabilities of the new 8×8 ‘Dragon’ Wheeled Combat Vehicle (VCR), during a visit to monitor the evolution of the program that will reinforce the Army.

Robles witnessed a driving test and a dynamic test to check the…

Russian Frigate Again Tests Zircon Hypersonic Missile

Russian Frigate Again Tests Zircon Hypersonic Missile

The crew of the frigate of the Northern Fleet Admiral Gorshkov, as part of the completion of the test cycle of hypersonic missile weapons, fired another Zircon missile.

The shooting was carried out from the waters of the White Sea at a marine target position located at a distance of more than 400…

GA Wins $10M to Modify MQ-9 Reaper Drone for Netherlands

GA Wins $10M to Modify MQ-9 Reaper Drone for Netherlands

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a $10,377,842 modification (P00012) to previously awarded delivery order (FA8620-15-G-4040, FA8620-19-F-2310) for the Netherlands MQ-9 update.

Work will be performed in Poway, California, and is expected to be complet…

India MoD Says Kaveri Engine Needs Upgrade to Power LCA Fighter

India MoD Says Kaveri Engine Needs Upgrade to Power LCA Fighter

Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) sanctioned Kaveri Engine project in 1989. The following milestones were achieved:

–9 Full prototype engines and 4 core engines built
— 3217 hours of engine testing conducted
–Completed Altitude tests & Flying Test Bed (FTB) trials. This is the first time …

Russia Touts Anti-Drone Capabilities of Upgraded Pantsyr GBAD

Russia Touts Anti-Drone Capabilities of Upgraded Pantsyr GBAD

MOSCOW — The upgraded Pantsyr-S1M surface-to-air missile/gun system is capable of fighting all types of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), including strike drones, Industrial Director of the Armaments Cluster at the state tech corporation Rostec Bekkhan Ozdoyev told TASS on Tuesday.

“The upgrade …

UK Awards Contracts for Upgrade of Bases Used by US Military

UK Awards Contracts for Upgrade of Bases Used by US Military

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has recently awarded three new contracts to support infrastructure upgrades at UK armed forces bases used by the United States Visiting Forces (USVF).

The Delivery Partner Technical Support contracts have been awarded to AECOM, Tetra Tech and Mace, wh…


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