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New Zealand Defense Forces’ New Infantry Rifles Get Firing Pin Replacement
September 19, 2018 @ 02:20 PMThe New Zealand Defense Forces (NZDF) new 9040 infantry rifles have been replaced due to breakage after it was brought into service. The MARS-L rifle bought as part of a $59 million deal to replace Steyr rifles
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Qatar to Buy Russian Kalashnikov Rifles, Anti-tank Missile Systems
July 22, 2018 @ 12:44 PMQatar has signed contracts with Russia to purchase Kalashnikov rifles, other small small arms and the Kornet anti-tank guided missile systems. "An agreement on military-technical cooperation was signed in October 2017
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Russia’s National Guard Orders Kalashnikov’s SV-98 Sniper Rifles
July 11, 2018 @ 08:15 AMRussias Kalashnikov Group will deliver 26 SV-98 7.62 mm bolt-action sniper rifles to the countrys National Guard (Rosgvardiya), TASS reports quoting the source from Russian industry as saying
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Rheinmetall To Supply Laser Light Package To German Army
July 5, 2018 @ 02:41 PMGermanys procurement authority, the Federal Office for Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-service Support, has awarded Rheinmetall a contract to supply a lightweight, assault rifle-mounted laser light package for the German Army. Worth around €5 million, the order encompasses the manufacture and delivery of 1,745 laser light package sets for the Bundeswehrs Special Forces Assault Rifle (“Sturmgewehr Spezialkräfte Bundeswehr, leicht”)
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New Russian Quiet Sniper Rifle To Debut At Expo Army-2018
May 29, 2018 @ 11:52 AMRussia will showcase a new 12.7mm quiet sniper rifle derived from the MTs-116M gun for the first time at the Army-2018 arms exhibition in August
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Russia Offers to Set up Kalashnikov Small Arms Factory in India
April 25, 2018 @ 02:07 PMRussias state-owned Rosoboronexport has offered to set up a facility in India to produce modern weapons and future Kalashnikov's designs, during an Indian delegations industrial visit to Izhevsk-based Kalashnikov Group this week. “We are ready to help India construct a facility similar to what the Mr
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MKU Teams Up With UAE-based EDIC Caracal To Manufacture Advanced Assault Rifles...
April 13, 2018 @ 10:03 AMMKU has signed a MOU with UAE-based EDIC Caracal at DefExpo 2018, for strategic co-operation to manufacture the advanced CAR817AR rifles in India. The Assault Rifle will be manufactured in India at MKUs proposed facility in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh under the ‘Make in India initiative of the government and will be offered to the Indian Army for their requirements
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MKU, Thales to Co-develop F90 Close Quarter Battle Rifles, Optronic Devices for...
April 10, 2018 @ 07:16 PMIndias MKU and Thales have signed two MoUs for strategic co-operation in the development and production of optronic devices and F90close quarter battle (CQB) rifle for soldiers. The optronic devices will be co-developed by Thales and MKU and both the optronic devices and F90 rifles will be manufactured in India at MKUs facilities in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
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Kalashnikov Venezuela Plant to Start AK-103 Production by 2019 End
April 4, 2018 @ 08:36 AMRussian Kalashnikov plant in Venezuela will start full-fledged licensed production of AK-103 assault rifles by the end of 2019. The plant is planned to manufacture about 25,000 assault rifles annually
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New Soldier Combat System for Chinese Army Commandos
February 23, 2018 @ 05:33 AMSky Wolf Commandos of the Chinese Armys Special Operations Forces from the Western Theater Command, have been equipped with the QTS-11 system in their training, Global Times reported quoting Weihutang, a column affiliated with China Central Television (CCTV). The QTS-11 system includes firearms and a digitalized integrated individual soldier combat system besides detection and communications, Global Times quoted Song Zhongping, a Chinese military expert as saying
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India Clears Machine Guns, Rifles Acquisition Proposals For US$2.4 Billion
February 13, 2018 @ 02:39 PMIndia's Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) on Tuesday approved three proposals valued at INR 15,935 crore (US$2.47 billion) to purchase Light Machine Guns, Assault Rifles and sniper rifles, for the troops deployed on the borders
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Russian Troops to Receive Advanced AK-12 Assault Rifles by Yearend
February 2, 2018 @ 09:51 AMThe Russian troops will get the first batch of advanced AK-12 assault rifles before the yearend. "Before the end of this year, we will deliver the first batch
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Czech Republic To Buy 4 AH-1Z, 8 UH-1Y Gunships from US
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Fire Extinguished onboard Russian Aircraft Carrier Admiral Kuznetsov
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Damen Shipyards, PT PAL Install Combat Systems Aboard Indonesian Sigma Frigate
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Czech Republic to Replace Russian Radars with Israeli 3D Mobile Air Defense...
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Germany To Finalise Order for 38 Eurofighter Jets, 110 E-Scan Radars
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Turkish Navy to get First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier in 2020
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Bechtel Bags US Navy's $1.4Bn Naval Nuclear Propulsion Components Contract
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Su-57 Performs 16 Flights with New, Powerful Engine
December 7, 2019
US, Europe Arms Embargo to Derail Several Turkish Procurement Programs
Several joint production and direct procurement programs could be halted if the US and Europe carry through with their threat...
Unconventional Military Hardware from Iran
Sanctions-hit Iran has found ingenious ways to develop military hardware
Artificial Intelligence to Drive Future Weapons Development
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly permeating the defence industry to aid and improve human decision-making
Are Days Numbered for Russia’s Su-35 Fighter Jet?
Upgrade of Russias Sukhoi Su-30SM fighters to equip them with armaments, radar, sensors and engines from the more powerful Su-35...
US Companies Threatened With Sanctions May be Denied Chinese Rare Earth Materials
US companies sanctioned by China for supplying weapons to Taiwan may be denied rare earth elements (REEs), which have critical...
Russian Su-57 Preparing to Compete with F-35 for Stealth Jet Market Share
While the US F-35 stealth aircraft has become one the fastest selling fighter jets in the world aircraft market, thanks...