* Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said that he wants to replace Russia’s iconic Kalashnikov assault rifles and Dragunov SVD sniper rifles, possibly with foreign made weapons. Unsurprisingly, controversy ensues. Media mistake alert: current...
SSN 780, sea trials(click to view full) Jan 21/11: General Dynamics Electric Boat Corporation in Groton, CT receives a $44.3 million cost-plus-fixed fee contract modification for the Virginia Class Block II fast attack submarine USS Missouri’s [SSN 780] post...
Latest updates: Improved 5.56mm; New production facility opening. 81mm mortar(click to view larger) A weapon without ammunition is useless, which is why ammunition is almost always a strategic national capability whose production must remain in-country. On the other...
* Boom goes bust: An EADS A330 MRTT tanker plane being developed for the Royal Australian Air Force loses part of its refueling boom during tests with a Portuguese F-16 fighter. * Russia’s arms sales continue to climb, as the Russian Centre for Analysis of...
PzH 2000NL firing,Afghanistan(click to view full) In December 2010, the Dutch Ministerie van Defensie signed a 10-year, EUR 200 million (about $270 million) framework agreement with Rheinmetall Defence that lets the Netherlands order a wide range of different...