Military Vehicles and Helicopters - Page 1

QinetiQ to supply hybrid electric drive for US Army GCV programme
Wednesday, February 08, 2012 QinetiQ has received a contract from BAE Systems to provide its E-X-Drive transmission systems for the technology development (TD) phase of the US Army's Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV)...

Australian Army receives two Chinooks from Boeing
Monday, February 06, 2012 The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has taken delivery of an additional two CH-47D Chinook transport helicopters from Boeing in Townsville, bringing its total Chinook fleet to...

Eurocopter delivers first NH90 TTH to French Army
Wednesday, February 01, 2012 The French armament procurement agency (DGA) has taken delivery of the first final operational configuration (FOC) qualified NH90 Tactical Transport Helicopter (TTH) under a contract...

Boeing, Thales selects EC135 for ADF HATS programme
Monday, January 30, 2012 Boeing Defence Australia (BDA) and Thales have selected the Eurocopter EC135 helicopter as its preferred platform to bid for the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Project AIR 9000 Phase 7 -...

Iveco to supply 60 Lynx LMVs for Russian Army
Thursday, January 26, 2012 Iveco Defense Vehicles will supply 60 Lynx light multirole armoured vehicles (LMV) to the Russian Army, deputy defence minister Alexander Sukhorukov has...

Indonesian Leopard MBT procurement plan faces criticism
Thursday, January 26, 2012 The Indonesian Army’s procurement plan of 100 used Leopard 2 Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) from the Netherlands is facing critical reviews from Commission I legislators overseeing defence affairs...

Indian Army to conduct joint training exercise with US
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 The Indian Army will conduct a joint company-level field training exercise, Yudh Abhyas, with the US Army at the Mahajan field firing ranges in Rajasthan desert in March...

Boeing settles Chinook billing case with US Army
Monday, January 23, 2012 Boeing has agreed to pay $4.4m to the US Department of Defense (DoD) to settle allegations it overcharged the US government for upgrading and modifying the US Army's CH-47 Chinook...

BAE wins contract modification for US Army's PIM programme
Friday, January 20, 2012 BAE Systems has been awarded a contract modification to continue research and development for the completion of the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase of the US Army's...

Oshkosh to continue to support US Army's FHTV fleet
Friday, January 20, 2012 Oshkosh Defense has been awarded a bridge contract extension to continue development and support for the US Army's heavy tactical vehicles (FHTV) fleet in...

Renault to supply Sherpa trucks for French armed forces
Thursday, January 19, 2012 Renault Trucks Defense (RTD) has been awarded a contract to supply Sherpa Medium trucks used to refuel the French armed forces'...

Afghan Army to receive Russian Mi-17V-5 helicopters in July 2012
Monday, January 16, 2012 The Afghan National Army (ANA) will take delivery of the remaining 12 Mi-17V-5 multirole military transport helicopters under contract with Russia in July 2012, the Russian...

Iveco delivers first heavy-duty military trucks to Armasuisse
Monday, January 16, 2012 The Swiss procurement agency Armasuisse has taken delivery of the first of 910 Iveco heavy-duty military trucks under a contract from Iveco Defence...

US Army orders additional UH-72A Lakota helicopters
Friday, January 13, 2012 EADS North America has been awarded a $212.7m contract by the US Army for the delivery of 39 UH-72A Lakota light utility helicopters (LUH) as part of its total acquisition...

Boeing to deliver additional CH-47F Chinook helicopters
Thursday, January 12, 2012 The US Army has awarded a $370m contract to Boeing for the delivery of 14 additional CH-47F Chinook helicopters as part of US foreign military sales (FMS) programmes in Australia and...

Swedish armed forces to procure BvS10 Vikings from BAE
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 BAE Systems subsidiary Hagglunds has been selected by the Swedish Defence Materiel Agency (FMV) to provide 48 BvS10 Viking Mark II high-mobility all-terrain vehicles for use by Swedish armed...

GD to continue US Army M1A1 Abrams tank upgrades
Monday, January 09, 2012 General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) has been awarded a contract modification from the US Army TACOM Lifecycle Management Command to continue upgrades of the M1A1 Abrams tanks to the M1A2...

Helibras to support Brazilian EC725 fleet
Monday, January 09, 2012 Brazilian Eurocopter subsidiary Helibras has been awarded a five-year contract by the Brazilian armed forces to provide and manage all spare parts, stocks and associated technical support for...

French Army receives acoustic sniper kits from Renault
Friday, January 06, 2012 The French defense procurement agency (DGA) has taken delivery of 80 acoustic sniper localisation system (SLATE) kits from Renault Trucks Defense for integration into the TOP 12.7 variant of...

Longbow to supply radar, data links for US Apache Block III
Friday, January 06, 2012 The Lockheed Martin-Northrop Grumman joint venture, Longbow Limited Liability, has been awarded a contract to deliver radars and data link systems for the US Army’s latest AH-64D Apache Block...