August 10, 2018

MBDA Enhanced Modular Air Defence Solutions (EMADS)

MBDA to Showcase Battlefield and Ground Based Air Defence Systems at Land Forces 2018

August 10, 2018August 10, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Air Defense System, ATGM, Australia, Land Forces 2018, MBDA Enforcer, MBDA Enhanced Modular Air Defence Solutions (EMADS), MBDA Missile Moyenne Portée (MMP), MBDA Missile Systems, MBDA Mistral

MBDA will be showcasing its battlefield and ground-based air defence (GBAD) systems at the Land Forces 2018 exhibition held at

Americas Misc

U.S. Army Test-Fires First Black Dagger/Boosted Zombie Target (BZT) Realistic Threat Ballistic Missile Target

August 10, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Ballistic Missile Target, Black Dagger/Boosted Zombie Target (BZT), Fort Bliss, Terrier booster, U.S. Army, US Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC), USA, White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), Zombie Pathfinder target missile

The U.S. Army test-fired its first Black Dagger/Boosted Zombie Target (BZT) realistic threat ballistic missile target on June 7, 2018.

Air/ Missile Defense Europe

Lockheed Martin, Sweden Sign Agreement for Hit-to-Kill PAC-3 MSE Missiles

August 10, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Air Defense System, Lockheed Martin, MIM-104 Patriot, Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3), Sweden, USA

The U.S. and Sweden officials formalized an agreement for Sweden to purchase Lockheed Martin’s Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) missiles and related support

Air Europe

First Czech Air Force L-159T2 Jet Trainer Performs its First Flight

August 10, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Aero L-159 ALCA, Aero Vodochody, Czech Air Force, Czech Republic, Trainer aircraft

The first Aero Vodochody L-159T2 two-seat advanced jet trainer for the Czech Air Force made its first flight on August

Europe Misc

RUAG Defence Wins Contract to Develop 500 Laser-Based Target Systems for French Army

August 10, 2018August 10, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments France, French Army, RUAG, RUAG Defence, Urban Combat Advanced Training Technology (UCATT)

RUAG Defence has recently been awarded another major contract for the French Army to develop laser-based target systems. The international

Americas Asia-Pacific Misc

Massive Search and Rescue Operation Underway for U.S. Marine Reported Overboard Off Philippine Coast

August 10, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Accidents/ Crashes, Philippines, Sulu Sea, Surigao Strait, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Essex (LHD-2)

A massive search and rescue operation is underway for a Marine, assigned to the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) 13th Marine

Bohdana 155-mm Self-Propelled Howitzer (SPH)

Artillery Land

Ukraine Develops New 155-mm Self-Propelled Howitzer Named Bohdana

August 10, 2018August 10, 2018 DP Press Releases 1 Comment Artillery, Bohdana SPH, Self-propelled gun (SPG), Ukraine

Ukraine has developed a new indigenous 155-mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer named Bohdana, announced Oleksandr Turchynov, the Secretary of the National