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 News by Topics: Land

  1. Polish Defense Holding Replaces Bumar Group

    Poland's leading defense manufacturer, the Bumar Group, rebranded itself as Polish Defense Holding (PHO) May 22.

    • May. 23, 2013

  2. HASC Panel Adopts Administration's Special Ops Budget Request

    Legislation approved Wednesday by a US House subcommittee fully supports the Obama administration's plan to budget special operations forces for more than $12 billion in 2014.

    • May. 22, 2013

  3. Indian Firms Tapped for Howitzer Trials

    For the first time, Indian defense companies have been selected for trials in a howitzer gun tender.

    • May. 21, 2013

  4. US Spec Ops Leaders Look Beyond Land Wars

    About 7,000 members of the defense industry, along with hundreds of service members — and plenty of guys with long beards — packed into the Tampa Convention Center last week for the annual Special Operations Industry Conference (SOFIC).

    • May. 20, 2013
  5. Betsy Schmid, a Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee staffer, has emerged as the leading candidate to become Navy undersecretary. Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale is among those expected to step down in the coming months. DoD

    Several DoD Personnel Moves Expected Soon

    The White House is working to fill several high-level Pentagon posts as incumbents prepare to step down as the Obama administration begins a second term amid a fury of budget uncertainty.

    • May. 17, 2013
  6. Push for Consolidation: The French government wants Thales to buy shipbuilder DCNS, which produced the Horizon-class frigate Chevalier Paul. The ship contains radars built by Thales. DCNS

    Source: France Pushing for 2 Mega Deals

    France is looking to sell naval company DCNS to electronics specialist Thales and broker a partnership between Nexter and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann in a bid to beat a budget crunch and slim down the land weapons sector, a source briefed on the subject said.

    • May. 11, 2013

  7. Canada Renews Push To Buy 100 Specs Ops Vehicles

    Canada's special operations forces will try once again to purchase a new fleet of vehicles for long-range reconnaissance patrols and urban warfare.

    • May. 11, 2013
  8. The Sillinger 470 UM RD is a 4.7-meter foldable inflatable boat, fitted with an interconnecting valve for faster inflation of the compartments and two speed tubes.

    SOFINS Highlights Growing French Spec Ops Market

    The French special operations command led for a first time in Europe a three-day trade show and conference, signaling the niche market formed by the élite forces' operational needs.

    • May. 10, 2013

  9. Danish Chief of Defence: Fighter Replacement on Track

    Denmark's ranking military officer 'strongly believes' his country will settle on its next-generation fighter design by mid-2015, expressing confidence in a timetable laid out earlier this year.

    • May. 9, 2013
  10. Lt. Gen. William Phillips is the top acquisition adviser to the secretary of the US Army. Phillips told a Senate budget panel that sequestration cuts are having a serious effect on all Army modernization programs, including the JLTV program. Defense News/File

    US Army May Push Back JLTV, Rethink Armed Aerial Scout Program

    The joint US Army/Marine Corps Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program may see its testing schedule pushed back by as much as four months by the end of this fiscal year, top Army leadership testified on Capitol Hill on May 8.

    • May. 9, 2013

  11. Germany To Sell Tanks to Indonesia

    Germany has agreed to sell 164 used tanks to Indonesia, the government confirmed Wednesday, after the Dutch parliament last year rejected a similar request over human rights concerns.

    • May. 8, 2013

  12. Australia Sticks With JSF, Will Buy Growlers, New Subs

    Australia announced plans to purchase 12 new-build Boeing EA-18G Growler airborne electronic attack aircraft although it affirmed its commitment to the Joint Strike Fighter program.

    • May. 3, 2013
  13. Ready and Waiting: A French soldier deployed in Mali waits with a Milan anti-tank missile launcher near Diabaly in January. France is seeking a replacement for the Milans. Agence France-Presse

    US Pushing Hard To Sell Javelins to France

    The US joint venture that builds the Javelin anti-tank missile came through town recently to introduce a new senior executive, underscoring American industry's hot pursuit of a contract for a medium-range weapon for the French Army, sources briefed on the

    • May. 1, 2013

  14. US, South Korea Wrap Up Drills As Tensions Simmer

    The United States and South Korea on Tuesday wrapped up military drills at the center of soaring tensions with North Korea, as Pyongyang ignored a new overture over a flagship joint industrial zone.

    • Apr. 30, 2013

  15. Report: N. Korea Set To Stage Major Military Drill

    North Korea appears to be gearing up for a major military exercise, a report said on Sunday, amid tensions over an expected missile test and South Korea's pullout from a joint industrial complex.

    • Apr. 28, 2013

  16. Chinese Troops 20 Kilometers Across Disputed Border: India

    New Delhi on Friday said Chinese soldiers have advanced nearly 12 miles (20 kilometers) into Indian-claimed territory after intruding across the disputed border earlier this month, a report said.

    • Apr. 26, 2013

  17. Domestic Firms Allowed in India Gun Contest

    For the first time, domestic private sector defense companies will be allowed to compete alongside foreign companies in the forthcoming 155mm/52-caliber mounted gun tender, expected to be floated in the next two to three months.

    • Apr. 25, 2013

  18. Scaled Down US-Morocco War Games Resume

    US-Morocco war games, canceled by Rabat over a Washington-backed plan for the UN's Western Sahara mission, have resumed on a smaller scale after a compromise was reached, the US embassy said Wednesday.

    • Apr. 24, 2013

  19. U.S. SOCOM Kicks Off Two New Vehicle Programs

    Next month, U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is scheduled to award a contract to one company for at least 1,300 ground mobility vehicles (GMVs) to replace its current fleet of aging GMVs.

    • Apr. 24, 2013
  20. Gen. Raymond Odierno, U.S. Army chief of staff, right, and Secretary of the Army John McHugh speak before the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 23 in Washington, D.C. Mark Wilson / Getty Images

    US Army Leaders Warned On War Funding

    Top US Army leadership told lawmakers Tuesday that they'll need three more years of supplemental war funding after the final US troops are withdrawn from Afghanistan to pay for massive postwar equipment reset activities.

    • Apr. 23, 2013

  21. AUSA Winter Heading to Huntsville

    The long wait is over.

    • Apr. 18, 2013
  22. Rockets are launched April 17 from the Thunderbolt 2000, a Taiwan-made multi-rocket launcher system, during a military drill in the western Penghu islands. Taiwan's defense ministry staged its biggest live-fire military exercise since 2008, aimed at reviewing the island's defense capability against a simulated Chinese invasion. Sam Yeh/AFP

    Taiwan Shows Force in Live-fire Drill

    Taiwan staged its biggest live-fire drill since 2008 Wednesday in an operation involving more than 7000 troops that simulated a Chinese attack as its leader warned of Beijing's arms build-up.

    • Apr. 17, 2013

  23. S. African Firm Seals Anti-riot Vehicle Deal with Brazil

    A South African military manufacturer has sealed a deal to supply Brazilian police with anti-riot vehicles ahead of next year's football World Cup, it said on Tuesday.

    • Apr. 16, 2013
  24. Filipino troops fire their howitzer cannons during live-fire exercises April 12 at Crow Valley, Tarlac province north of Manila, during the annual joint Philippine-U.S. military exercise. Ted Aljibe / AFP pool

    U.S., Filipino Marines in Live-Fire Exercises

    CAPAS, Philippines — U.S. and Filipino Marines staged armored assault maneuvers Friday as part of annual military exercises the Philippines have deemed vital in building its capacity to defend itself.

    • Apr. 12, 2013

  25. U.S. Military To Return Some Okinawa Land to Japan

    TOKYO — Japan and the United States on Friday agreed on a plan that will see some land occupied by the U.S. military returned to the islands in a bid to break the deadlock in a long-stalled deal.

    • Apr. 5, 2013

  26. GCV Competitors Push Back Against Critical Government Report

    WASHINGTON — The U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) stirred up controversy on April 2 when it released a highly critical report on the Army’s Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) program, just days before the fiscal 2014 budget was set to be released.

    • Apr. 4, 2013

  27. Rail Issue: U.S. Military Needs New Way To Ship Heavy Vehicles

    WASHINGTON — For more than 100 years, the U.S. military has used the expansive American railroad network to move heavy tanks, trucks and even rocket engines between military bases.

    • Apr. 3, 2013
  28. The Congressional Budget Office took a serious jab at the U.S. Army's highest priority vehicle program today, issuing a report that includes a recommendation of keeping the current Bradley infantry fighting vehicle fleet as opposed to building new Ground Combat Vehicles to replace them. File photo / U.S. Army

    U.S. Army’s Top Vehicle Program Gets Another Black Eye

    WASHINGTON — The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) took a serious jab at the U.S. Army’s highest priority vehicle program today, issuing a report that includes a recommendation of keeping the current Bradley infantry fighting vehicle fleet as opposed to building new Ground Combat Vehicles (GCV) to replace them.

    • Apr. 2, 2013

  29. U.S. Military Cargo Removal From Afghanistan To Cost $5B to $6B

    KABUL — The U.S. operation to remove military hardware and vehicles from Afghanistan as troops withdraw after 12 years of war will cost between $5 billion and $6 billion, officials said Sunday.

    • Mar. 31, 2013

  30. War Game Exposes Gaps for U.S. Army

    WASHINGTON — A recent U.S. Army war game against a North Korea-like failed nuclear state with powerful ground forces has exposed some materiel capability gaps that deeply worry Army planners, service leaders said.

    • Mar. 31, 2013

  31. U.S. Hands Over Afghan District After ‘Abuse’ Row

    KABUL — The U.S. military pulled out of a strategic district in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday as part of a deal with President Hamid Karzai, who alleged that American military personnel had mistreated locals.

    • Mar. 31, 2013
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