Ordnance News & Articles

Upgraded APKWS Guidance Kits Improve Rocket Range and Impact

The upgrade will improve the range of BAE Systems’ APKWS guided rockets by up to 30%, enabling warfighters to hit targets from a greater standoff distance and at a steeper angle of attack

Aug 13, 2021
Recoil Reduction System Reduces Rifle Recoil up to 85%

The new technology from Prudent American Technologies utilizes innovative spring technology to convert recoil into heat energy and actively dissipate both primary and secondary recoil by up to 85%

Aug 02, 2021
U.S. Army Orders Carl-Gustaf Ammunition from Saab

Saab has received an order for seven different types of Carl-Gustaf ammunition, including anti-armor, anti-structure, smoke, and illumination rounds

Jul 28, 2021
Air Defense Upgrade for Royal Navy Type 45 Destroyers

MBDA will provide its Common Anti-Air Modular Missile (CAMM) to offer both close-in and local-area air defense for the Type 45 destroyers

Jul 19, 2021
Turkey’s ULAQ Armed USV Completes First Live-Fire Test

Meteksan has successfully completed the first live-fire test of its ULAQ armed USV. The target was detected by the ULAQ sensors and two CIRIT laser-guided missiles were fired and scored direct hits on the target

Jun 18, 2021
FN America Wins U.S. Army Contract for M240 Machine Guns

The U.S. Army will receive FN’s M240 series machine gun variants and spare receivers in a firm-fixed-price contract awarded through 2026

Jun 16, 2021
Rostec Develops New Ammunition to Protect Armored Vehicles

Rostec’s Central Scientific-Research Institute for Precision Machine Engineering has developed a projectile that creates an aerosol-dipole curtain which ‘blinds’ the enemy's weapon guidance system

Jun 14, 2021
Oshkosh Defense Wins Contract to Provide Stryker Vehicle Armaments

Oshkosh Defense will integrate a 30 mm medium caliber weapon system onto U.S. Army Stryker Double V Hull Infantry Carrier Vehicles to increase lethality, accuracy, and range while still maintaining the vehicles' mobility and survivability

Jun 14, 2021
BAE Wins Contract to Design Vertical Launch System for U.S. Navy

BAE Systems has been chosen as the design agent for the mechanical portion of the Mark 41 Vertical Launching System (Mk 41 VLS), a shipborne missile canister launching system that provides a rapid-fire launch capability

May 27, 2021
First MMP Firing from Jaguar Armored Vehicle

The Direction Générale de l’Armement (French Procurement Agency) has successfully demonstrated the first lock-on firing of a Missile Moyenne Portée (MMP) by MBDA, from the Jaguar armored reconnaissance vehicle by Nexter

May 27, 2021
THeMIS UGVs Used in Live-Fire Exercise

Milrem Robotics’ THeMIS UGVs (Unmanned Ground Vehicles) have been used in an Estonian live-fire manned-unmanned teaming exercise, providing troops with situational awareness, casualty evacuation and support fire

May 25, 2021
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