Army Guide News<title> <link>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/<link> <description>News from Army Guide concerning the armoured vehicles, armament of the land forces and also the information concerning other army subjects.<description> <image> <url>http://www.army-guide.com/im/88x31.gif<url> <link>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/<link> <title>Army Guide News<title> <image> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:46:30 +0000<lastBuildDate> <language>en<language> <item> <title>QinetiQ and Pratt Miller Deliver First Robotic Combat Vehicle - Light to U.S. Army<title> <link>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3315<link> <description> <div style="float: left; display: inline; background:#cccccc; margin-left: 2px; margin-right: 2px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a title="QinetiQ and Pratt Miller Deliver First Robotic Combat Vehicle - Light to U.S. Army" href="http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3315"><img src="http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/RCV_light_asldkj11612272017_i.jpg" border="0" alt="QinetiQ and Pratt Miller Deliver First Robotic Combat Vehicle - Light to U.S. Army" style=""></img></a></div>QinetiQ Inc. and Pratt Miller Defense are pleased to announce the delivery of the first Robotic Combat Vehicle – Light (RCV-L) to the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC).</description> <category>Robots<category> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 16:20:17 +0000<pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3315<guid> <thumbnail>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/RCV_light_asldkj11612272017_i.jpg</thumbnail> <image>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/RCV_light_asldkj11612272017_i.jpg</image> <item> <item> <title>Adds to Existing $57.9M IDIQ Contract for Sustainment Activity across All FLIR Unmanned Ground Systems<title> <link>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3314<link> <description> <div style="float: left; display: inline; background:#cccccc; margin-left: 2px; margin-right: 2px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a title="Adds to Existing $57.9M IDIQ Contract for Sustainment Activity across All FLIR Unmanned Ground Systems" href="http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3314"><img src="http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/flir-centaur-mtrs-hgfh11612270005_i.jpg" border="0" alt="Adds to Existing $57.9M IDIQ Contract for Sustainment Activity across All FLIR Unmanned Ground Systems" style=""></img></a></div>ARLINGTON, Va. -- FLIR Systems, Inc. announced it has received an additional $30.1 million contract from the United States (U.S.) Army for sustainment efforts tied in part to the service’s Man Transportable Robotic System Increment II (MTRS Inc. II) and Common Robotic System-Heavy (CRS-H) ground robot programs. The award raises the maximum value on the company’s existing Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to $88 million, covering maintenance, parts and overall sustainment support for the entire FLIR unmanned ground systems family of small, medium and large robots used by the US Army.</description> <category>Robots<category> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 15:46:45 +0000<pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3314<guid> <thumbnail>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/flir-centaur-mtrs-hgfh11612270005_i.jpg</thumbnail> <image>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/flir-centaur-mtrs-hgfh11612270005_i.jpg</image> <item> <item> <title>ARMATA MBT - problems 2020<title> <link>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3313<link> <description> <div style="float: left; display: inline; background:#cccccc; margin-left: 2px; margin-right: 2px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a title="ARMATA MBT - problems 2020" href="http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3313"><img src="http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/211608809177_i.jpg" border="0" alt="ARMATA MBT - problems 2020" style=""></img></a></div>In the last days of December 2019, the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation A. Krivoruchko, summing up the results of the implementation of the State Defense Order to the correspondent's question about how the work on the ARMATA is progressing, said optimistically: "I will not hide the fact that the work on fine-tuning the latest samples of armored vehicles and armaments were somewhat delayed, but in the outgoing year, preliminary and state tests of a whole line of new equipment were successfully completed.</description> <category>Defence Industry<category> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2020 14:26:17 +0000<pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3313<guid> <thumbnail>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/211608809177_i.jpg</thumbnail> <image>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/211608809177_i.jpg</image> <item> <item> <title>Problems of Russian land military vehicles with diesel engines<title> <link>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3312<link> <description> <div style="float: left; display: inline; background:#cccccc; margin-left: 2px; margin-right: 2px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a title="Problems of Russian land military vehicles with diesel engines" href="http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3312"><img src="http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/111608808075_i.jpg" border="0" alt="Problems of Russian land military vehicles with diesel engines" style=""></img></a></div>Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant - URALTRAK (part of the NPK Uralvagonzavod) is delaying the delivery of V-46 and V-84 diesel engines to customers fulfilling the State Defense Order. This applies to both the enterprises that are part of the structure of Uralvagonzavod and other manufacturers of military vehicles. Mil.Press Voennoye correspondent was informed about this by sources from two companies that use these engines as part of their own products, and a source from an enterprise engaged in diesel engine repair confirmed.</description> <category>Defence Industry<category> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2020 14:07:55 +0000<pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3312<guid> <thumbnail>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/111608808075_i.jpg</thumbnail> <image>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/111608808075_i.jpg</image> <item> <item> <title>Oshkosh Defense Receives Order for 248 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles<title> <link>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3311<link> <description> <div style="float: left; display: inline; background:#cccccc; margin-left: 2px; margin-right: 2px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a title="Oshkosh Defense Receives Order for 248 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles" href="http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3311"><img src="http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/JLTV-PR1593671901_i.jpg" border="0" alt="Oshkosh Defense Receives Order for 248 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles" style=""></img></a></div>Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK) company, announced today that the U.S. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal has placed an order for 248 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs) and associated kits.</description> <category>Defence Industry<category> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2020 09:38:21 +0000<pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3311<guid> <thumbnail>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/JLTV-PR1593671901_i.jpg</thumbnail> <image>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/JLTV-PR1593671901_i.jpg</image> <item> <item> <title>KONGSBERG CONCLUDES A $ 54 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE DELIVERY WEAPON STATIONS TO CANADIAN ARMY<title> <link>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3310<link> <description> <div style="float: left; display: inline; background:#cccccc; margin-left: 2px; margin-right: 2px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a title="KONGSBERG CONCLUDES A $ 54 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE DELIVERY WEAPON STATIONS TO CANADIAN ARMY" href="http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3310"><img src="http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/koongsberg1591355163_i.jpg" border="0" alt="KONGSBERG CONCLUDES A $ 54 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE DELIVERY WEAPON STATIONS TO CANADIAN ARMY" style=""></img></a></div>Norwegian company Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace has signed a contract with General Dynamics Land Systems - Canada (a Canadian subsidiary of the American company General Dynamics) for the supply of PROTECTOR remote-controlled weapon stations (RWS) to the Canadian army. The total contract value is NOK 500 million, or about $ 54 million.</description> <category>Contracts<category> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2020 14:06:03 +0000<pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3310<guid> <thumbnail>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/koongsberg1591355163_i.jpg</thumbnail> <image>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/koongsberg1591355163_i.jpg</image> <item> <item> <title>Germany awards 159 MUSD vehicle contract to GDELS<title> <link>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3309<link> <description> <div style="float: left; display: inline; background:#cccccc; margin-left: 2px; margin-right: 2px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a title="Germany awards 159 MUSD vehicle contract to GDELS" href="http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3309"><img src="http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/EAGLE_6x6_San1587712737_i.jpg" border="0" alt="Germany awards 159 MUSD vehicle contract to GDELS" style=""></img></a></div></description> <category>Contracts<category> <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2020 10:18:57 +0000<pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3309<guid> <thumbnail>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/EAGLE_6x6_San1587712737_i.jpg</thumbnail> <image>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/EAGLE_6x6_San1587712737_i.jpg</image> <item> <item> <title>Oshkosh Defense Receives $407.3 Million Order for Joint Light Tactical Vehicles<title> <link>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3308<link> <description> <div style="float: left; display: inline; background:#cccccc; margin-left: 2px; margin-right: 2px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a title="Oshkosh Defense Receives $407.3 Million Order for Joint Light Tactical Vehicles" href="http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3308"><img src="http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/JLTV1582552905_i.jpg" border="0" alt="Oshkosh Defense Receives $407.3 Million Order for Joint Light Tactical Vehicles" style=""></img></a></div>Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation company, announced today that the U.S. Army Contracting Command – Detroit Arsenal has placed an order for 1,240 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs) and associated kits.</description> <category>Contracts<category> <pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2020 17:01:45 +0000<pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3308<guid> <thumbnail>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/JLTV1582552905_i.jpg</thumbnail> <image>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/JLTV1582552905_i.jpg</image> <item> <item> <title>Rheinmetall MAN Survivor R special protected vehicle on show at GPEC 2020 international security exhibition in Frankfurt/Main<title> <link>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3307<link> <description> <div style="float: left; display: inline; background:#cccccc; margin-left: 2px; margin-right: 2px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a title="Rheinmetall MAN Survivor R special protected vehicle on show at GPEC 2020 international security exhibition in Frankfurt/Main" href="http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3307"><img src="http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/survivor-s_skdfjh21582549526_i.jpg" border="0" alt="Rheinmetall MAN Survivor R special protected vehicle on show at GPEC 2020 international security exhibition in Frankfurt/Main" style=""></img></a></div>When it comes to equipping the men and women who protect our liberty and security, only the best will do. From 18 to 20 February 2020, Rheinmetall will be on hand at the GPEC international security conference and exhibition in Frankfurt, displaying the Survivor R special operations protected vehicle.</description> <category>Defence Industry<category> <pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2020 16:05:26 +0000<pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3307<guid> <thumbnail>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/survivor-s_skdfjh21582549526_i.jpg</thumbnail> <image>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/survivor-s_skdfjh21582549526_i.jpg</image> <item> <item> <title>Rheinmetall books ˆ110 million-contract to extend the service life of the Marder infantry fighting vehicle for the Bundeswehr<title> <link>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3305<link> <description> <div style="float: left; display: inline; background:#cccccc; margin-left: 2px; margin-right: 2px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a title="Rheinmetall books ˆ110 million-contract to extend the service life of the Marder infantry fighting vehicle for the Bundeswehr" href="http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3305"><img src="http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/marder1579589519_i.jpg" border="0" alt="Rheinmetall books ˆ110 million-contract to extend the service life of the Marder infantry fighting vehicle for the Bundeswehr" style=""></img></a></div>The Bundeswehr has contracted with Rheinmetall to carry out new measures for extending the service life of the Marder infantry fighting vehicle. In order to maintain the operational readiness of this tracked vehicle, the drivetrain of 71 Marder 1A5 vehicles will be replaced. During the 2020-2023 timeframe, Rheinmetall will be supplying the German military with a total of 78 conversion kits as well as vehicle tool kits and special tools, logistical support, an initial store of spare parts, and training and instruction. The order is worth around</description> <category>Contracts<category> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2020 09:51:59 +0000<pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3305<guid> <thumbnail>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/marder1579589519_i.jpg</thumbnail> <image>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/marder1579589519_i.jpg</image> <item> <item> <title>TEMPORARY COMPANY GROUPING EBMR MEETS ITS DELIVERY OBJECTIVES FOR 2019<title> <link>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3304<link> <description> <div style="float: left; display: inline; background:#cccccc; margin-left: 2px; margin-right: 2px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a title="TEMPORARY COMPANY GROUPING EBMR MEETS ITS DELIVERY OBJECTIVES FOR 2019" href="http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3304"><img src="http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/griffon21578983652_i.jpg" border="0" alt="TEMPORARY COMPANY GROUPING EBMR MEETS ITS DELIVERY OBJECTIVES FOR 2019" style=""></img></a></div>On 24 December 2019, the temporary company grouping EBMR (Multi-Role Armoured Vehicles) received the inspection report for the 92nd VBMR-GRIFFON from the quality department of the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA/SQ).</description> <category>Defence Industry<category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2020 09:34:12 +0000<pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3304<guid> <thumbnail>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/griffon21578983652_i.jpg</thumbnail> <image>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/griffon21578983652_i.jpg</image> <item> <item> <title>BAE Systems` CV90 increases lethality by testing SPIKE LR anti-tank guided missile<title> <link>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3303<link> <description> <div style="float: left; display: inline; background:#cccccc; margin-left: 2px; margin-right: 2px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a title="BAE Systems` CV90 increases lethality by testing SPIKE LR anti-tank guided missile" href="http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3303"><img src="http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/bae1578982598_i.jpg" border="0" alt="BAE Systems` CV90 increases lethality by testing SPIKE LR anti-tank guided missile" style=""></img></a></div>BAE Systems successfully fires an integrated, long-range anti-tank guided missile from the CV90 Infantry Fighting Vehicle during difficult arctic test conditions to defeat a target at more than 2,000 meters.</description> <category>Defence Industry<category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2020 09:16:38 +0000<pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3303<guid> <thumbnail>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/bae1578982598_i.jpg</thumbnail> <image>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/bae1578982598_i.jpg</image> <item> <item> <title>Kungas Unmanned Ground Vehicle Tested in Russia<title> <link>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3302<link> <description> <div style="float: left; display: inline; background:#cccccc; margin-left: 2px; margin-right: 2px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a title="Kungas Unmanned Ground Vehicle Tested in Russia" href="http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3302"><img src="http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/kungas1576064846_i.jpg" border="0" alt="Kungas Unmanned Ground Vehicle Tested in Russia" style=""></img></a></div>The Russian Ground Forces completed the state tests of the Kungas Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV). This was in an interview with the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda the Army General Oleg Salyukov, Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces. According to him, in 2020, the Russian military will begin experimental-military operation of the complex.</description> <category>Robots<category> <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 14:47:26 +0000<pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3302<guid> <thumbnail>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/kungas1576064846_i.jpg</thumbnail> <image>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/kungas1576064846_i.jpg</image> <item> <item> <title>CONTRACT TO DELIVER REMOTE WEAPONS STATIONS TO DENMARK WORTH 270 MNOK<title> <link>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3301<link> <description> <div style="float: left; display: inline; background:#cccccc; margin-left: 2px; margin-right: 2px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a title="CONTRACT TO DELIVER REMOTE WEAPONS STATIONS TO DENMARK WORTH 270 MNOK" href="http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3301"><img src="http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/danish1576053872_i.jpg" border="0" alt="CONTRACT TO DELIVER REMOTE WEAPONS STATIONS TO DENMARK WORTH 270 MNOK" style=""></img></a></div>Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS (KONGSBERG) has signed a contract with the Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) for delivery of the KONGSBERG PROTECTOR Remote Weapon Station (RWS) to the Danish Army worth 270 MNOK.</description> <category>Contracts<category> <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:44:32 +0000<pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3301<guid> <thumbnail>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/danish1576053872_i.jpg</thumbnail> <image>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/danish1576053872_i.jpg</image> <item> <item> <title>FLIR Wins U.S. Army Heavyweight Robot Contract Worth Up to $109M<title> <link>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3300<link> <description> <div style="float: left; display: inline; background:#cccccc; margin-left: 2px; margin-right: 2px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a title="FLIR Wins U.S. Army Heavyweight Robot Contract Worth Up to $109M" href="http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3300"><img src="http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/kobra1575640751_i.jpg" border="0" alt="FLIR Wins U.S. Army Heavyweight Robot Contract Worth Up to $109M" style=""></img></a></div>ARLINGTON -- FLIR Systems, Inc. announced that its Kobra™ robot has been chosen for the United States (U.S.) Army’s Common Robotic System-Heavy (CRS-H) program. The five-year production contract to build upwards of 350 unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) is worth up to $109 million.</description> <category>Robots<category> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 16:59:11 +0000<pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article.php?forumID=3300<guid> <thumbnail>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/kobra1575640751_i.jpg</thumbnail> <image>http://www.army-guide.com/eng/images/kobra1575640751_i.jpg</image> <item> <channel> <rss>