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Lockheed Martin Canada Delivers High Fidelity Combat System Trainer to Royal New Zealand Navy 16 Maret 2017 Lockheed Martin Canada"s Combat System Trainer delivered to the Maritime Warfare Training Centre at the Royal New Zealand Navy base in Devonport, New Zealand. (photo : Lockheed Martin) OTTAWA, Ontario/PRNewswire/ -- Completing the first major delivery under the New Zealand ANZAC Frigate System Upgrade Project, prime systems integrator Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Canada and Chief of Navy Rear Admiral John Martin have officially opened the New Zealand ANZAC combat system trainer. The combat system trainer was delivered ahead of schedule to the Maritime Warfare Training Centre at the Royal New Zealand Navy base in Devonport on February 16, 2017. Rear Admiral Martin stated, "It is wonderful to receive the trainer early which will allow our sailors to be properly prepared when the upgraded ships arrive. Lockheed Martin Canada"s combat system trainer is a world class tra...

New $900m Training Ground the Size of Bishan to Give Soldiers Realistic Urban Combat Experience 15 Maret 2017 SAF new training ground (all images : Sing Mindef) SINGAPORE - A new training ground roughly the size of Bishan town will be built in western Singapore to let soldiers hone their urban fighting skills in real-life settings such as high-rise buildings, warehouses, and even an MRT station with multiple exits. This 88ha area, dubbed the Safti City, will allow soldiers to train in a dense urban environment that closely resembles Singapore"s landscape when it is completed in the west of the country in 10 years, said Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen on Friday (March 3) in Parliament. One sector of Safti City will be packed with clusters of shophouses, high-rise interconnected buildings, low-rise residences, basement carparks, a bus interchange and a MRT station. Another sector near the Poyan Reservoir will house a petrochemical complex, warehouses, container parks and industrial buil...

Malaysia Lays Keel for Second Littoral Combat Ship 01 Maret 2017 The keel of the second LCS (right) prior to the ceremony. Next to it is the structure of the 1st LCS. (photo : Malaysian Defence) Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS) has laid down the keel for another 111 m Second Generation Patrol Vessel - Littoral Combat Ship (SGPV-LCS) on order for the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN). The vessel, which is the second of six 3,000-tonne ships ordered under a MYR9 billion (USD2 billion) contract, was laid on 28 February in a ceremony presided over by the country"s deputy defence minister, Mohd Johari Bin Baharum. The programme"s first-of-class was laid down in March 2016. The modules of LCS (image : RMN) The SGPV-LCS is derived from the Gowind 2500 design produced by French shipbuilder DCNS. The ships will be armed with BAE Systems" 57 mm Mk 3 naval gun, two MSI-Defence Seahawk 30 mm guns, and two J+S 324 mm triple tube torpedo launcher systems. To bolster the platform"s defensiv...

SAIC Unveils First Amphibious Combat Vehicle 1.1 to U.S. Marine Corps 23 Februari 2017 SAIC has rolled out the first of 16 Amphibious Combat Vehicles that the US Marine Corps will use for testing. It is an enhanced, customized variant of the ST Kinetics TERREX 8x8 combat vehicle fielded by the Singapore Army. (photo : SAIC) CHARLESTON, S.C.--Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) today unveiled its first Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) 1.1 prototype to the U.S. Marine Corps during a ceremony held at the company’s integration facility in Charleston, South Carolina. This vehicle is the first of 16 to be delivered for testing by the Marine Corps, which is scheduled to begin next month. “SAIC is incredibly proud to deliver this modern, high-tech, highly-capable solution to the Marine Corps. Our employees and team members worked tirelessly to successfully deliver this solution to the Marine Corps on time despite delays due to an initial contract award protest,...

Hawkei Combat Vehicles Confirmed for Delivery 23 Februari 2017 LAND 121 Hawkei 4x4 vehicle (photo : Sidney Morning Herald) Minister for Defence Marise Payne has confirmed that the final 22 Thales Australia Hawkei’s for testing will be delivered on time. At a conference in Canberra, Minister Payne confirmed that the next generation protected vehicles will be delivered as per the schedule. Thales Australia is delivering the "new generation of protected vehicles", which have been designed to be able to operate in an environment under threat from Improvised Explosive Devices, mines and ambushes. Hawkei is a 7-tonne, 4x4 vehicle with a 3-tonne payload designed to meet the demanding requirements of land forces world-wide. Hawkei is also highly effective across a diverse range of mission profiles including troop movement, command and control, electronic warfare, liaison, surveillance and reconnaissance. The acquirement of the Hawkei vehicles is part of Phase 4 of a multi-phased proj...