The Ministry of Defense of Romania signed a contract with the company Raytheon (USA) for the supply of Patriot missile systems. Romania will become the 14th country in the world, which is equipped with the Patriot air defense system, reports Warspot referring to the portal defensenews.com. (01.12.2017)
The domestic enterprise “Kazakhstan Paramount Engineering” (KPI) together with the Israeli company Plasan mastered the production of armored wheeled vehicles (BKM) “Alan”.
Production of armored wheeled vehicles “Alan” began in Kazakhstan. The first batch of military equipment was issued at the request of the republic’s law enforcement agencies. The machine is multifunctional; it can be used as reconnaissance. The weight of the armored car is 8 tons. The novelty already attracted the attention of foreign military men. The first contracts for the export of Alan were concluded.
The American fleet is officially armed with long-range aerial reconnaissance drones. On the 11th of November, 2017, defenseworld.net reported that Northrop Grumman Company had transferred the first serial model of the MQ-4C Triton drone to the US Navy.
The Government of the Russian Federation has submitted to the State Duma a bill that gives the Cabinet powers to establish restrictions on disclosing information on state contracts in the defense sphere in the Internet, from the database of the lower house of parliament.