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  Next-Gen 120mm Tank Killer: ATK’s M829E4 AKE

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Next-Gen-120mm-Tank-Killer-ATKs-M829E4-AKE-06995/

  APFSDS in flight ATK recently announced a $77 million, 3-year contract, exercising an option to develop and qualify the USA's new 120mm tank-killing round for use in the U.S. Army's M1A2 SEP Abrams tanks. The M829E4 is called the Advanced Kinetic Energy…

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  Czech APCs to Carry RAFAEL’s RCWS-30

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/czech-apcs-to-carry-rafaels-rcws30-01845/

  During DID's coverage of the Steyr Pandur II's $1 billion contract win in The Czech Republic, DID noticed and described RAFAEL's RCWS-30 as the weapons system mounted on top of Steyr's press release photo. As DID noted, the system had been tested on both

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  Saudis Seek Sniper ATP Supplementation for F-15S

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/saudis-seek-sniper-atp-supplementation-for-f-15s-04401/#more

  On Dec 7/07 the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced [PDF] Saudi Arabia's request for 40 of Lockheed Martin's AN/AAQ-33 SNIPER Advanced Targeting Pods, which would replace the older LANTIRN twin-pod systems installed on Saudi F-15S Strike…

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  India Looks to Modify Scorpene Subs With MESMA AIP Propulsion

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/india-looks-to-modify-scorpene-subs-with-mesma-aip-propulsion-01954/

  Back on September 19, 2005, DID offered in-depth coverage of India's $3.5 billion local-build deal for 6 SSK Scorpene Class ultra-quiet diesel-electric submarines between 2012-1017, as well as the present status and future plans of the rival Chinese

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  Iraq’s T-72s: Payment Received

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/iraqs-t72s-payment-received-01480/

  Tanks Delivered: 77Repo men needed: 0Safer elections: Priceless Last week, we ran a story about 77 refurbished Hungarian T-72 tanks, headed for the Middle East and slated to form the core of Iraq's first reconstituted armored division. They were scheduled…

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  Black Hawks for Brunei

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Black-Hawks-for-Brunei-07207/?utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_source=did&utm_medium=textlink&utm

  Thanks to its location on the oil-rich Island of Borneo, which it shares with Indonesia and Malaysia, the State of Brunei Darussalam is best known to most people as a frequent Guinness Book of World Records entry, with its Sultan as the world's richest…

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  Black Hawks for Brunei

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Black-Hawks-for-Brunei-07207/?utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_source=did&utm_medium=textlink&utm_term=Black%20Hawks%20for%20Brunei&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_source=did&utm_content=Black+Hawks+for+Brunei+%7C+LPD+22+%7C+PAC-

  Thanks to its location on the oil-rich Island of Borneo, which it shares with Indonesia and Malaysia, the State of Brunei Darussalam is best known to most people as a frequent Guinness Book of World Records entry, with its Sultan as the world's richest…

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  Peru Upgrades Its Lupo Class Frigates

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Peru-Upgrades-Its-Lupo-Class-Frigates-07060/

  Italian-built Lupo Class frigates currently form the high-end backbone of Peru's navy, with 8 of the 3,000t Carvajal Class ships serving. Four were built under license from 1984-1987, and the 2nd batch of 4 ships was decommissioned by the Italian Navy and…

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  Umkhonto Missiles to Equip Visby Corvettes?

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/umkhonto-missiles-to-equip-visby-corvettes-03253/

  Forecast International reports that Sweden has decided to equip its 5 Visby Class stealth corvettes with Denel's Umkhonto-IR anti-aircraft missile system (and see PDF brochure) at a total cost of about SEK 1 billion (currently about $149.6 million). The

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  Tavor-21 Rifle Headed Into Service With Indian Special Forces

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/tavor21-rifle-headed-into-service-with-indian-special-forces-03080/

  In late 2002, India signed a Rs. 880 million (about $20 million) deal with Israel Military Industries for 3,070 TAR-21 Tavor assault rifles, a new bullpup design developed for use by the Israeli Defense Forces. The Israelis had just selected the compact…

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