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PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on February 1 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Russian strategic missile carriers Tu-160 spotted off the borders of Canada Two Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers flew close to Canadian airspace, the North American Joint Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said. “On Friday, January 31,…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on November 7 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Russian Northern Fleet’s nuclear-powered subs hold underwater duel in drills The Northern Fleet’s multipurpose nuclear-powered submarines Nizhny Novgorod and Pskov held an underwater duel with torpedo practice fire in drills, the…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on September 16 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: US, Canadian military inspectors to hold observation flight over Russia this week A group of American and Canadian military inspectors will carry out an observation flight over the territory of Russia this week within the frames of…

SOFIA, (BM) - A Canadian soldier has died of injuries sustained during parachuting while taking part in a multinational training exercise in Bulgaria, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting CBC News. Bombardier Patrick Labrie was a member of the 2nd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery based at Petawawa, Ont. He went to high school in…

PANAGYURISHTE (BGM) - A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to a military training centre in the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing at least six people and wounding six, police and security officials said, Reuters reports. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement on its Amaq news agency. One official,…

PANAGYURISHTE (BM) - Russia’s military hardware armed with 57mm caliber guns will securely strike modern and future foreign light-and medium-armored vehicles, Editor-in-Chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland journal Viktor Murakhovsky told TASS. The 57mm munitions also boost the possibilities of fighting enemy air targets and manpower, he…

STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan, the United States (BulgarianMilitary.com) – General Dynamics Land Systems boasted on 18th February 2019 of a $37.2 million (USD) contract awarded to General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada for delivery of 60 hardware kits for the U.S. Marine Corps’ Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV) Reset Program, learned BulgarianMilitary.com …

OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada (BulgarianMilitary.com) – Lockheed Martin proudly announced on the last day of the past working week (8th February 2019) that the Canada's Combat Ship Team has been awarded the Canadian Surface Combatant design contract by Irving Shipbuilding and is ready to start works on day one, learned BulgarianMilitary.com Irving…

OTTAWA, Canada (BulgarianMilitary.com) – General Dynamics Mission Systems–Canada boasted on 30th January 2019 of receiving 3 $621.5 million land C4ISR contracts from the Canadian Government for supporting the C4ISR (Land Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) systems of the Canadian Army,…

SAINT-HUBERT, Quebec, Canada (BulgarianMilitary.com) – In the middle of last week, on 16th January 2019, the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) announced the opening of a new armoury at Saint-Hubert Garrison, Quebec, Canada, learned BulgarianMilitary.com The move comes in accordance with the major goals of the Government of Canada,…

DÜSSELDORF, Germany (BulgarianMilitary.com), June 25, 2018, Author: Galina Zdravkova, Photo credit: Rheinmetall On 20th June 2018 Rheinmetall announced that the company has received a follow-on MASS contract from the Canadian Forces for the expansion of the MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) countermeasure systems installed on the Canadian…

OTTAWA (Canada), June 4, 2018, Author: Bm team, Photo: Rockwell Collins On 31st May Rockwell Collins announced that it has been selected by the leading Canadian aerospace and defence company Cascade Aerospace to provide WXR-2100 MultiScan ThreatTrack™ weather radars with MFD-255 and MFD-268 multi-function displays for the Lockheed C-130 Hercules…

PANAGYURISHTE (Bulgaria), March 20, 2018, Author: Galina Zdravkova (Bm), Photo by Bm In the end of 2017, the Bulgarian company OPTIX JSC (based in the town of Panagyurishte) sold part of its assets to the Canadian company American Optics Inc. – a manufacturer and distributor of rigid and flexible endoscope optics, reported the Bulgarian weekly…

(QINETIQ)(Photo by QinetiQ) - QinetiQ Target Systems (QTS) has introduced a new service to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) by emulating the threat posed to large naval vessels by small multi-rotor drones. The live demonstration was carried out in November 2017 from a Halifax-class frigate under the C$8.5M Unmanned Targets Repair, Overhaul and…

There is a chance that other combat aircraft manufacturers such as Lockheed Martin, Eurofighter Typhoon, Saab Gripen E and Dassault Rafale would take part in a Canadian Air Force renewal deal after a hole in the relationship between the Canadian government and Boeing. Canada intended to buy new Super Hornet aircraft to bridge the gap between its…