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South African firm Paramount Group has confirmed that it exported Marauder mine-resistant, ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicles to Nigeria. Following reports earlier in March 2019 that the Nigerian Air Force’s land regiment …
Nigeria Procures Marauder MRAPs Read More
Kazakhstan’s Minister of Defense and Aerospace Industry, Beibut Atamkulov, discussed initiatives for the Kazakh defense industry before parliament this week. The Kazakh military seeks to produce as much of its …
Kazakh Minister Highlights Road Ahead for Defense Industry Read More Kazakhstan is completing testing of the Barys 8×8 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV). In a press release, Paramount Group announced that the Kazakh Ministry of Defense “is in the final stages …
Barys IFV Nearly Finished with Testing Read More