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The PRC-162 is a two-channel ground radio, both man-portable and vehicle-mountable, that will enable the Army to tap into next-generation communications capabilities such as the Department of Defense's new Mobile User Objective System while maintaining interoperability with legacy waveforms.

This factor has led the defense contractors to innovate and develop new lightweight, guided and unguided, man-portable anti-armor weapons as well as upgrade the existing weapons.

Some opposition activists have claimed that the Turkish military was heading to Idlib with Man-Portable Air-Defense System (MANPADS), if true, would mean that they are preparing to down any Syrian warplane flying over their positions.

Moscow, SANA- The Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday that Russian experts intend to study the engines of the Russian Su-25 aircraft that was downed in Syria by terrorists to specify the type of MANPADS (man-portable air defense systems) that targeted the aircraft and how it reached the hands of terrorists.

TOKYO, June 12 (KUNA) -- China said Friday that it has strict and effective control over military trade, denying a media report saying its man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS) had fallen into the hands of militants in Iraq and Syria, state press reported.

The nation's armed forces are acquiring Falcon III RF-7800H wideband high-frequency and RF-7800V very-high-frequency radios in handheld, man-portable, vehicular and tactical base station configurations.

The 88-page report warns about man-portable air-defense systems, also known as MANPADS, in the arsenal of Syrian President Bashar Assad's government.

The article, citing a classified report received by the German foreign intelligence service and the German government last week, said Riyadh was looking at sending European-made Mistral-class MANPADS, or man-portable air-defence systems.

The company said the systems were delivered under an engineering and manufacturing development contract awarded in 2015 to produce the next generation of aircraft survivability equipment to defend against man-portable air-defense systems and other heat-seeking munitions.

Defence and security company Saab AB (STO:SAABB) announced on Tuesday that it has signed a contract for the production and delivery of ammunition for the Carl-Gustaf man-portable weapon system.