Land Warfare

Defence Notes

Leonardo CEO urges “speed as important as money” as joint ventures progress picks up

The company’s Q1 2025 results showed a 20% increase in new orders and a 15% increase in revenue across the business.

How Ukraine’s wartime innovators are redefining tactical communication

A Ukrainian company in a race against Russian jammers has been demonstrating how the country’s innovative start-ups have been beating the West at its own game.

Air Warfare

Teledyne FLIR upgrades Black Hornet 4 UAS

Integration and expanding capabilities are among the objectives for Teledyne FLIR to further develop its family of uncrewed systems.

Defence Notes

Rheinmetall vehicle sales almost double as European companies see continued growth

Results for Q1 2025 have been strong across the board for many defence companies in Europe with forward-looking statements and predictions for the full year also looking good.

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Digital Battlespace

Taiwan offers new night vision scope

10th October 2016

Forever Plus Corp, a Taiwanese company, has begun marketing a new lightweight, multifunctional digital night vision scope. The company describes the FPC-NVP300 as the ‘most …
Land Warfare

BAE Systems logs FWS-I production order

7th October 2016

BAE Systems is set to begin producing the new Family of Weapon Sights-Individual (FWS-I) thermal weapon sight under a $13.5 million low rate initial production …
Digital Battlespace

Raytheon, Logos partner on ISR sensors

7th October 2016

A new collaboration between Raytheon and Logos Technologies will address intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) requirements with advanced multi-intelligence (multi-INT) sensor systems, Raytheon announced on …
Land Warfare

AUSA 2016: AMRAAM ER flight tests sign of things to come

7th October 2016

Raytheon, in conjunction with Kongsberg, has recently completed first flight testing of a new AMRAAM Extended Range (AMRAAM-ER) missile. The firing test was conducted at …
Digital Battlespace

Falcon III radio gets LRIP authorisation

7th October 2016

The US Army has received a Milestone C decision and authorisation for a limited rate initial production (LRIP) of the Falcon III AN/VRC-118 Mid-tier Networking …
Digital Battlespace

AUSA 2016: GMS ‘King Cobra’ strikes at the military market

7th October 2016

Quick question - who is the oldest computer manufacturer in the United States? According to Ben Sharfi, CEO of General Micro Systems (GMS), it’s his …
Land Warfare

Saab receives DARPA research contract

7th October 2016

Saab has received a contract from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to perform research for the Massive Overmatch Assault Round (MOAR) study, …
Digital Battlespace

WIN-T Increment 2 capabilities enter testing

6th October 2016

Two Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) Increment 2 capabilities have begun test and evaluation processes at US Army installations, General Dynamics Mission Systems announced on 3 …
Digital Battlespace

Saab launches Giraffe 1X radar in US

6th October 2016

Saab will address emerging requirements of the manoeuvre force in the US market with its Giraffe 1X multirole land-based radar, the company announced on 3 October. …
Digital Battlespace

AUSA 2016: Front line networks realised

6th October 2016

PacStar has been selected to provide ruggedised routers, switches and servers for the US Army’s forward area networking programme. With smaller-sized forces using more sophisticated …
Land Warfare

AMRAAM-ER fired from NASAMS

6th October 2016

Raytheon’s AMRAAM-ER missile has been successfully fired from the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) system in Norway, the company announced on 4 October. AMRAAM-ER …
Land Warfare

PHM joins BAE Systems Land 400 bid team

6th October 2016

PHM Technology will support design work on the BAE Systems-Patria team bid for the Australian Army’s Land 400 Phase 2 combat reconnaissance vehicle programme, BAE Systems …
Defence Helicopter

AUSA 2016: Trends and hot topics

5th October 2016

Tony Skinner and Tim Fish discuss the key US Army trends and hot topics for this year's AUSA in Washington DC.
Special Operations

AUSA 2016: Colt launches new SF rifle

5th October 2016

A new short-barrelled rifle (SBR) 5.56mm variant of the M4 rifle – called the SCW0923 – has been launched by Colt. The rifle is designed …
Land Warfare

AUSA 2016: Sniper rifle testing due

5th October 2016

Heckler & Koch is set to deliver an initial batch of 15 G28 rifles to the US Army for testing in the next couple of …
Land Warfare

AUSA 2016: GD and Boeing embark on laser quest

5th October 2016

General Dynamics Land Systems is displaying a Stryker MEHEL 2.0 vehicle that is fitted with a 5kW laser from Boeing. The plan is to offer …
Land Warfare

Elbit gunner's station for Bradley vehicle

5th October 2016

Elbit Systems of America will supply the Gunner's Hand Station for the US Army's Bradley Fighting Vehicle under a $7.3 million contract announced on 5 October. The …
Land Warfare

AUSA 2016: Abrams tank can keep on running

5th October 2016

Honeywell has been awarded contracts totaling $91 million for the support of the US Army’s M1 Abram main battle tank. The contracts include support of …
Land Warfare

AirTronic wins launcher contracts

5th October 2016

AirTronic has been awarded new contracts from undisclosed customers in the Asia-Pacific and European regions for its rocket launchers and grenade launchers, it announced on …