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If all goes to plan, initial delivery of the selected vehicle could take place in 2029/2030 with final delivery in 2031/2032. The Bv206 were supplied to Canada many years ago and are in urgent need of replacement. More than 11,000 Bv206 were built for worldwide sale.
The One-Way Effector (OWE) is a ground-launched missile or drome designed to act as a swarm to overwhelm air defence systems. It was displayed for the first time in Paris this week.
The new artillery and howitzer factory pre-dates the emphasis on this capability from this month’s Strategic Defence Review (SDR). The first joint industry-government meeting outlined in the review took place this week.
Romania received its first Cobra MkII 4×4 light tactical armoured vehicles, ordered Abrams main battle tanks (MBTs) and VAMTAC light vehicles, and is set to invest billions-of-dollars in infantry fighting vehicles.
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20th June 2016
Raytheon’s ELCAN Optical Technologies division has received a $54 million contract from Australia's Department of Defence (ADF) for the supply of its ELCAN Specter DR …
20th June 2016
CMI Defence has been chosen by the US Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) for a Research and Development programme focused on medium …
17th June 2016
As Eurosatory 2016 comes to a close, the editor of Land Warfare International, Tim Fish, takes a look at some of the highlights of the …
17th June 2016
Kokam is looking to diversify markets for its battery and power solutions away from the traditional Korean customers and into Europe, the US and elsewhere. …
17th June 2016
Leonardo-Finmeccanica’s VULCANO weapon system will feature Rockwell Collins’ NavFire Precision Positioning Service (PPS) GPS, according to a 13 June company statement from Rockwell Collins. The …
17th June 2016
Saft will supply specialised military batteries to Team Leidos under a two year contract announced on 13 June. Under the contract Saft will supply around …
17th June 2016
Hanwha Defense Systems has received a contract from CMI Defence for the supply of around 200 painted open turret shells of Cockerill 3000 Series weapon …
17th June 2016
MBDA has launched Licorne, a very short-range air defence (VSHORAD) command and control system for fast reaction, airborne or amphibious forces. Licorne uses the same …
16th June 2016
A new European waveform developed under the European Secure Software defined Radio (ESSOR) programme is bringing militaries closer to true interconnectivity. At the tactical level, …
16th June 2016
The German Bundeswehr and KSK special forces unit are interested in getting new rifles and Sig Sauer is going to put forward a solution based …
16th June 2016
A new set of vehicles for the French Special Forces will offer them improved mobility and firepower on operations. According to the French DGA, 25 …
16th June 2016
Milrem and Leica Geosystems have introduced the Pegasus Multiscope unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) for off-road use, it was announced on 13 June. The vehicle combines …
16th June 2016
CMI Defence and Mecar have signed a framework agreement, as per which CMI Defence will be responsible for sales and marketing of Mecar’s suite of …
16th June 2016
Kokam has carried out successful ballistic testing on battery cells using its Lithium Ion NANO battery technology and found that the cells do not experience thermal …
16th June 2016
Nexter has signed new contracts with Gabon, continuing their ongoing collaboration, it was announced on 14 June. The contracts include the supply of mobile medical …
16th June 2016
Atos has launched a new battle management system (BMS) called Bull at the Eurosatory exhibition in Paris on 14 June. Bull BMS is designed to …
16th June 2016
Safran Electronics and Defense has received a contract to provide navigation systems for the Griffon armoured vehicles being delivered as part of France's Scorpion programme, it …
16th June 2016
Singapore Technologies Kinetics (STK) has sent its first two Terrex 3 prototypes for trials in Australia for the Land 400 phase 2 programme and unveiled …
16th June 2016
With Eurosatory 2016 in full swing, Shephard speaks with ADIT analyst, Mathieu Grospeaud, about trends in the land armament industry. In comparison to previous iterations, …