Land Warfare

US services test wearable tech to improve soldier’s performance

Developed by the USC Institute for Creative Technologies, the Lightning Platform is an app to assess warfighters’ physiology, metabolism and mental and cognitive status.

Land Warfare

Romania opens the chequebook and reorganises as it watches Russian aggression

Romania is retiring old systems, some Soviet, and replacing them with western equipment from countries such as Sweden and Turkey and boosting existing modern fleets.

Naval Warfare

UK and US marines train to guard nuclear deterrent submarines

The Autumn round of Tartan Eagle training just concluded in Scotland.

Land Warfare

CV90 delivery to Slovakia imminent

Slovakia is undergoing a radical refresh of its equipment, like many central and eastern European countries, and the arrival of new vehicles will form a substantial part of this.

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Land Warfare

US Army conducts qualification shots of the TOW 2B antitank missile

15th September 2022

TOW 2B tests were conducted in a challenging simulated operational environment in the Redstone Test Center in Huntsville (Alabama) under the TOW obsolescence safety effort.
Land Warfare

American Rheinmetall signs cooperative R&D agreement with US Army’s DEVCOM GVSC

14th September 2022

The deal allows exploring the integration of the army’s Advanced Lightweight Track and improvements in running gear systems on platforms that are potential candidates for the OMFV and other critical vehicle modernisation programmes.
Defence Notes

Lithuania to buy drones and receive more Javelins, JLTVs

14th September 2022

New UASs and more Javelin antitank missiles will be procured by Lithuania.
Land Warfare

Tests begin for first new French SOF patrol vehicles

14th September 2022

French special forces have begun testing the first pair of production 6x6 VOS-APP patrol vehicles that will succeed the VLRA, which has been in service since the 1970s.
Land Warfare

Chaiseri unveils improved First Win variants

14th September 2022

Chaiseri has a number of variants of the First Win in its catalogue, and it has recently modified three types originally unveiled in 2019.
Digital Battlespace

MAPS Gen II rolls into production to harden US Army vehicles against jamming and spoofing

13th September 2022

Collins Aerospace has received a deal to supply the US Army with production Mounted Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing System Gen II units.
Land Warfare

MSPO 2022: Mesko improves Piorun MANPADS as more orders flow in

13th September 2022

New and more capable versions of the Piorun MANPADS are in development even as orders continue to roll in for the baseline system, with Estonia being the newest customer.
Land Warfare

Malaysian MoD eyes Slovakia-made Eva howitzer

13th September 2022

Malaysia's MoD is negotiating the acquisition of up to 18 Eva SPHs with Konštruktac Defence, according to the Slovak think-tank Institute for Central Europe.
Defence Notes

Improbable Defence is transforming synthetic environments through Skyral (Sponsored)

12th September 2022

Skyral enables government and industry to develop and adapt synthetic solutions more quickly, efficiently and reliably.
Land Warfare

Elbit Systems continues to provide mortar systems to US Army

12th September 2022

A new IDIQ contract for Elbit Systems will see the delivery of mortar systems to the US Army in the next five years.
Land Warfare

Lockheed Martin exploring opportunity to perform M270 recapitalisation and sustainment work in UK

9th September 2022

Shephard has learned that Lockheed Martin is exploring opportunities to perform recapitalisation work on British Army's M270 multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) at Ampthill under plans being assessed and pending US DoD and UK MoD approval.
Land Warfare

Adaptability – A Battlefield Advantage (sponsored)

8th September 2022

Near peer conflict, political instability and rapidly accelerating technology make for a conflict environment that is characterised by unpredictability.
Land Warfare

US to give more HIMARS ammunition, artillery rounds and anti-radiation missiles to Ukraine

8th September 2022

The US DoD has announced a new package of military materiel support to Ukraine worth $675 million, including HIMARS ammunition, 105mm howitzer rounds, High-speed Anti-Radiation Missiles and more.
Digital Battlespace

Collins Aerospace continues US Army HMS Manpack modernisation

8th September 2022

Collins Aerospace has received a further order to provide its AN/PRC-162 ground radio under the US Army HMS programme.
Land Warfare

MSPO 2022: PGZ and Hyundai Rotem deepen partnership with new MoU

8th September 2022

An MoU signed at MSPO 2022 between PGZ and Hyundai Rotem covers industrial cooperation on the K2 MBT, as well as the next-generation K3 MBT and other South Korean platforms.
Land Warfare

MSPO 2022: Hanwha Defense wants cooperation, not competition with Polish industry

8th September 2022

Hanwha Defense pledges to work closely with Polish partner PGZ after the two companies signed a new MoU during MSPO 2022.
Land Warfare

Austria reaches halfway mark in Pandur Evolution delivery programme

8th September 2022

GDELS-Steyr has handed over the 50th Pandur Evo 6x6 for Austria, with the other 50 to be delivered by 2025.
Digital Battlespace

US Army awards Silvus Technologies order to provide StreamCaster radios

8th September 2022

StreamCaster mobile ad hoc network (MANET) radios were selected for Stryker Brigade Combat Teams in Capability Set 23.
Land Warfare

Ukraine obtains unconventional answer to 122mm ammunition supply problem

8th September 2022

Ukraine has apparently obtained 122mm rounds from a circuitous route involving Pakistan, the UK and Romania or Cyprus.