Boeing Defense, Space & Security displayed at AUSA Annual Meeting an Avenger adapted for a range of force protection missions beyond air defence. A universal weapons interface enables missiles, rockets, guns and future weapons to be integrated on the Avenger to provide a multi-mission capability. The modified turret was mounted on the Oshkosh Defense MRAP-All Terrain Vehicle (MATV) utility variant to provide a high level of crew protection.
The Avenger, which entered US Army service in 1989, was fielded to provide mobile, short-range air defence (SHORAD) protection against cruise missiles, unmanned air vehicles, low-flying fixed-wing aircraft, and helicopters. It comprises
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The new Bushmasters will be used by the Australian Army’s second long-range fires regiment, to be based at the Edinburgh Defence Precinct in South Australia as part of the 10th Fires Brigade.
The British Army’s Land Mobility Programme (LMP) has struggled to make it to competition but there are hopes progress will be made this year.
The aid stations are designed to be mounted onto trucks, such as the Rheinnetall HX family of vehicles, and will be in ballistic protected and unprotected versions.
The contract is for transmissions for the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center (JSMC) in Lima, Ohio for new tanks and overhaul and repair activities at Anniston Army Depot.
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