The war in Ukraine has dominated focus in 2024. (Photo: Ukraine MoD)
It is the dog days of the Biden administration and its pro-Ukraine policies in the US as the sun begins to rise on a new Trump and Republican-ruled Washington which will likely be less supportive of Ukraine and perhaps slow the flow of contracts, a stark change from 2024.
Across the Atlantic, political tremors in Europe shook the continent where war continues and conflict in the Middle East has reached a peak not seen for years. It is a war which in 2024 saw NATO and aligned countries dig deep to support the Ukraine government in a grinding attritional land war.
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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.
Jerusalem’s air defence capabilities procurement efforts will receive up to $190 million.
In the medium-term Lithuania has committed US$1.3 billion which includes Javelin ant-tank missiles, Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs), Black Hawk helicopters, missile systems and missiles.
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