The UK MoD is keen to extend the capabilities of ground robotic technologies for CBRN missions, as it explores use cases for the best way to protect ground troops in hazardous operating environments.
To that end, the MoD has been working with HORIBA MIRA to develop fully autonomous technology to detect and report chemical agents over large areas.
This technology, embodied in the Merlin Robot, was successfully tested at RAF Honington.
On 14 January, the MoD Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) released pictures and video footage of the trial, which involved the Merlin prototype and specialist counter-CBRN operators from
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The Irish Government has previously outlined ambitious plans, the furthest reach of these being the possible purchase of fighter aircraft to provide a capability the country’s defence force currently doesn’t have. A more advanced procurement effort for a primary radar is being fast tracked.
LTAMDS was approved in multiple flight trials and assessments.
Technology transfer is trumpeted by many companies as a way to tap into new markets, win contracts and expand supply and manufacturing capability. It is often used in the area of armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) and these requirements are a way to see how – and if – they work.
Faking aircraft, yanks and vehicles has a storied history through the previous century but there are others uses for inflatable systems such as more detailed and classified military equipment and training structures.
New agreement between Singapore’s DSTA and Sweden’s FMV signals deepening cooperation on land systems, with potential focus on counter-UAS and mobile air defence solutions.
Launched at the initiative of the French and German governments, the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) project aims to replace the German Leopard 2 and French Leclerc main battle tanks with a multi-platform ground combat system by 2040.
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