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• Thales targets requirements with Xtraim digital weapon sight and reveals that thousands have already been sold

  The sight can be used by soldiers wearing night-vision goggles if required and has an all-in-one architecture that combines conventional red-dot and thermal imaging technologies.

• US Army to launch hunt for new artillery

  The search will look at existing artillery with an acknowledgement that a large part of the effect from the weapons comes from the munitions used.

• Babcock and Patria join up to compete for the British Army’s medium vehicle requirement

  Patria’s 6x6 armoured personnel carrier (APC) forms the basis of the trans-European Common Armoured Vehicle System (CAVS). The Finnish company and Babcock want to offer it for the UK’s Land Mobility Programme (LMP) medium protected requirement.

• Six HIMARS rocket launchers to arrive in Estonia by mid-2025

  Lockheed Martin has handed over six new HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems to Estonia, which will “soon” be ready to be integrated into the country’s defence forces’ arsenal.

• Avon Protection unveils new MITR-M1 Half Mask

  The mask, according to Avon Protection, is ideal for personnel operating in a low-to-mid-level threat environment, including those special operations and military staff.

• First UK-made British Army Boxer rolled out

  The first batch of 623 Boxer ordered were built in Germany with the majority of the work now done in West Midlands and North-East Wales.