Teledyne FLIR introduces Rogue 1 recoverable loitering munition system
The company’s next generation of loitering munition allows for safe drone recovery and re-use and can be fitted with three types of warheads.
Commanders of international special operations forces (SOF) have called for the increased use of specialised indigenous forces to counter the emergence of a fourth ‘battlefield realm- the human domain’.
Speaking at the Special Operations Forces Exhibition (SOFEX) Conference in Amman, Jordan on 10 May, Commander of US Special Operations Command Central, Maj Gen Charles Cleveland said current concept of operations had to be ‘refined’ in light of the latest addition to the traditional ground, air and maritime domains.
‘This fourth domain is most likely to feature in the future,’ he explained while describing how the human realm comprised an ‘existential
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The company’s next generation of loitering munition allows for safe drone recovery and re-use and can be fitted with three types of warheads.
The ACV-300 Adnan Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV) is a Malaysian variant of the FNSS ACV-15 and was the result of a collaboration between FNSS and Malaysian company DRB-Hicom Defence Technologies (Deftech).
Teledyne FLIR’s new SUGV 325 robot is similar is design to other systems in the company’s portfolio such as the small FirstLook and SUGV (formerly SUGV 310) and falls in-between these two in size.
Malaysia has a requirement for a light strike vehicle for the 10th Parachute Brigade and a troop transport for its infantry battalions and the two new vehicles unveiled at DSA are targeted at these requirements.
The Defence Services Asia (DSA) exhibition in Kuala Lumpur from 6–9 March will feature updates on Malaysia’s defence programmes, including the signing of Batch 2 Littoral Mission Ships and procurement plans for medium lift helicopters.
The Hensoldt TRML-4D, an air-defence radar based on the maritime TRS-4D radar, has been designed to provide similar scanning and surveillance capabilities to forces on land.