LWI - Land Warfare
New Zealand reviews defence policy and procurement
New Zealand’s new government has completed its reviews of defence policy and procurement, and is now reviewing the Defence Capability Plan and all current acquisitions ...
NWI - Naval Warfare
Brisbane drives improvement in AWD programme
The second of three new Hobart-class air warfare destroyers (AWDs) has been delivered to the Royal Australian Navy. A spokesperson from South Australian shipbuilder ASC ...
DN - Defence Notes
NZ issues Strategic Defence Policy
The Strategic Defence Policy statement launched by New Zealand’s Defence Minister Ron Mark on 6 July has brought together a foreign policy-led assessment of threats ...
NWI - Naval Warfare
New Zealand becomes Poseidon’s next consort
The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) will get four new Boeing P-8A Poseidon MPAs to enhance its surveillance capability, with the government approving the ...
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NWI - Naval Warfare
SIMBAD-RC air defence system contract for MBDA
18th February 2013
MBDA has signed its first export contract for the SIMBAD-RC remote-control short-range naval anti-air defence system, the company announced at the IDEX exhibition in Abu ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
Mortar-capable MRAP destined for Afghanistan
18th February 2013
A new mortar variant of the Commando MRAP family of vehicles built by Textron Marine & Land Systems has been shown at the IDEX exhibition ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
Modified turret system launched by BAE
18th February 2013
BAE’s Overhead Manned Turret (OMT) has been modified to include electric drive (ED) the company announced at the IDEX exhibition in Abu Dhabi. The OMT-ER ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
Thales and Renault team for vehicle digitisation
17th February 2013
Under an agreement announced at the IDEX exhibition in Abu Dhabi, Thales and Renault Defense Trucks will cooperate on the development of digitised vehicle systems. ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
New micro AP mine clearer launched at IDEX
17th February 2013
Minewolf Systems has launched a prototype of its new Micro Minewolf MW50 armoured remote-controlled mine clearance device at the IDEX exhibition in Abu Dhabi. The ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
Zambian Armoured Corp in need of upgrading
7th February 2013
The armoured vehicles of the Zambian Armoured Corp require wholesale modernisation if units are to participate in future UN peacekeeping operations. Speaking at the Defence ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
Afghan Army's rapid motorisation
7th February 2013
The Afghan National Army (ANA) is going through a massive programme of motorisation as they begin to field thousands of up-armoured HMMWVs and Mobile Strike ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
French army chief outlines equipment plans
7th February 2013
The Scorpion armoured vehicle programme for the French Army will be the ‘largest turnover of vehicles since the 1960s’, according to the head of the ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
West 2013: ICOP offers video battlespace awareness
1st February 2013
The US Fifth Fleet is trialling five prototype Intelligence Carry-On Programme (ICOP) portable ruggedized work stations to introduce additional capabilities to its cruiser and destroyer ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
West 2013: US Navy trials 4G communication links
1st February 2013
The US Navy started trials in January to validate 4G cellular long-term evolution (LTE) technology as a possible intra-vessel high performance broadband communications system. ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
West 2013: MTC-2 to move ahead this year
1st February 2013
An analysis of alternatives (AoA) will begin this year for the Maritime Tactical Command and Control (MTC-2) future programme of record. Speaking at the AFCEA ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
West 2013: Team for DCGS-N to be created
1st February 2013
The analysis of alternatives (AoA) for Increment 2 of the US Navy’s Distributed Common Ground System-Navy (DCGS-N) is due to be completed and government-led team ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
West 2013: Boeing delivers network management update
31st January 2013
A new version of the Boeing Joint Enterprise Network Manager (JENM) has been delivered to the US Army’s Joint Tactical Network Centre (JTNC), the company ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
West 2013: CANES schedule advances three years
31st January 2013
Cost savings gained through the competition strategy applied to the CANES (Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services) programme has allowed its introduction to be accelerated ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
West 2013: Sealevel partners with Sital
31st January 2013
Industrial computing company, Sealevel Systems, has signed a partnership arrangement with Israel’s Sital Technology to manufacture and distribute MIL-STD-1553 products. Announcing the move at the ...
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NWI - Naval Warfare
West 2013: Pacific Fleet commander highlights financial problems
31st January 2013
The effects of the continuing resolution used to fund government agencies means that the DoD is facing a shortfall of $3 billion for this year. ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
West 2013: JIE framework implementation gathers pace
30th January 2013
The DoD is progressing with the implementation of the Joint Information Environment (JIE) framework that will create a single seamless, secure network accessible by employees ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
West 2013: budget cuts will affect US military readiness, warns vice chairman
30th January 2013
The ability of US military forces to maintain high levels readiness is under threat due to the budgetary challenges faced by the US government. Speaking ...
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MLF - Military Logistics
Cost increases add further woes to UK air re-fuelling and transport capability
10th January 2013
The UK’s Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) programme has recorded a net cost increase of £257 million over the last year while the A400M transport ...
