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“We must end the mentality of ever larger platforms”: Why USVs are scaling

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“We must end the mentality of ever larger platforms”: Why USVs are scaling

30th April 2026

Multiple USV programme milestones announced last week, aligned with a reinforcement of the Royal Navy’s vision for a hybrid fleet, point to innovation-led ambition but also to a structural calculation with resource ceilings that neither London nor Washington can ignore.

Is the RCH 155 self-propelled wheeled howitzer for the British Army finally on the way?

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Is the RCH 155 self-propelled wheeled howitzer for the British Army finally on the way?

30th April 2026

The Remote-Controlled Howitzer 155mm self-propelled gun is making strong progress, with contracts being placed and production capacity being boosted for the base Boxer vehicle.

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SOFIC 2018: Special Ops Chinook contract coming soon

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SOFIC 2018: Special Ops Chinook contract coming soon

27th May 2018

In June, the US Army will move forward with plans to acquire Block II MH-47G Chinook helicopters for its special operations forces. The service though, …

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27th May 2018

Colombia will next week formally become NATO's first Latin American 'global partner', president Juan Manuel Santos announced on 25 May. Santos, who won the 2016 …

UK investment for unmanned MCM continues

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UK investment for unmanned MCM continues

26th May 2018

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) intends to extend its support contract for its Royal Navy UUVs beyond the six months it agreed upon earlier …

SOFIC 2018: MRZR-X supports UK MoD

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SOFIC 2018: MRZR-X supports UK MoD

26th May 2018

Polaris Government and Defense will support the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MoD’s) Army Warfighting Experiment (AWE) with a single MRZR-X unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), company …

SOFIC 2018: ThunderDrone update

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SOFIC 2018: ThunderDrone update

26th May 2018

The US Special Operations Command’s (USSOCOM’s) year-long ThunderDrone experimentation program will wrap up on 20th June 2018, SOFWERX officials have confirmed. Addressing delegates at the …

SOFIC 2018: SOCOM looks to next gen communications

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SOFIC 2018: SOCOM looks to next gen communications

26th May 2018

The US Special Operations Command’s (USSOCOM’s) Program Executive Office for Command and Control, Communications and Computers (C4) has confirmed to Shephard it is still interested …

Taiwan scrambles fighter jets to track China bomber drill

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Taiwan scrambles fighter jets to track China bomber drill

25th May 2018

Taiwan on 25 May scrambled fighter jets to shadow Chinese bombers conducting a drill around the island, just hours after Beijing welcomed Burkina Faso's move …

Saab to upgrade Swedish Gripen C/D system

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Saab to upgrade Swedish Gripen C/D system

25th May 2018

Saab has received an order worth $25.6 million from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for the upgrade of Gripen C/D system. The upgrade involves …

Royal Navy welcomes first Merlin Mk4 delivery (video)

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Royal Navy welcomes first Merlin Mk4 delivery (video)

25th May 2018

The first Leonardo AW101 Commando Merlin Mk4 /Mk4A out of 25 aircraft was unveiled yesterday, during a ceremony at the Royal Navy Air Station, Yeovilton. The aircraft …

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QNA selected for CRS-I programme’s EMD phase

25th May 2018

QinetiQ North America (QNA) has been selected as one of the two suppliers for the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase of the US Army’s …

Oshkosh to recapitalise army’s HEMTT, PLS vehicles

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Oshkosh to recapitalise army’s HEMTT, PLS vehicles

25th May 2018

Oshkosh Defense has received two delivery orders totalling $235.2 million from the US Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) to recapitalise vehicles in the army’s …

TAI strengthens its position on Kazakh market

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TAI strengthens its position on Kazakh market

25th May 2018

Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has made another effort to promote its wide range of products on Kazakh market. By signing of an MoU agreement with …

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