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Indian military wants hundreds of 4x4 light vehicles
India needs hundreds of new hardtop 4x4 light vehicles to serve in the army, air force and navy.
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Singapore Army improves capability with the Bionix 1+
The Singapore Army has upgraded its longest-serving variant of the Bionix infantry fighting vehicle.
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Anka flies the flag for Turkey in Kazakhstan
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SPEAR of destiny: EW capability runs alongside high-subsonic missile development
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Silent Sentinel to provide threat detection for UK MoD’s RPV programme
17th May 2022
Silent Sentinel joins Phase 3 of the UK MoD’s RPV programme to provide the Mission Master UGV with sensors.
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Land Warfare
Polish companies and MBDA UK seal tank destroyer agreement
17th May 2022
The deal involves companies of the Polish Armaments Group (PGZ) and comprises the design and production of PGZ class vehicles featuring MBDA UK Brimstone anti-tank guided missiles.
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Land Warfare
Second time lucky as Slovenia finally signs for Boxer
17th May 2022
After a previous abortive attempt to procure Boxer 8x8s, Slovenia has now placed an order for 45 vehicles via OCCAR.
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Air Warfare
Japanese F-3 to be jointly developed with the UK
17th May 2022
Japan looks set to turn to the UK, instead of the US, for partnership help in developing its future F-3 fighter.
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Land Warfare
Indian Army seeks hundreds of protected mobility vehicles
17th May 2022
The Indian Army is on the hunt for 1,200 new protected mobility vehicles, with two different specifications being sought.
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Naval Warfare
Sentient debuts maritime ViDAR in Australia
17th May 2022
Sentient is now offering a maritime version of its ViDAR system, and the way has been cleared to install it on Australian S-100 Camcopters.
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Land Warfare
Italy may donate 155mm howitzers to Ukraine
16th May 2022
Ukraine could obtain more 155mm howitzers — this time from Italy — as Kyiv seeks to tip the artillery balance against Russia.
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Land Warfare
US Army purchases Saab’s recoilless antitank rifle
16th May 2022
US Army purchases $16 million worth of Carl-Gustaf M4s for use by the Army and Marine Corps.
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Air Warfare
Rafael lifts the veil on Aerospike
16th May 2022
New air-to-surface missile for fixed-wing aircraft from Rafael is optimised for close air support, counterterrorism and anti-A2AD applications.
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Naval Warfare
Babcock wins ten-year Queen Elizabeth-class dry dock contract
16th May 2022
The first activity in a dry-dock contract for the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers is scheduled for 2023.
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Training
South Korea to train with Bell 505
16th May 2022
The new helicopters will replace decades-old training platforms to train South Korean army and navy pilots.
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Land Warfare
Elbit obtains another night-vision order from USMC
16th May 2022
Elbit Systems of America continues to meet USMC requirements under the Squad Binocular Night Vision Goggle programme.
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Defence Notes
Sound and fury from Russia as super-heavy Sarmat far from ready
16th May 2022
For all the bombastic talk from Russian President about the hitting power of the new RS-28 Sarmat 'super heavy' ICBM, observers are highly sceptical that it will enter service in 2023 as claimed.
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Land Warfare
Germany mulls supplying IRIS-T to Ukraine
16th May 2022
Will Germany decide to provide ten medium-range SAM systems to Ukraine?
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Naval Warfare
Reina Isabel returns to port after partial failure to complete Ukraine delivery
16th May 2022
The Spanish Navy support vessel Reina Isabel returned to its homeport on 13 May after a mission to deliver arms, ammunition and Ukraine — although Kyiv did not receive everything it expected.
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Defence Notes
Rheinmetall eyes Hungarian digitalisation with JV
16th May 2022
Rheinmetall is setting up a JV with Hungarian partners to drive armed forces digitalisation in Hungary.
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Naval Warfare
RN explores autonomous vehicles under attack submarine replacement plans
16th May 2022
Work on the future SSN(R), the replacement for the Astute-class submarines, continues to progress as planned.
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Air Warfare
BrahMos missile gets into ER mode
16th May 2022
India continues to develop its BrahMos missile, with the extended-range type recently tested.
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Training
USAF ACMI pods to undergo encryption upgrade
13th May 2022
Cubic is to install NSA-certified encryption for its P5 Combat Training System ACMI pods
