Land Warfare

EID to unveil new vehicle communication system at DSEI

The Portuguese company’s naval communications system is in service across more than a dozen countries. It has turned to its home nation for support in developing a new vehicle based C2 system.

Borsuk IFV programme marks turning point for Poland’s armoured modernisation

The Borsuk vehicles are to replace the Soviet-designed BMP-1 as the Polish military’s main tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV).

DroneShield nets largest order ever with $40 million European CUAS contract

The package of three standalone follow-on contracts makes this the largest contract won by the Australian company and larger than its total 2024 revenue.

Patria completes test firing of new self-propelled gun as demand for systems grows

Patria quotes a maximum rate of fire of eight rounds a minute from the new ARVE (ARtillery on VEhicle) self-propelled gun with a range of 40km for an assisted round. The rapid, low-risk development is designed to meet emerging requirements which have arisen out of the Ukraine war.

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Digital Battlespace

Analysis: Japanese BMD solutions face challenges

26th September 2017

North Korea’s continued cruise missile, intermediate-range ballistic missile and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launches – 14 to date in 2017 – have caused Tokyo to …
Land Warfare

Glock scoops enormous Philippine contract

26th September 2017

Glock Asia Pacific announced that it has won a contract to supply 74,861 Glock 17 Gen4 9mm pistols plus an identical number of holsters to …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Servosila unveils SDR-equipped UGV

25th September 2017

Servosila has developed a new UGV called Radio Engineer, the company announced on 19 September. The new UGV is a backpack-transportable robot with an integrated …
Land Warfare

ATHENA defeats airborne targets

25th September 2017

Lockheed Martin has demonstrated its prototype Advanced Test High Energy Asset (ATHENA) laser weapon system at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. During testing with …
Land Warfare

New 4x4 vehicle project with military potential launched

25th September 2017

An initiative being put forward by a billionaire petrochemical businessman to build thousands of 4x4 offroad vehicles in the UK could also have applications for …
Digital Battlespace

Saab receives Giraffe 1X order

25th September 2017

Saab has been contracted to deliver the Giraffe 1X surface radar system to an undisclosed customer, the company announced on 20 September. Giraffe 1X is …
Land Warfare

MBDA, Ferra Engineering sign MoU

25th September 2017

MBDA and Ferra Engineering have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in support of Australia's $20 billion LAND 400 programme, the company announced on 20 …
Land Warfare

US Army orders additional PGKs

22nd September 2017

Orbital ATK has received $123 million in orders from the US Army under production contract Option 2 for the Precision Guidance Kit (PGK), the company …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Endeavor Robotics wins FirstLook contract

22nd September 2017

Endeavor Robotics has received a contract from the US government to supply 75 FirstLook UGVs for immediate operational use, the company announced on 19 September. …
Land Warfare

AAV SU programme enters production

22nd September 2017

SAIC has received approval from the US Marine Corps (USMC) Program Executive Officer Land Systems to enter the production and deployment phase of the Assault …
Digital Battlespace

Bittium Tough Mobile classified confidential

22nd September 2017

Bittium’s Tough Mobile LTE-smartphone has received national confidential level information security classification from Finland’s National Cyber Security Centre and the Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority. The …
Land Warfare

Russia shows T-90M, T-80BVM in action

22nd September 2017

Russian Land Forces put their new T-90M and upgraded T-80BVM MBTs through their paces at this year's Zapad military exercise, which has just concluded. Both …
Military Logistics

SEA, TTP to develop battlefield supply technology

22nd September 2017

SEA and TTP have been selected to develop technology to improve the efficiency of the delivery of supplies to frontline battlefield assets, it was announced …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Aptima receives Agile Teams programme contract

21st September 2017

Aptima has received a multi-year contract worth $3.5 million from DARPA for the Agile Teams (A-Teams) programme, the company announced on 18 September. The programme …
Land Warfare

Clarity emerges on UK's Warrior 2 upgrade

21st September 2017

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is likely to green light the manufacturing phase of the Warrior Capability Sustainment Programme (WCSP) by next year, senior …
Military Logistics

Mobile tank equipment goes military

21st September 2017

GOFA, a German supplier of mobile tank equipment, is increasingly targeting the military market, seeing strong potential for intermodal tank containers, the company told Shephard. …
Special Operations

SADC SF expands capabilities

21st September 2017

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Special Forces completed its most recent biennial training exercise in September, further extending its capabilities and interoperability as a …
Uncrewed Vehicles

New autonomous unmanned track loader

21st September 2017

Horiba Mira has has developed an autonomous unmanned compact track loader designed to conduct engineering tasks that are considered too dangerous for an operator. The …
Uncrewed Vehicles

MDM 2017: AeroVironment highlights UAS camera upgrade

21st September 2017

In addition to spotlighting expanded datalink compatibility for Raven and Puma AE with the new M1/M2/M5 radios and frequency spectrum, AeroVironment used MDM 2017 to …