Land Warfare

Defence Notes

Leonardo CEO urges “speed as important as money” as joint ventures progress picks up

The company’s Q1 2025 results showed a 20% increase in new orders and a 15% increase in revenue across the business.

How Ukraine’s wartime innovators are redefining tactical communication

A Ukrainian company in a race against Russian jammers has been demonstrating how the country’s innovative start-ups have been beating the West at its own game.

Air Warfare

Teledyne FLIR upgrades Black Hornet 4 UAS

Integration and expanding capabilities are among the objectives for Teledyne FLIR to further develop its family of uncrewed systems.

Defence Notes

Rheinmetall vehicle sales almost double as European companies see continued growth

Results for Q1 2025 have been strong across the board for many defence companies in Europe with forward-looking statements and predictions for the full year also looking good.

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Land Warfare

First Strykers handed over to Thailand

17th September 2019

The first batch of Stryker vehicles have been presented to the Royal Thai Army (RTA) by the US Army Pacific (USARPAC) at a handover ceremony …
Land Warfare

DSEI 2019: UVision looks to extend loitering munition CONOPS

17th September 2019

Israeli company UVision displayed a mock-up of a special operations vehicle (SOV) equipped with multiple Hero 30 launchers at DSEI 2019, as it seeks to …
Land Warfare

Redback takes on Lynx in Australian land programme

17th September 2019

In its A$10-15 billion ($7-10.4 billion) Project Land 400 Phase 3 competition, Australia has clearly professed a predilection for animal names, with the Hanwha Redback and …
Digital Battlespace

Successful Project Riot demo carried out

17th September 2019

An F-35, U-2 and a multi-domain ground station have been connected in a demonstration of multi-domain operations and the secure distribution of sensitive information across …
Digital Battlespace

Northrop Grumman awarded JCREW work

16th September 2019

Northrop Grumman has received a contract modification from the US Naval Sea Systems Command for Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare (JCREW) engineering …
Land Warfare

Morocco requests TOW-2A missiles

16th September 2019

The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale of TOW-2A missiles to the government of Morocco. In a package …
Military Logistics

CSIRO, Piotrek team for lithium battery tech

16th September 2019

Australia’s national science agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), and Japanese specialist chemical manufacturer, Piotrek, are collaborating to commercialise Australian-developed battery technologies …
Digital Battlespace

NIMCIS 4.0 upgrade for the Netherlands

16th September 2019

General Dynamics UK will continue to roll out the New Integrated Marines Communications and Information System (NIMCIS) 4.0 programme for the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps, …
Land Warfare

DSEI 2019: OSG unveils touchscreen armoured glass solution

15th September 2019

Israeli company OSG used DSEI to unveil a touch-screen variant of its ScreeneX vision-through-glass technology. Already supplying transparent armoured glass to multiple vehicle original equipment …
Digital Battlespace

DSEI 2019: Kongsberg extends family of tactical radios

14th September 2019

Norwegian original equipment manufacturer Kongsberg has begun designing a next-generation software defined radio (SDR) to augment its legacy UM600 solution, company officials have disclosed to …
Digital Battlespace

DSEI 2019: UK MoD outlines C-UAS demand signals

13th September 2019

Officials from the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) C-sUAS team have challenged industry to provide greater capability for armed forces operating in austere conditions. According …
Land Warfare

DSEI 2019: AUDS unveils latest counter-drone variant

13th September 2019

The Anti-UAV Defence System (AUDS) consortium has unveiled an optimised version of its counter-UAS (C-UAS) designed to support mobility requirements in the land domain. The …
Land Warfare

Denel reaches turret delivery milestone

13th September 2019

Denel has reached a new milestone on its contract delivering modular turrets for armoured vehicles used by the Malaysian armed forces, with the 100th turret …
Uncrewed Vehicles

DSEI 2019: L3Harris unveils T4 robot

13th September 2019

L3Harris Technologies unveiled the first prototype of its T4 robotic system at DSEI 2019, a medium-sized UGV designed for use in urban environments where space …
Military Logistics

Dstl to explore future ground combat vehicle tech

13th September 2019

The UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has announced £3.2 million in funding for a new research project to explore the latest vehicle technologies …
Digital Battlespace

Chemring’s US business bags countermeasure orders

13th September 2019

Chemring’s US-based subsidiary, Chemring Countermeasures USA, has received four contracts to supply countermeasures in support of the US Navy and US Air Force (USAF), the company …
Digital Battlespace

DSEI 2019: Controp launches new weapon director payloads

13th September 2019

Controp Precision Technologies has revealed the Sight Box - a new configuration of the Sight payload in which all sensors are contained within an enclosure …
Land Warfare

Patria AMV selected for testing by Japanese MoD

13th September 2019

The Japanese MoD is to buy and test two Patria Armoured Modular Vehicles (AMVs), the company announced on 11 September. The vehicles will be put …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Titan UGV fires Javelin missiles

12th September 2019

Javelin missiles have been successfully fired by a remote launcher mounted on a Titan unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) at the US Army Redstone Test Center, …