Land Warfare
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What if the biggest receiver upgrade came with the smallest mission interruption and impact to your budget? BAE Systems is delivering the latest in portable M-Code GPS technology.
The Challenger 3 Main Battle Tank (MBT), which will be delivered to the British Army by Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) under an £800 million (US$1 billion) contract, will stay in service beyond 2040.
US European Command has been repositioning troops and equipment, expanding its prepositioned stockpiles, and conducting additional joint exercises with partners and allies.
The Russia–Ukraine war has continued to be the place the world’s militaries have been watching for lessons on both the EW and uncrewed front. Its conventional war aspect, however, has also been catching the attention of leaders.
The southeast Asian country has been enhancing its military readiness by procuring advanced Israeli defence platforms and systems.
What if the biggest receiver upgrade came with the smallest mission interruption and impact to your budget? BAE Systems is delivering the latest in portable M-Code GPS technology.
Bittium’s handheld and vehicle-mounted Tough SDR radios support game-changing connectivity for real-time situational awareness
22nd June 2018
LiquidPiston has received an additional $2.5 million funding from DARPA to continue development of its 30kW X4 rotary diesel engine prototype, the company announced on …
22nd June 2018
ADS - a member of the Rheinmetall Group - is continuing to develop its active protection system (APS), the ADS Gen-3 with new certifications and future …
22nd June 2018
The Australian Army, in partnership with the Defence Innovation Hub, has awarded three contracts worth a combined $2.2 million for the development of new defence …
21st June 2018
At a time when potential US threats could quickly increase the demand for Patriot surface-to-air missile systems, maintenance delays are hampering solider training. In a …
21st June 2018
The Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) has awarded a $24.8 million contract to Johnson Controls Canada for energy upgrades and retrofits at 4th Canadian …
21st June 2018
SRI International has been selected by DARPA to develop a next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) system that will be able to learn continuously and apply that …
21st June 2018
The Latvian National Armed Forces (NAF) has placed a $12.74 million order with Finnish company BRP for the delivery of Outlander MAX 650 XT military …
21st June 2018
As expected, Elbit Systems has won a government-to-government contract to upgrade 49 M113 APCs for the Philippine Army. Forty-four of these will receive a Dragon …
20th June 2018
Knight's Armament Company's (KAC) new 5.56x45mm NATO Light Assault Machine Gun (LAMG) has now entered low-rate production, with larger calibre variants expected soon. Sources at …
20th June 2018
L3 Technologies has received a three-year, $391 million contract from the US Army Contracting Command to provide the Enhanced Night Vision Goggle – Binocular (ENVG-B), …
20th June 2018
The Australian Department of Defence has commenced a consultation process with industry for its latent Land 400 Phase 3 requirement, which will see the army’s …
20th June 2018
Indra has developed a lightweight, portable electronic defence manpack system to equip soldiers with advanced radar-band analysis capabilities, the company announced on 14 June. The …
20th June 2018
Two Israeli companies, Carmor Integrated Vehicle Solutions and Plasan, highlighted their new high mobility armoured vehicle concepts at Eurosatory 2018. Carmor unveiled the initial prototype of …
20th June 2018
BAE Systems secured a US Marine Corps contract to produce the new fleet of Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACV 1.1). The award announcement, made 19 June, …
19th June 2018
At Eurosatory 2018 Shephard spoke to a number of industry experts on what technology and capabilities they believe will define the next generation of armoured …
19th June 2018
Teledyne’s subsidiary Teledyne Brown Engineering has received a $79.6 million task order from the US Army to design and build flexible target missiles for test …
19th June 2018
Oshkosh Defense has received four additional orders from the US Army to provide its Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV), the company announced on 14 …
19th June 2018
Lithuania has taken delivery of it first two pre-series Boxer prototypes configured as heavily-armed IFVs, with series production of the initial batch of vehicles also …
19th June 2018
Following Supacat's first delivery of the HMT Extenda vehicle to the Norweigan Armed Forces, Shephard spoke with Supacat's CEO about the company's ongoing programmes.