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Defence Insight: Land year in review (video)
The land domain market has witnessed a hive of activity throughout 2019, including an array of new contracts and platform debuts, whilst the armoured vehicle ...
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Poland receives first high-mobility vehicles
Poland’s air cavalry and airborne brigades will soon be operating new high-mobility vehicles, after the country’s MoD took delivery of the first batch of the ...
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France orders Griffon MEPAC variant vehicles
The French defence procurement agency (DGA) has awarded the Nexter, Arquus and Thales consortium a contract amendment on the SCORPION programme, Thales announced on 23 ...
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Russian Ground Forces in Siberia to receive Typhoon-K armoured vehicles
The Russian MoD plans to add a batch of eight Typhoon-K armoured vehicles, armed with a remote-controlled weapon station, to the fleet of combat vehicles ...
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Polaris MRZR 4 | Specifications | Defence Insight
Watch the video to discover the specifications and in-service data of the Polaris MRZR 4. As part of our AUSA Annual coverage this year, we have produced ...
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RNM moves toward munitions facility opening
18th November 2019
Rheinmetall Nioa Munitions (RNM) has opened the project office for its forthcoming munitions forging facility in Maryborough, Queensland. Construction of the new facility is expected ...
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DSEI Japan 2019: Japan developing an active protection system
18th November 2019
Perhaps the most interesting item on display at the Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency’s (ATLA) Technology Symposium in Tokyo, held on 12-13 November, was an ...
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Digital Battlespace
Australia signs GBAD radar contract with CEA
18th November 2019
The Australian government announced on 15 November that it had signed a A$137 million ($93 million) contract with CEA Technologies for radars to support the ...
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Land Warfare
Mistral 3 in test firing demo
15th November 2019
MBDA’s Mistral 3 missile has taken part in a test firing to demonstrate its enhanced capabilities, the company announced on 15 November. The demonstration saw ...
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RBSL details Boxer programme role
14th November 2019
Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) has confirmed that it will be one of the primary vehicle manufacturers in the UK for the British Army’s Boxer ...
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D&S 2019: Armoured vehicle production grows in Thailand
14th November 2019
In the past five years, the armoured vehicle industry in Thailand has leapt forward due to increasing needs for vehicles in the Thai armed forces ...
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D&S 2019: China unveils new 5.8mm assault rifle
14th November 2019
Troops of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) were carrying a new type of assault rifle at the recent massive military parade in Beijing on 1 ...
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D&S 2019: Vietnam domestically upgrades T-54B tanks
13th November 2019
Vietnam has been conducting an indigenous programme to upgrade old Russian-built T-54B tanks to T-54M3 configuration, with a focus on improving their firepower, mobility, protection ...
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Land Warfare
Raytheon working on Subterranean Surveillance project
13th November 2019
Raytheon is working on a DARPA Subterranean Surveillance project to create new methods for detecting buried explosives using synthetic biology.Under its DARPA contract, Raytheon is ...
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EDA to take forward CBRN surveillance project
12th November 2019
The European Defence Agency (EDA) will support the development of the PESCO CBRN Surveillance as a Service (CBRN SaaS) project as an agency initiative, the ...
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Land Warfare
Alakran light mortar carrier now operational internationally
12th November 2019
Although the Spanish-developed Alakran Light Mortar Carrier (LMC) has been tested domestically, the system is now deployed operationally by two export customers with additional contracts ...
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Defence Notes
Turkish defence industry eyes opportunity in Ukraine
11th November 2019
Major Turkish defence companies are increasingly looking to position themselves in the Ukrainian market, attempting to promote their products and services countrywide and partnering with ...
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Land Warfare
Lockheed tests PAC-3 performance
8th November 2019
Lockheed Martin has demonstrated the PAC-3 Cost Reduction Initiative (CRI) interceptor’s ability to counter tactical ballistic missile targets during testing that took place at White ...
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Denmark orders four more CAESAR 8x8 artillery systems
7th November 2019
The Royal Danish Army will acquire an additional four CAESAR 155mm wheeled self-propelled artillery systems from French supplier Nexter Systems, the country's ministry of defence ...
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Thales Australia to develop new soldier weapon system
7th November 2019
Thales has committed to developing a new future soldier weapon system for the Australian Defence Forces at its Lithgow small arms manufacturing facility in New ...
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USMC continues AMV LRIP awards
6th November 2019
Iveco announced on 4 November that within the framework of the recently awarded US Marine Corps contract to BAE Systems the two companies will deliver ...
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FLIR develops Fido X4 explosives trace detector
6th November 2019
FLIR Systems has developed a new version of its handheld explosives trace detector called the Fido X4. The Fido X4 uses FLIR Systems’ TrueTrace detection ...
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Boxer contract announced for British Army
5th November 2019
The UK Secretary of State for Defence, Ben Wallace, announced on 5 November that a contract has been signed to provide Boxer 8x8 armoured vehicles ...
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GDLS awarded Abrams support work
4th November 2019
General Dynamics Land Systems has been awarded a $9 million contract modification for Abrams systems technical support, the US Department of Defense announced on 1 ...
