CAVS rolls on as Denmark orders 129 vehicles
Denmark signed the Technical Arrangement for the multinational Common Armoured Vehicle System (CAVS) in April this year. The order means the country will receive its first vehicle this year.
Cubic Defense Systems will supply specialist Home Station Counter IED training and an Instrumented Collective Combat Training Centre to the Italian Army under a new $12 million contract announced on 27 June.
The contract will see the company provide a home station training resource at 16 locations across Italy as well as a regional training centre to enhance the Combat Training Centres (CTC) already in place.
Cubic will also provide follow on maintenance to increase full spectrum training capacity for the Italian Army.
Dave Schmitz, president, Cubic Defense Systems, said: ‘This contract is significant because it confirms the Italian Army’s trust and confidence in Cubic’s ability to produce effective and efficient training products for their soldiers – making us the Italian Army’s training system vendor of choice.
‘The training systems provide an immersive, safe environment to prepare men and women for combat, and the upgrades extend capability and service life of the Italian Army’s original investment in the programme.’
Denmark signed the Technical Arrangement for the multinational Common Armoured Vehicle System (CAVS) in April this year. The order means the country will receive its first vehicle this year.
The Soldier-Kit system consists of detector, jammer, tablet and wideband antenna and is being evaluated as part of Project Flytrap 3.0 counter uncrewed aerial system (CUAS) exercise.
Arquus displayed the Drailer uncrewed ground vehicle (UGV) integrating the Akeron LP long-range missile at the Techterre technology demonstrator event ahead of trials in September.
The Czech Republic ordered 52 CAmion Equipé d’un Système d’ARtillerie (CAESAR) self-propelled howitzers (SPHs) in 2021 and added another 10 a year later. A cancellation of the programme would impact both the army’s capabilities and local industry which is involved in the manufacture.
Demand for ammunition continues to increase with manufacturing capability growing to match. Sweden have turned to the two supply lines of Rheinmetall and Nammo as part of a Nordic effort to meet demand. The Polish Government has also announced a US$700 million investment to boost manufacture of munitions.
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