Italian Army advances plans for 155m wheeled artillery fleet
With a requirement for 60 systems, the Italian Army is preparing to complement its tracked artillery with a modern wheeled solution based on domestic industry.
The Czech Army has received the first prototype of a specially configured 4x4 armoured vehicle designed for ISR operations.
The vehicle, on display at IDEB 2018 in Bratislava, boasts electronic warfare capabilities with GPS and GSM jamming equipment as well as the ability to interface directly with the army’s fleet of RQ-11B Raven UAVs, receiving real-time video footage for aerial observation operations.
Delivered to the army last week this is the first sighting of the newly configured vehicle.
According to the Czech Ministry of Defence the vehicle is designed to operate in ‘exposed areas of the battlefield where
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With a requirement for 60 systems, the Italian Army is preparing to complement its tracked artillery with a modern wheeled solution based on domestic industry.
Air defence radars have become more important assets in the past year with incursions in NATO countries on Europe’s eastern flank highlighting the need.
The first ground launch of the SM-2 could offer Canberra a path to expand its missile defence capability by adapting systems already fielded across the ADF.
The US Army's market survey into available 81mm and 120mm mobile mortar systems was launched only a few days after the UK suspended Project Stokes, an almost identical plan, “pending future decisions on prioritisation, resourcing and funding”.
The UK’s Land Mobility Programme Light Mobility Vehicle requirement is designed to replace the British Army’s ageing fleet of Land Rovers with a vehicle with a Gross Vehicular Mass of less than 3,500kg. It could be for as many as 6,000 vehicles.
At FIA 2026, MBDA launched its Counter Mass Interceptor (CMI) which the company says is a mass-producible, low-cost effector for fire-and-forget engagements at range and altitude.