The research and design of the Japanese Future Amphibious Vehicle has begun to take shape as the country seeks to shore up defence of remote coral islands to its south.
The vehicle development programme will begin testing the amphibious vehicle in autumn 2019 and hopes to field the first vehicles by 2022, according to a defence official speaking at the International Armoured Vehicle 2019 conference held in Twickenham.
The two requirements for the vehicle are high water speed (HWS) and coral reef area manoeuvrability. Although still in the research phase, the end vehicle will have 3000 HP (2,200kW) class engine, and
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The business case for the British Army's Mobile Fires Platform artillery system will be submitted this summer with contenders including offerings from Hanwha, KMW, BAE Systems Bofors and Rheinmetall.
The Israeli MoD is progressing with the Arrow 4 interceptor effort in addition to working on improvement of its in-service sensors, radars and C2 systems.
Addressing the requirements for lightweight yet highly effective shoulder-fired munitions for small tactical units, Dynamit Nobel Defence (DND) provides the combat proven RGW series.
GM Defense has partnered with Black Sage Technologies to develop an integrated counter-uncrewed aerial systems (C-UAS) capability for tactical military vehicles.
KMW has displayed two new mission modules for the 8x8 Boxer armoured vehicle, one housing a Patria NEMO 120mm mortar turret, and the other equipped for launch and recovery of multiple UAVs for short- and long-range reconnaissance.
An undisclosed customer has contracted Pearson Engineering to provide a suite of front-end equipment - including the Slice interface – for its tank and combat engineering vehicle programmes.
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