The Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) will receive 55 sets of M3 amphibious rigs after a selection process reached fruition late last year. The competition had seen the General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) M3 compete against the FNSS Armoured Amphibious Assault Bridge (AAAB) from Turkey.
Hanwha Defense will license-produce all the GDELS M3s by 2027 under an approximately $460 million contract. Each M3K set comprises two vehicles, and the first locally assembled systems will be delivered in 2023 with some minor customisation.
FNSS had partnered with Hyundai Rotem to offer the Otter AAAB. According to Shephard Defence Insight, the
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The selection of Hanwha’s K239 Chunmoo long-range precision fires system, with a contract expected to be signed on 30 January, makes Norway the second European country to choose the system. It is expected an operational system will be in service within four years.
This year has begun with main battle tanks taking the lead while orders for large logistics and support vehicles continued from last year. Additionally, two of the British Army’s most significant contracted vehicle programmes, Ajax reconnaissance vehicle and Challenger 3 tank, continued to make news in January.
Canada is improving its Leopard main battle tank fleet but before this is fully completed, it is expected to begin looking for new vehicles.
A surge in aerial threats – from advanced missiles to low-cost drones – is reshaping the way militaries approach air defence, driving demand for flexible, multi-layered solutions.
In a bid to accelerate delivery of the British Army’s Challenger 3 main battle tank, which has just carried out its first crewed firings with the latest Rheinmetall 120mm L55A1 smoothbore gun, the UK has opted for an unconventional approach.
Since signing a contract to purchase 54 M1A2 Abrams tanks last year, Romania has been looking into options to buy more tanks, but it could cast the net wider than Abrams with funding considerations potentially set to shape the outcome.
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