Singapore Airshow 2026: ST Engineering’s Terrex s5 highlights hybrid power’s role in future warfare
Hybrid-electric drive technology may address the growing energy demands of land warfare in future.
US goes back to the future with Precision Grenadier System
The Precision Grenadier System concept bears some resemblance to the abandoned XM25 CDTE system, but this time the US Army will solicit more soldier feedback
Less than four years after the US Army cancelled the contract for the Northrop Grumman XM25 Counter-Defilade Target Engagement weapon system, the service is exploring the development and acquisition of an enhanced but potentially similar concept called the Precision Grenadier System.
A rough outline of the new system was provided by US Army representatives on 5 November at the 2020 Joint Armaments, Robotics and Munitions Digital Experience, sponsored by the National Defense Industrial Association.
‘One of our challenges continues to be counter-defilade, because what happens when you start a firefight is that everybody goes down – everybody goes to ground’,
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