The USMC is continuing to improve its inventory by expanding the use of the H&K 5.56 mm x 45 M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle.
During this year, 8,000 units of this weapon will be delivered under the largest modernisation process in decades for the USMC.
This large-scale upgrade project is related to the Force Design 2030 vision, spearheaded by the USMC Commandant Gen David Berger, to redesign the corps so that it can meet the challenges of a new age of great power competition.
In addition to procurement of the M27, improvements in USMC capabilities include the acquisition of handguns
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The country’s air defence batteries will be equipped with new command posts, wheeled communication nodes and radios. The system itself is in service with more than 14 countries with 13 systems in Ukraine.
Ukraine’s quest to replace soldiers with robots is hitting technical snags. Shephard spoke with industry leaders about difficulties in the field and what solutions are in the pipeline.
The partnership between Croatia’s DOK-ING and Slovenia’s Valhalla Turrets reflects an effort to combine ground robots and with improved capabilities and new roles and follows Rheinmetall presenting its Ox with Dispatch charging docks from Valinor.
The UK’s effort to replace thousands of vehicles across a dozen base vehicle types has had a troubled history and statements from the UK’s Defence Minster Luke Pollard indicate change may be on the way.
Having completed five days of trials with the US Army, the two Scorpion Light mortar systems will stay in Hawaii to take part in planned Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center training exercises in early November.
EOS Defence Systems officially launched its Slinger anti-drone system in 2023. The system features a remote weapon station, visual sensors and a Northrop Grumman 30mm cannon with specially designed ammunition, combined with EOS’s stabilisation and pointing technology.
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