Northern Challenge 23 ended earlier this month. (Photo: NATO)
Northern Challenge 23 exercise has concluded with participants responding to simulated explosive threats each day of the two-week event. Each scenario was designed to become more complex with the addition of multiple simulated IEDs to be neutralised in the face of an agile adversary.
It took place in Keflavik, Iceland led by the Icelandic Coast Guard and ran between 21 September and 4 October.
Sixteen countries and 430 personnel took part including Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, UK and US, as well as partner nations Austria, New Zealand, and Sweden. For the first time USMC personnel
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The two remaining bidders for the flagship Army Collective Training Service (ACTS) contract will move on to the next 20-week phase to select the British Army's Strategic Training Partner.
The company’s mortar trainer received improvements based on soldier’s feedback.
The next-generation platform is motion-compatible and can be used in OTW and NVG applications.
Named BITE, the system simulates the battlefield environment with multiple sensorial stimuli.
Analysts have said that making space for the country in the sixth-gen fighter aircraft initiative could give the UK a chance to ease the financial burden of the aircraft’s development.
Rheinmetall is working to open up the US market and the potential billions of dollars on offer. In order to get in the door it has purchased engineering company Loc Performance Products.
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