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RG31 gets TRT-30 weapon system
Denel Vehicles Systems RG31 Ibululu is shown with the TRT-30, armed with the Russian 30 mm 2A42 dual-feed cannon. Source: Christopher F FossUnitech Composites to provide weapon pylons for Afghan Black Hawk helos
A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter is fitted with Unitech Composites’ LASS weapon pylons. The company has been awarded a contract to provide these pylons for fitment onto several of the Black Hawks the US is supplying to Afghanistan. Source: Via Unitech AerospaceIAI reports UGV developments
The Sahar IED detection and clearance UGV. Source: Israel Aerospace IndustriesLatest-generation Pandur Evo moves into production for Austrian Army
The latest Pandur Evo 6×6 for the Austrian Army is shown with an applique armour package and a locally developed RWS armed with a stabilised 12.7 mm MG. Source: GDELS
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Engine supply issues delay Russian Karakurt corvette deliveries
Zelenodolsk Shipyard will postpone delivery of its first two Project 22800 Karakurt corvettes to the Russian Navy by at least a year because it lacks diesel engines for them, according to regional news agency Realnoe Vremya. The ships were to be commissioned in 2018. St Petersburg-based PAO Zvezda
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Royal Canadian Air Force could increase live multi-engine flight training hours
Key Points The RCAF could increase pilot training flying hours in its C90B King Air aircraft at the expense of simulation hours This could lead to additional costs but the contractor, KF Aerospace, would find ways to accommodate more hours without buying aircraft The Royal Canadian Air Force
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Indian Navy concludes trials of new submarine rescue system
Key Points The Indian Navy has completed maiden trials of a newly acquired submarine rescue system The trials are being done to validate the service’s ability to rescue, and transfer distressed submariners The Indian Navy’s Western Naval Command concluded maiden trials of a newly
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Portugal orders Koala helos
The Portuguese Air Force (Força Aérea Portuguesa: FAP) has ordered five AgustaWestland AW119Kx Koala light utility helicopters for a range of support operations. The deal, announced by Leonardo on 18 October, is valued at approximately EUR20 million (USD23 million) and includes options
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Brazil soon to receive Italian protected 4×4s
Rio de Janeiro’s Federal Intervention Cabinet (GIFRJ) is to receive 16 VTLM Lince K2 4×4 protected vehicles (the Italian designation for modernised Iveco Light Multirole Vehicles, or LMVs) that are surplus to Italian Army requirements. The first tranche of four vehicles is scheduled to
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Building NATO’s new eastern front: The eFP in Europe
In 2016 NATO leaders agreed to despatch multinational battlegroups to the Baltic states and Poland under the enhanced Forward Presence initiative. Since then NATO deployments to Eastern Europe have accelerated. Tim Ripley charts the progress of efforts to build up allied defences in the region -
Russia develops co-orbital anti-satellite capability
Russia appears to be developing a co-orbital anti-satellite system. Bart Hendrickx examines the evidence in open sources about Russia’s satellite development programmes that points to the existence of the project -
Silencing the airwaves: Chinese SEAD capabilities
China’s territorial ambitions around its coast have long been among the driving forces of its military modernisation. Tiago Falcao Machado reports on how, to support the expanding missions of its air forces, the PLA is developing an increasingly effective SEAD capability
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RG31 gets TRT-30 weapon system
South Africa’s Denel Vehicle Systems has developed, using internal research and development funding, a new version of its RG31 Mk5 4×4 mine protected vehicle as a mobile gun platform called the Ibululu. The baseline RG31 is typically used as an armoured personnel carrier (APC) with the
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Northrop Grumman readies Hatchet for all-up testing
Northrop Grumman is set to conduct the first live end-to-end test of an all-up Hatchet miniature precision strike munition by the end of this year. Developed with internal research and development (IRAD) funding, Hatchet was originally unveiled in April 2012 as a low-cost gravity-dropped weapon
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Unitech Composites to provide weapon pylons for Afghan Black Hawk helos
Unitech Composites, a subsidiary of Unitech Aerospace, has been awarded a contract to provide its Lightweight Armament Support Structure (LASS) weapon pylons for fitment onto several of the Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk multirole helicopters the United States is supplying to the Afghan government, the
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Japan developing vehicle-mounted IED detection system
Japan is developing a vehicle-mounted system designed to remotely detect improvised explosive devices (IEDs) along roads in urban and suburban areas. The Ground Systems Research Center (GSRC) of the Ministry of Defense’s (MoD’s) Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Agency (ATLA)
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Saab awarded first T-X contract as window for protests closes
Boeing has contracted its partner, Saab, to begin the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase of the US Air Force (USAF’s) advanced pilot training programme, known as T-X. The Swedish manufacturer announced on 19 October that it has received USD117.6 million through to 2022 for
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RG31 gets TRT-30 weapon system
South Africa’s Denel Vehicle Systems has developed, using internal research and development funding, a new version of its RG31 Mk5 4×4 mine protected vehicle as a mobile gun platform called the Ibululu. The baseline RG31 is typically used as an armoured personnel carrier (APC) with the
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Indian Navy concludes trials of new submarine rescue system
Key Points The Indian Navy has completed maiden trials of a newly acquired submarine rescue system The trials are being done to validate the service’s ability to rescue, and transfer distressed submariners The Indian Navy’s Western Naval Command concluded maiden trials of a newly
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