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NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence battlegroup uparmours in Latvia

NATO’s Canadian-led enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) battlegroup in Latvia has received armour reinforcements from Italy and the United States in the last month, doubling the number of main battle tanks (MBTs) it possesses, albeit temporarily. The Latvian National Armed Forces announced on

US delivers two additional Metal Shark Defiant 32s to Uruguay

The US officially delivered a second batch of two Metal Shark 32-ft (9.8m) fast patrol boats on August 14 to the Uruguayan Navy Comando de Infanteria de Marina (Marines). With the addition of the two new boats, Uruguay has four Defiant 32s in service with the Infanteria de Marina. The donation was

USN calls EASR development “critical” for FFG(X)

The successful development and integration of the Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR) will be vital for future operations of the US Navy (USN) proposed guided-missile frigate (FFG[X]), the Government Accountability Office (GAO) noted in a recent report. “Navy officials stated that

Analysis: Gulf tanker protection mission takes shape

Analysis US and UK naval planners at the US Fifth Fleet’s headquarters in Manama, Bahrain, are putting the finishing touches to plans to establish a new maritime security force to protect shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz. The UK announced on 6 August it would join the US-led

US Air Force performs first flight of ROBOpilot unmanned air platform

The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and DZYNE Technologies on 9 August performed a two-hour initial flight of the Robotic Pilot Unmanned Conversion Program (ROBOpilot), according to a 15 August AFRL statement. Dr Alok Das, AFRL Center for Rapid Innovation senior scientist, said in the AFRL

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  Autonomous ambition: NavyX plots a course to machine-speed warfare

  Faced with the need to redress and recover a capability debt, but limited in its number of manned ship platforms, the UK Royal Navy is advancing plans to accelerate the operational exploitation of autonomous techniques and technologies as a means to increase mass, lethality, and agility. Richard Scott reports
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  Kingmakers: Venezuela’s armed forces and the national crisis

  With Venezuela in a deep, complex, and increasingly urgent crisis since January, aggravated by external tensions with regional neighbours and the United States, the armed forces are likely to play a central role in the country’s future. Jim Dorschner reports
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  Wheels vs tracks: Reviewing AFV trends

  As conflicts have evolved, the requirements for AFVs have boosted cost, weight, and mission system needs. Sam Cranny-Evans and Jon Hawkes examine Western and Russian case studies in the continued evolution of the tracks versus wheels debate
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Mk 20 Electro-Optical Sensor System (EOSS)

Type Naval Fire-Control System (FCS). Development In 2005, following a competitive procurement process, Kollmorgen Electro-Optical (acquired by L-3 Communications in February 2012 and now operating as L-3 KEO) was chosen to provide the US Navy (USN) with an EOSS as part of the CG-47