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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

Brazilian Army eyes acquisition of 155 mm towed howitzers

The Brazilian Army is considering the purchase of 155 mm towed howitzers to progressively replace its 42 M114 and 33 M114A1 155 mm guns. To move forward with this effort it has recently approved operational, technical, logistics, and industrial requirements to procure a howitzer and associated

Brazilian Navy chief says new nuclear submarine will be delayed until late 2020s

Brazil’s new modern nuclear submarine, which was initially expected to enter service as early as 2021, will now likely be delayed until the end of that decade, according to Admiral Eduardo Bacellar Leal Ferreira, commander of the Brazilian Navy. The submarine should be ready “by the

Chinese company claims successful flight test of supersonic cruise missile

China’s Guangdong Hongda Blasting Company claimed on 15 October that it has successfully flight-tested a new supersonic cruise missile intended for export. Known as the HD-1, the weapon, which reportedly uses “advanced solid-fuel ramjet technology”, was tested at an undisclosed

Leonardo looks to commercial domain for cyber technologies

The military domain is increasingly reliant on cyber technologies developed in the commercial sector, creating a range of challenges – and opportunities – for defence companies like Leonardo, according to Giovanni Soccodato, chief strategy and innovation officer at the Italian defence

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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
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  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
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  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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