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IDEX 2019: New Didgori models break cover
The Didgori Meomari 120 mm mobile mortar system from Georgia’s Delta State Military Scientific-Technical Centre was displayed at IDEX 2019. Source: IHS MarkitIDEX 2019: Wahash breaks cover
Calidus unveiled the Wahash 8x8 infantry fighting vehicle at the IDEX 2019 trade show in Abu Dhabi. Source: IHS Markit/Patrick AllenAMPV mission command variant first up on low-rate production line
BAE Systems and the US Army are moving into the AMPV LRIP phase. In preparation, the company installed new robotic welding stations in its York, Pennsylvania factory. Source: BAE SystemsIDEX 2019: AIO develops integrated soldier-worn display for Egyptian special forces
The EISS from AIO shown at IDEX 2019. Commander system is on the left and the soldier system is on the right. The control box can be seen on the belt on the right-hand side of each model. Source: Giles Ebbutt
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Estonia concludes investigation of AMRAAM air-to-air missile incident
Estonia has concluded its investigation into the accidental firing of an AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) by a Spanish Eurofighter Typhoon in Estonian airspace on 7 August 2018. Nobody was reported killed or injured by the accidental firing. The investigation, carried out
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Aero India 2019: DRDO details short-range MPATGM
India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has provided details of its man-portable anti-tank guided missile (MPATGM) during the 20–24 February Aero India 2019 exhibition in Bangalore. “The missile is in development and guided flight tests are scheduled by
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Aero India 2019: Indian Nag ATGM to enter production by end-2019
The Nag anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) is finally set to enter production by the end of 2019 as confirmed by India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) at Aero India 2019. The system will undergo final summer user trials in May-June this year after it successfully completed
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Portugal advances its soldier modernisation programme
The Portuguese Army is implementing an ambitious effort worth EUR90 million (USD102 million) to equip dismounted soldiers with new equipment meant to boost their firepower, mobility, protection, and command and control. The new systems, developed under the Sistemas de Combate do Soldado (SCS)
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Saudi Arabian company reveals GBDF shot-detection system
Saudi Arabia’s Warning and Defence for Electronics Industries Co (WDEI) has developed a new shot-detection system – the Gun Blast Direction Finder (GBDF) – and displayed it at the IDEX 2019 exhibition in Abu Dhabi in February. The GBDF is an acoustic system for detecting and
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Satellite ground station expansion shows Pakistan’s reliance on China
Pakistan has upgraded its main ground station to support two new satellites. Nick Hansen examines the expansion of infrastructure at the site in the context of Pakistan's limited space programme -
Keep on keeping on: South America’s navies strive to sustain submarine capabilities
Faced with ageing submarine fleets - many fast approaching the end of their service lives - a number of South American navies have launched programmes to upgrade or replace them. Tim Fish reports -
Canberra’s capabilities: Australia country briefing
The disruption of long-held assumptions underpinning Australia's strategic posture has moved the country's international security outlook from stable to unsettled. Julian Kerr reports
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IDEX 2019: New Didgori models break cover
Georgia’s Delta State Military Scientific-Technical Centre has expanded its family of Didgori vehicles, launching the 4×4 tactical patrol variant Didgori Meomari Tactical Armoured Modular Vehicle and exhibiting a mortar carrier variant of the vehicle at IDEX 2019. The mortar carrier
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MBDA Deutschland eyes HELWS opportunity with German Navy
The German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology, and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) is expected to release a statement of work, and a subsequent request for proposals later this year for integration of a high-energy laser weapon system (HELWS) demonstrator on board a German
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IDEX 2019: AIO develops integrated soldier-worn display for Egyptian special forces
Arab International Optronics (AIO) has developed the Egyptian Integrated Soldier System (EISS) and showcased it at the IDEX exhibition in Abu Dhabi in February. AIO is owned 49% by Thales Group and 51% by the Egyptian government. The EISS is an integrated surveillance and aiming ensemble that
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Russian deploys new CBRN vehicle to Syria
Russia has deployed its newest chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) reconnaissance vehicle to Syria to operate with military police units patrolling the Idlib de-escalation zone. An RKhM-6 vehicle was seen in footage shown by the Russia 24 television network on 7 November that was
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Boeing awarded EPAWSS contract modification for F-15E
Boeing has been awarded a USD24.1 million contract modification related to the Eagle Passive/Active Warning and Survivability System (EPAWSS) upgrade for the F-15E Strike Eagle combat aircraft. The contract, which was awarded by the US Department of Defense (DoD) on 21 February, is for hardware and
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IDEX 2019: New Didgori models break cover
Georgia’s Delta State Military Scientific-Technical Centre has expanded its family of Didgori vehicles, launching the 4×4 tactical patrol variant Didgori Meomari Tactical Armoured Modular Vehicle and exhibiting a mortar carrier variant of the vehicle at IDEX 2019. The mortar carrier
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Singapore discloses further details of Invincible-class submarines
Key Points Singapore has given further details on the capabilities of its new Type 218SG submarines The vessels will be equipped with indigenously developed data analytics as well as sense-making systems Singapore’s Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) has disclosed further details of its new Type
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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
