Finland and Sweden jointly procure rifles from Sako
29 March 2023
by Nicholas Fiorenza
Sako rifles for Finnish and Swedish armed forces. (Sako)
Finland and Sweden are jointly procuring assault and sniper rifles from Finnish company Sako. The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) and the logistics department of the Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) signed a framework agreement on the joint procurement with Sako at its factory in Riihimäki on 27 March.
Sako said in a press release the same day that the framework agreement would enable Finland and Sweden to procure the weapons, initially covering a period of 10 years, with an option of three seven-year periods lasting until the end of 2053.
Finland will procure rifles and personal defence weapons worth EUR700,000 (USD757,911) for field testing. Major General Jari Mikkonen, director of the Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) Logistics Command, said the FDF was “preparing to phase out the current weapon systems in stages, which will ensure a controlled and cost-effective phase out of the current system”. The Finnish Army's main personal weapons are the RK 62 and RK 95 TP assault rifles chambered in the Russian 7.62×39 mm cartridge.
The framework agreement also covers the Finnish Border Guard, customs, office of criminal sanctions, and police.
TADTE 2023: GEOSAT to manufacture Japanese C-UAV systems in Taiwan
18 September 2023
by Kapil Kajal
DDD (Drone Detective & Disabilitating System), pictured above from TADTE 2023, can detect UAVs within a range of 25 km. (Janes/Kapil Kajal)
Taiwan's GEOSAT Aerospace & Technology signed a transfer of technology (ToT) agreement with Fortunio Japan to manufacture the latter's counter-unmanned aerial vehicle (C-UAV) known as ‘DDD (Drone Detective & Disabilitating System)' in Taiwan at the Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition 2023 (TADTE 2023) held in Taipei from 14 to 16 September.
A GEOSAT spokesperson told Janes at the showthat the system will be offered to the Republic of China (RoC) Armed Forces to meet the service's C-UAV requirements.
According to the company specifications, the DDD can detect UAVs within a range of 25 km.
The DDD comprises three units: detection head unit, tripod, and software and personal computer. The circular detection head unit is mounted on the tripod with an overall height and weight of 1,430 mm and 35 kg respectively.
The height, weight, and diameter of the head unit are 150 mm, 7 kg, and 375 mm respectively. The system can be mounted on a ship or a military vehicle, the spokesperson added.
DSEI 2023: Norway's FFI to test Viking UGVs in extreme conditions
15 September 2023
by Ares Simone Monzio Compagnoni
IDV Robotics' Viking UGV at DSEI 2023 (Janes/Ares Simone Monzio Compagnoni)
The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) has purchased two IDV Robotics Viking Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs), Janes has learned.
Speaking at DSEI 2023 in London, IDV Robotics' head of sales and marketing, Robert Mohacsi, said that the vehicles will undergo testing for operations in extreme weather conditions.
The Viking UGV is a 6×6 electric and diesel hybrid platform that features a large payload bay. It is primarily designed to operate as a robotic mule and transport up to 750 kg. At DSEI 2023, IDV Robotics also displayed a variant equipped with a 12.7 mm Machine Gun (MG) and a Thales FZ602 LGR Launcher. Janes understands that IDV Robotics is planning to perform firing tests within the next year.
According to the company, the Viking can operate in temperatures from -20 to 39 ˚C. On a flat road at the nominal temperature of 20 ˚C the range in electric and hybrid modes is 20 and 250 km respectively.
Australia's Ryan Aerospace bags US Navy flight simulator contract
15 September 2023
by Ridzwan Rahmat
Examples of the extended reality flight simulators that are being supplied by Ryan Aerospace to the US Navy. (Ryan Aerospace)
Ryan Aerospace (Australia) has secured a USD28 million contract to supply the US Navy (USN) with extended reality flight simulators.
Under the deal, Ryan Aerospace will supply 50 units of the equipment, which it refers to as immersive training devices (ITDs), to the USN's Naval Aviation Training Next (NATN) programme.
The ITDs can be configured to simulate a wide range of aircraft types.
Each unit consists of a virtual reality headset, a console set consisting of a monitor and a keyboard, and a cockpit seat with various flight controllers.
“The fact that they were designed with the future in mind, they can now rapidly and cost-effectively be transformed into mixed reality simulators for a different aircraft,” said Ryan Aerospace in a media statement to announce the contract.
“This is important for [the] government and taxpayers, as they are getting great value for money,” the statement added.
Ryan Aerospace has indicated that the contract will be delivered to the USN within the next 12 months.
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