Author: Michael

The UK is to transfer control of its battlefield rotorcraft such as the Puma HC2 (pictured) from the Joint Helicopter Command to the new Joint Aviation Command that is being set up to reflect the growing importance on unmanned aircraft in the future force mix. (Janes/Patrick Allen)
The United Kingdom’s Joint Helicopter Command (JHC) is to be re-organised as the Joint Aviation Command (JAC) to better exploit the potential of unmanned aircraft systems (UASs), according to the head of the British Army.

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The Netherlands has ordered 14 Leopard 2A4 tanks from Rheinmetall that it and Denmark are procuring for Ukraine, with the first vehicle to be delivered in January 2024. (Rheinmetall)
The Netherlands has ordered 14 Leopard 2A4 tanks from Rheinmetall that it and Denmark are procuring for Ukraine, the German company announced in a press release on 27 June.
The Danish and Dutch ministries of defence (MoDs) announced on 20 April that their countries would jointly procure the tanks. The two countries have now signed an agreement on the procurement with the German government and Rheinmetall.

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