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Textron submitted its M3 Ripsaw – a variant of the vehicle picture on the right – for the US Army’s RCV-L Middle Tier Acquisition rapid prototyping programme. (Textron Systems)

Textron recently offered its proposal for the US Army’s Robotic Combat Vehicle – Light (RCV-L), an executive told
Janes
on 5 June.

The company submitted its M3 Ripsaw robotic ground vehicle to the service on 15 May, David Phillips, senior vice-president for land and sea systems, told
Janes
.

The Indian Army seeks to upgrade its T-90 MBTs with 1,200–1,500 hp engines. The image shows a T-90 MBT at an Indian Army exercise in November 2022. (Janes/Kapil Kajal)
The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has approved plans to procure Future Ready Combat Vehicles (FRCVs) and engines to upgrade in-service T-90 main battle tanks (MBTs).
The two projects were granted ‘Approval in Principle’ (AIP) by the MoD in late May. The MoD said the programmes will proceed under the government-funded ‘Make-I’ category.

Ocius Technologies’ Bluebottle USV operates in the waters of Jervis Bay during Exercise ‘Autonomous Warrior 2022′ at HMAS Creswell in the Australian Capital Territory. On 9 June the Australian DoD announced that Ocius has completed the delivery of the fifth and final Bluebottle USV to the RAN. (Commonwealth of Australia)
Ocius Technologies has completed the delivery of all Bluebottle unmanned surface vessels (USVs) to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) under a AUD4.9 million (USD3.3 million) contract secured in November 2022.

Information provided by the Taiwanese and Japanese governments shows that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army operated two SAIC Y-9 communications countermeasures aircraft in the Taiwan air defence identification zone on 8 June 2023. The aircraft subsequently operated south of the Japan ADIZ. (Taiwan MND/Japan MoD/Janes)
A new special mission aircraft of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been identified after the aircraft flew into Japan’s air defence identification zone (ADIZ) on 8 June.

If logistics wins or loses wars, what wins or loses logistics? U.S. military doctrine has the answer: “The U.S. military supply chain (to include the defense industrial base) represents a major competitive advantage that underpins deterrence and allows the United States to project power.” Despite being established in doctrine, it took a global pandemic for the Department of Defense to take notice of the fragility of its supply chains and the full impact of China’s global economic expansion.

A lot happens every day. Alliances shift, leaders change and conflicts erupt. With In Brief, we’ll help you make sense of it all. Each week, experts will dig deep on a single issue happening in the world to help you better understand it. *** On May 30, 2023, China sent its first civilian astronaut into space as part of the Shenzhou-16 satellite program, a significant step forward for the country’s rapidly developing space program. The astronauts headed for the Tiangong space station, marking the country’s fifth manned mission to the station since 2021.

By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans

The
following list attempts to keep track of military equipment
delivered or pledged to Ukraine by Slovenia during the Russian invasion of
Ukraine. The entries below are sorted by armament category (with a flag
denoting the country of origin), and due to the confidential nature of
some arms deliveries they can serve only as a lower bound to the total
volume delivered. This list is updated as further military support is uncovered.

Ukraine MoD screencap

As the Ukrainian counteroffensive grinds on, the most intense fighting appears to be taking place in Donetsk Oblast in the so-called Vremenvka Salient, along the Mokri Yaly River near the tiny hamlet of Makarivka. That’s close to the border with Zaporizhzhia Oblast, where rain appears to be hampering operations.
Though facing intense opposition, the Ukrainian counteroffensive is continuing to chew away at the remaining nearly 20% of the country still occupied by Russia, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry (MoD) said.

At the forefront of innovation, the United States Air Force is accelerating the development of its formidable next-generation Fighting Eagle: the NGAD.
The War of the Future: Aerial Technology to Overcome the Titans
With unwavering emphasis, America’s sky generals advocate the need for a total government approach to arming their brave airmen with this brand new winged beast, the NGAD, before the dawn of the next decade wakes up.

The NGAD project seeks to avoid the errors of the F-35 and optimize system performance.

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