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Author: Michael
John A.
Max Stewart, CIMSEC
Introduction
In recent years, there has been an increased and discernable concern surrounding the possibility of an invasion of Taiwan by the…
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Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) partners have announced that they will jointly provide air defences worth £92m ($116.2m) to protect Ukraine’s critical national infrastructure and front-line personnel.
Ukraine has begun its long-awaited counter-offensive across the south and east of the country, where Russian forces have dug themselves in since last winter.
The UK Ministry of Defence, in its daily relay of updates on the conflict, said there has been an increased presence of Russian aerial sorties deployed in response to Ukrainian offensive operations.
The RE-liON Blacksuit immersive virtual training system provides small unit tactical training. (Netherlands MoD)
The Royal Netherlands Army (RNLA) has initiated a four-pronged plan to improve its simulation capability by 2030, focusing particularly on expanding virtual simulation.
European defence and security original equipment manufacturer Thales has put forward the proposed acquisition of Tesserent, one of Australia’s and New Zealand’s largest cybersecurity companies, with the latter company achieved a 2022 calendar year turnover of A$185m ($125.8m).
With around 500 employees across nine offices in Australia and New Zealand, Tesserent offers cybersecurity consultancy for governments and defence clients, providing solutions and services to medium and enterprise-level organisations.
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.