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The SRUAV-W is being developed as a short-range unmanned aerial combat vehicle for the Indian Army. (Janes/Akhil Kadidal)
India’s Short-Range Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Weaponised (SRUAV-W) is conducting weapon trials.
Based on the Rustom I short-range (tactical) surveillance vehicle, the SRUAV-W is being developed as a short-range unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV).
A project member with India’s Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) told Janes that the UCAV’s weapons trials are being conducted using four types of air-to-surface missiles.
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The German Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded a contract to Rheinmetall for the production and delivery of 35mm ammunition for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The contract is valued in the low three-digit million euros range.
The order requires Rheinmetall to deliver a total of 300,000 rounds of the same ammunition that will be used by the Ukrainian forces with their Gepard anti-aircraft tanks.
The VL-SRSAM, seen here from the Aero India 2023 show, is a next-generation, ship-based, all-weather, air-defence weapon for integration onto Indian Navy warships as a quick-reaction point defence against supersonic sea-skimming targets like aircraft and UAVs. (Janes/Kapil Kajal)
India’s state-run Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) displayed its vertical-launch short-range surface-to-air missile (VL-SRSAM) at the Aero India 2023 show being held in Bangalore from 13 to 17 February.
The SAMAR-1 air-defence system (pictured at Aero India 2023) uses an Ashok Leyland vehicle mounted with refurbished R-73E missiles on rail launchers. (Janes/Rahul Udoshi)
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has completed development of its Surface to Air Missile for Assured Retaliation (SAMAR) system and the weapon has entered an initial production phase, the IAF told Janes at the Aero India 2023 show in Bangalore, which runs from 13 to 17 February.
Vem Technologies’ AsiBal ATGM is equipped with a compact fire-control unit for surveillance and target acquisition. (VEM Technologies)
VEM Technologies has displayed its AsiBal anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) at the Aero India 2023 show in Bangalore, which runs from 13 to 17 February.
The AsiBal is a third-generation manportable fire-and-forget ATGM. It is integrated with a tandem high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead with a penetration of 750–850 mm. The system weighs a total of 18.5 kg – the launch unit 6 kg, and the missile 12.5 kg.
TASL is delivering 100 units of its ALS-50 loitering munition (pictured) to the Indian Air Force. (Janes/Akshara Parakala)
Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) is delivering 100 units of its Advanced Loitering System-50 (ALS-50) to the Indian Air Force (IAF), sources familiar with the matter told Janes at the Aero India 2023 show being held in Bangalore from 13 to 17 February.
The deliveries are expected to be completed by the end of this year, the sources said.
ALS-50 is a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that has a length of 2.4 m, a wingspan of 3.
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The UK, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands have agreed to provide additional defence equipment packages to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Confirmed by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) on 15 February, the latest announcement comes after the recently held Nato defence ministers’ meeting in Brussels, Belgium.
The package is the military aid announced under the International Fund for Ukraine (IFU) initiative launched last year.
A T-72 MBT with trawl assembly, seen here from an Indian Army exercise at Rajasthan in November 2022, has a trawling speed of 4 km/h, tank alignment time of five minutes, and 1,000 m trawling time of 30 minutes. The weight of each roller set, frame, and plough is 2, 1, and 0.5 tonnes, respectively.
As if Artificial Intelligence (AI) was taking over the world and mysterious objects flying through the skies were not enough, the US military has decided to up the ante by creating a robot capable of piloting a combat plane by itself.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced on Monday, February 13, that it had successfully tested an F-16 test aircraft with AI software that piloted it for 17 hours. The Variable In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft (VISTA) X-62A flew in December 2022 at the Air Force Test Pilot School in California.