Today, the Slovak National Director of Defense Capabilities, Dalibor Pavolka, and his German counterpart, Thomas Frankenberger, signed a donation agreement at the Ministry of Defense of the Slovak Republic, whereby the Federal Republic of Germany will donate two systems to Slovakia. Very Short Range Air Defense MANTIS (VSHORAD) bolsters the country’s air defenses on its eastern border with Ukraine, otherwise protected by domestic and allied GBAD capabilities.
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US President Joe Biden will meet outgoing NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the White House on Monday as the fight to secure his successor intensifies.
Although the White House says the official agenda for the meeting is to discuss the alliance’s summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, in July, the question of who will take the NATO helm next during this difficult period of its 74-year history will undoubtedly be one of the main themes, as the alliance grapples with Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Indra’s new headquarters in Alcobendas, Madrid, has hosted the first meeting of the program’s Joint National Office, chaired by the Secretary of State for Defence, Amparo Valcarce. The NGWS/FCAS Joint National Office will be made up of representatives of the Ministry of Defense and the Spanish industry program office, the latter led by Indra as national coordinator.
The Army’s new M10 Booker may not be as cutting edge as the optionally manned fighting vehicles and robotic combat vehicles the service is pursuing. But down the road, officials will be looking for opportunities to integrate emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, into the system to assist with targeting or other functions.
Service leaders officially named and unveiled the new platform, which was developed for the “mobile protected firepower” program, on Saturday during a celebration of the service’s 248th birthday at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
Pvt. Robert D. Booker and Staff Sgt. Stevon A. Booker flank the M10 Booker Combat Vehicle. (Task & Purpose photo illustration).
The Army will officially field its new so-called Mobile Protected Firepower system under the designation of M10 Booker Combat Vehicle, the service announced Saturday. Named for two fallen soldiers, it is the U.S. military’s first combat vehicle named for a service member who fought in one of the country’s post-9/11 wars.
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