The AMPV (seen here in the M1284 Medical Evacuation variant) made its international debut at DSEI in September 2023. Following this, it is planned to be offered to the Romanian army as a potential candidate for an upcoming IFV procurement programme. (Janes/Sonny Butterworth)
BAE Systems has revealed to Janes that it is offering its CV90 tracked infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), Armored Multipurpose Vehicle (AMPV) family of tracked armoured fighting vehicles, and its Archer self-propelled howitzer (SPH) to the Romanian army.
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A US-donated M109A6 Paladin 155 mm self-propelled howitzer firing in the Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on 18 May 2023. (Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
Ukraine was described as the most interoperable country in Europe at Defence iQ’s Future Artillery 2024 conference held in Paris from 21 to 23 May.
Janes learnt, under Chatham House rules at the conference, that this is because Ukraine can use US artillery rounds, unlike European NATO members.
The Kenya-led UN mission in Haiti will be forcefully met by a gang-turned-militia armed with stolen Colombian weapons.
The House Armed Services Committee passed a provision directing the elevation of the Department of Defense’s primary organization charged with defending its networks to a sub-unified command.
An amendment to the fiscal 2025 defense policy bill proposed by Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., which passed the committee late Wednesday night, would direct the secretary of defense to designate the Joint Force Headquarters-DOD Information Network as a subordinate unified command under U.S. Cyber Command.
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Babcock and UDI are establishing an engineering facility in Ukraine to repair and overhaul military vehicles.
Two Atlas Elektronik UK ARCIMS with SeaCat AUVs onboard and (insets) screenshots of SeeByte’s software showing mission planning, monitoring, and post-mission analysis for the SeaCat. (SeeByte/Atlas Elektronik UK)
UK-based software house SeeByte has been contracted by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) for at least three more years of software support and development in support of the Royal Navy’s (RN’s) Mine Hunting Capability (MHC) programme, the company said in a press release.
A key hub in the Pentagon’s research-and-engineering directorate has amassed more than 300 capability transitions in the last three years — and a further uptick is expected, according to its chief.
Maynard Holliday, who oversees the critical technologies office under R&E, spotlighted how his team is helping shape a more vibrant innovation ecosystem, during his opening keynote on Wednesday at DefenseTalks, hosted by DefenseScoop.
An M777 155 mm Howitzer fires at Yuma Proving Ground’s Kofa Firing Range. (US Army )
US Army officials and industry counterparts are preparing for a so-called ‘soft catch’ test and demonstration of a new Assured Position, Navigation and Timing (APNT) capability, which could play a key role in advancing the ground service’s Precision Long Range Fires initiative.
The TR-85 M1R was publicly exhibited for the first time at BSDA in May 2024. Externally, many of the modifications to this variant are hard to spot, with the new laser and radar warning system on the turret corners being the most prominent change. (Janes/Sonny Butterworth)
Uzina Mecanică Bucureşti (UMB), part of Romania’s state-owned ROMARM conglomerate, displayed a modernised version of the TR-85 M1 main battle tank (MBT) for the first time at the Black Sea Defense and Aerospace (BSDA) 2024 exhibition held in Bucharest from 22 to 24 May.