An Indian Army soldier paraded at the Army Day ceremony on 15 January 2023 in Bangalore. General Manoj Pande, India’s chief of the Army staff, said at the event that old establishments and units of the Indian Army are being dissolved to create new integrated battle groups. (Janes/Kapil Kajal)
The Indian Army has dissolved old establishments and units to transform the force into lean, agile, offensive, and tailor-made new combat units known as Integrated Battle Groups (IBGs).
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KAI conceives its MC-X military transport aircraft as an alternative to the Lockheed C-130H. (Janes/Jon Grevatt)
South Korea and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly develop a multirole transport aircraft.
UAE state media revealed that the MOU was signed between the UAE’s Tawazun Council and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) on 15 January. The council is the UAE defence and security acquisitions authority for the UAE Armed Forces and Abu Dhabi Police.
Details of the UAE-KAI MOU have not yet been made public.
The DGA awarded Nexter a mid-life upgrade contract for 50 Leclerc tanks (pictured in the foreground at Eurosatory 2022) on 29 December 2022. (Nexter)
The Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA), the French defence procurement agency, ordered 50 upgraded Leclerc main battle tanks on 29 December 2022, the company announced in a press release on 12 January.
The first prototype of the upgraded tank, designated Leclerc XLR, was delivered to the DGA at the end of 2022.
The MMT-40 light tank uses a 2S1 Gvozdika hull, the example of which is shown in the image. This image shows Serbia’s 2S1 during field trials in 2020. (Serbian MoD)
The Myanmar Army has unveiled
the MAM-03 multiple rocket launcher (MRL) and MMT-40 light tank commemorating the 75th anniversary of the country’s independence.
According to video footage released by the state-owned broadcaster Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV), the MAM-03 and MMT-40 were seen participating in the independence day parade.
The South Korean Black Eagles aerobatic team perform during the Pyramids Air Show on 3 August 2022. (Mahmoud Khaled/AFP via Getty Images)
Egypt’s state-owned Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) has confirmed it has signed an agreement with Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) to locally manufacture advanced training aircraft.
In a statement released on 16 January, the AOI said its chairman, Mokhtar Abdel-Latif, had met a South Korean delegation that included members of parliament and senior officials from KAI and Hanwha Aerospace.
An F-35B short take-off and vertical landing variant and F-35C carrier variant aircraft fly together over Fort Worth, Texas, on functional check flights on 14 March 2013. (Lockheed Martin)
Engineers at Northrop Grumman are developing a new advanced active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for the F-35 Lightning II, which company officials say will be compatible with all variants of the advanced stealth fighter jet.
The Australian Army will dispose of its fleet of European-made MRH-90 Taipan helicopters early, as the Labor Party confirms that a multi-billion dollar purchase of US-made Black Hawks will replace them.
The Government will announce on Wednesday the acquisition of 40 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters for the Australian Army for an estimated amount of 2.8 billion dollars.
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The Netherlands has confirmed it intents to supply the Patriot missile defence system to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces in their fight against the Russian invasion.
The announcement comes after Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s recent visit with US President Joe Biden.
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