The German Armed Forces received the first of 13 protected-wounded transport containers (GVTC) from Airbus Defence and Space, the company announced 2 May.
The container will serve as a safe mode of transportation for the sick, injured, and wounded to hospitals or field hospitals, and allows medical care to be delivered while in-transport.
The Bundeswehr is set to train its medical personnel and rigorously test the container, paving the way for the GVTC to enter mass production. On 20 April the first GVTC was delivered and is set to serve as a “proof-of-concept” vehicle.
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A model of the Blue Spear missile on display in Singapore. The weapon will soon be deployed on the country’s Formidable-class frigates. (Janes/Ridzwan Rahmat)
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) will replace the Harpoon surface-to-surface missile (SSM) on its Formidable-class frigates with the Blue Spear SSM.
The weapon will be incorporated as part of the Formidable class’ mid-life upgrades (MLUs), said the RSN’s Commander First Flotilla, Colonel Ng Kok Yeng Daniel, in a recent wider-ranging interview with
Janes
to discuss the programme.
The Australian DoD will procure around 80 EOD robots from L3Harris Micreo. These new robots are likely to be L3Harris’ T7 robots (pictured). The T7 is also used by the British Armed Forces and the USAF. (Janes/Melanie Rovery)
The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) has signed a AUD46 million (USD30.7 million) contract with L3Harris Micreo to procure around 80 explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) robots for the Australian Defence Force (ADF).
A mock-up of the Torbuster SP on display at IMDEX 2023. (Janes/Ridzwan Rahmat)
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and its subsidiary DSIT Solutions have jointly unveiled a surface vessel-launched variant of the Torbuster hard-kill torpedo countermeasure system.
The original Torbuster is a submarine-launched torpedo countermeasure, which was developed to meet a requirement for the Israeli Navy.
ST Engineering said its new Autonomast system is designed to convert a manned vessel into an unmanned surface vessel for autonomous missions. (Janes/Vinod Kumar CV)
Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) displayed its new Autonomast system at the IMDEX 2023 naval exhibition in Changi, Singapore, held from 3 to 5 May.
According to the company, the modular Autonomast is designed to convert a manned vessel into an unmanned surface vessel (USV) for autonomous missions.
The configuration of Rheinmetall’s ‘Total Ship Trainer’ features simulators including full-mission bridges, part-task bridges, engineering rooms, damage control trainers, and ship-handling systems. (Rheinmetall)
Rheinmetall unveiled its ‘Total Ship Trainer’, a networked and integrated training solution, at the IMDEX 2023 naval exhibition held in Changi, Singapore, from 3 to 5 May.
According to Rheinmetall, the ship trainer will enable navies to conduct realistic, land-based, and simulated training for an entire warship crew, in part or together, at one centre.
On this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, former Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Mission Integration Beth Sanner delivers a candid and enriching lecture about being an intelligence professional at the highest level in the White House. Among many duties, this job involved serving as U.S. President Donald Trump’s intelligence briefer. Ms. Sanner starts […]
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau privately told NATO officials that Canada will never meet NATO’s defense-spending target of 2 percent of GDP. While this made headlines in Canada and abroad, it surprised few in Canadian foreign policy and defense circles. The war in Ukraine has raised new security concerns among America’s allies. For many in […]
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A mock-up of the naval Iron Beam system, on display at IMDEX 2023. (Janes/Ridzwan Rahmat)
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems unveiled a naval variant of its Iron Beam directed-energy weapon (DEW) system at the IMDEX 2023 naval exhibition held in Singapore from 3 to 5 May.
The variant is based on the land-based Iron Beam high-energy laser (HEL) system, which was unveiled at the Singapore Airshow in 2014.
Russia, led by Putin, holds the world’s largest arsenal of nuclear weapons, a disturbing reality that arouses concern in the international community.
Nuclear Weapons: An Unprecedented Deployment
According to the Federation of American Scientists, Russia has at least 5,977 nuclear warheads, surpassing the United States 5,428. This amount would be enough to annihilate all the inhabitants of the planet.
In addition to numbers, there are concerns about the type of nuclear weapons and advanced missiles that Russia possesses, such as nuclear-capable hypersonic missiles.