An Ajax Ares armoured personnel carrier on the Bovington training range during a visit by Wallace on 22 February. (Ben Birchall – Pool/Getty Images)
The Ajax armoured vehicle programme has turned a corner, according to senior UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) officials. The Chief of the General Staff of the British Army General Patrick Sanders tweeted on 25 February, “The Ajax programme has turned a corner. The vehicles’ world-leading find-and-kill capabilities will be transformational for the army’s fleet.
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The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has notified Congress of a potential foreign military sale (FMS) of FGM-148F Javelin anti-tank missiles to the UK.
With an estimated value of $125.13m, the deal has received approval from the US State Department.
As part of the sale package, the US will provide up to 600 FGM-148F Javelin portable missiles, of which 12 will be fly-to-buy missiles.
In addition, the British government has requested associated US government technical support, as well as other related logistics and programme support.
BAE Systems Australia’s in-development Razer precision-guided munition is being designed for deployment from unmanned combat aerial vehicles and helicopters. (BAE Systems)
BAE Systems Australia has announced that it is designing and developing a new air-launched guided munition called the Razer.
The company said in the announcement on 28 February that the Razer is being conceived as a “low-cost air-launched precision-guided munition that is designed to transform a 40–50 kg standard non-guided munition into a precision air-launched weapon at low cost”.
The Singapore Armed Forces plan to upgrade their training with virtual reality technology and a new digital firing range as part of their 2040 strategy.
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) will purchase another eight F-35B fighter jets, bringing its fleet of fifth-generation fighters to twelve.
Singapore will receive the eight fighters from US manufacturer Lockheed Martin “by the end of the decade,” Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen said in Parliament.
In 2019, Singapore announced the acquisition of four initial F-35Bs, scheduled for delivery in 2026.
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Rheinmetall has started delivering new automated reconnaissance systems to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as part of the German government’s efforts to support the war-torn nation.
The company is under a two-digit million-euro contract to supply the new systems, also referred as SurveilSPIRE, to Ukraine.
The new capability is being delivered in close collaboration with Estonian company DefSecIntel.
On May 11, 2022, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense Twitter account highlighted the results of a deadly artillery assault on a failed Russian pontoon crossing of the Siverskyi Donets river. The tweet generated over 14,000 likes and nearly 2,000 retweets. Another tweet, posted by a Ukrainian soldier that same day, on the same assault, read […]
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Teledyne FLIR SkyRanger R70 integrated on a Ford F-150 truck, along with the Cameleon V5 Enterprise and the TacFLIR 380-HD surveillance system. (Janes/Akshara Parakala)
Teledyne FLIR showed a counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) concept that integrates its SkyRanger R70 UAS, a TacFLIR 380-HD multisensor surveillance system, and the Cameleon V5 Enterprise intrusion detection software on a Ford F-150 truck at IDEX 2023, which was held in Abu Dhabi from 20 to 24 February.
The QENF inaugurates its new coastal missile defence system at the Al-Houl Naval Base. (Qatari Ministry of Defence)
The Qatar Emiri Naval Forces’ (QENF’s) new coastal anti-ship missile system was officially inaugurated by Minister of State for Defence Affairs Khalid bin Mohammed al-Attiyah at the new Al-Houl Naval Base, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 23 February.
It provided no further details but released a short video clip showing components for the MBDA Exocet and Marte ER coastal anti-ship missile systems lined up at the base for the event.