April 2022 News Global Defence & Security Industry - Military |
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Raytheon Technologies has demonstrated its High Energy Laser Weapon System paired with a Norwegian NASAMS (National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System ) anti-missile technology to destroy a swarm of drone targets: the HELWS destroyed nine Group one and Group two drones over the White Sands Missile Range.
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According to the Military Programming Law [LPM] 2019-25, the French Army will have 1,872 6x6 Griffon armored vehicles and 978 4x4 Serval by 2030, recalls Laurent Lagneau on Opex360. A certain number of these vehicles will be made available to the medical service (Service de Santé des Armées, SSA) to enable it to provide forward medical support (soutien médical de l’avant).
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Rheinmetall has unveiled the Oerlikon AMMR, the Group's latest radar system. The Oerlikon AESA Multi-Mission Radar (AMMR) was developed entirely at Rheinmetall Italia in Rome, underscoring once again the subsidiary's role as Rheinmetall's radar centre of excellence. The new radar is now ready for series production.
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UVision Air Ltd, a manufacturer of aerial loitering munition systems of all sizes for a variety of missions, will present for the first time its Multi-Domain, Combat-Proven Weapon Systems at FIDAE 2022.
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According to information published by the "Tactical Report" website on April 1, 2022, Egypt could be interested to cooperate with the Turkish Defense Industry for the manufacturing of the HISAR missile developed and designed by the Turkish Company Roketsan.
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According to information published by the Newspaper website "Welt.de" on April 1, 2022, Germany has approved the delivery of 58 Pbv 501 tracked armored IFVs (Infantry Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine. The Pbv 501 is a Swedish upgrade of ex-East German Army BMP-1 IFVs (Infantry Fighting Vehicle) that were delivered to Sweden from 1998 to 2001 to mechanize the Swedish Army infantry brigades.
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According to a tweet from Mahmoud Gamal, the indigenous Egyptian designed Temsah 3 light wheeled armored vehicle has likely entered the mass production phase at Factory 200 (Tank plant).
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In a first-ever operation, the air defenders of the E-3 Air Defense Battery used the newly developed Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, remote launch capability to expand their ability to defend the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Capt. Nicholas Chopp and Sgt. 1st Class David Chapman report on U.S. Army's website.
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According to a tweet from MaxDefense Philippines, the Philippine Army has finally received its ArmTrac 100-350 Mk.2 mine/IED search and detection vehicles after its British manufacturer ArmTrac shipped them and arrived recently at a port in Luzon.