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During the Indian army day parade, which was held on January 15, 2021, the Indian army has presented a new upgrade of the Soviet-made ZSU-23-4 Shilka mobile air defense system based on tracked armored chassis. According to the military balance 2020, the Indian army has a total of 75 ZSU-23-4 air defense vehicles.
According to information published by Elbit Systems on January 18, 2021, the Israeli company Elbit Systems has completed a series of demonstration of its HattoriX, target acquisition system to eight Western European countries.
According to a new published by the Daily Sabah website on January 11, 2021, the Turkish defense industry will develop the first prototype of the Batu tank engine that will be mounted on the Turkish-made Main Battle Tank (MBT) Altay. The project of Altay was launched by the Turkish company Otokar.
According to information published by the Russian Ministry of Defense on January 9, 2021, the Russian Strategic Missile Forces have received 70 BPDM Typhoon-M 8x8 armored vehicles designed to conduct radio, optical and infrared surveillance and reconnaissance missions, it is also used as a counter-sabotage vehicle.
According to information published by the Aju Business Daily website, South Korean company Hyundai Rotem will develop unmanned vehicle technology based on a main battle tank, armored and artillery systems.
The U.S. Army continues to explore new technologies to improve warfighter performance on the battlefield, and researchers believe augmented reality, or AR, is a vitally important part of that process. U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory Public Affairs reports.
Following the successful integration of its new more flexible and expeditionary network capability into dismounted units, the U.S. Army is now focused on delivering the same capabilities to Stryker brigade combat teams. Kathryn Bailey, PEO C3T Public Affairs, reports.
According to information published by the "Taiwan News" website in December 2020, Taiwan will develop a new variant of its CM-32 nicknamed Clouded Leopard armed with a 105mm cannon.
Multi-domain operations, the U.S. Army’s future operating concept, requires autonomous agents with learning components to operate alongside the warfighter. New Army research reduces the unpredictability of current training reinforcement learning policies so that they are more practically applicable to physical systems, especially ground robots. U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory Public Affairs reports.
According to information published by the Chinese MoD (Ministry of Defense) on December 28, 2020, the Chinese army has conducted a military exercise under the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Tibet Military Command using new-generation individual combat systems (ICS) in a plateau area more than 4,500 meters above sea level.
Russian Strategic Missile Force engineer units continued to receive special hardware in 2020, including new KDM road-building vehicles, the Russian Defense Ministry’s press office said. This year, missile large units based on the territory stretching from the Tver Region in central Russia to the Irkutsk Region in East Siberia got KDM road-building vehicles, the Russian press office added.
According to information published by the U.S. Army, the first mobile combat-capable weapon systems, 50 kilowatts (kW)-class lasers mounted on Stryker vehicles, is on track for operational fielding by Fiscal Year 2022.
According to information published on December 21, 2020, the Spanish company Escribano Mechanicals & Engineering (EM&E) is expanding their catalog of Remote Weapon Station (RWS) by announcing their newest development, the Guardian L-HIT (Lightweight High Impact Turret).
According to information published on December 15, 2020, Spanish company EXPAL reaches an important milestone in the development of the new Dual-EIMOS on-board mortar system, which is completing its validation under the UTEX Experimental Tactical Unit program with the SDGPLATIN.
“We’re evolving the way we think and the way we work, to use emerging commercial technologies to provide our warfighters the most advanced capabilities more quickly,” said Chris Daughters, vice president of research, technology and engineering, Aeronautics Systems, Northrop Grumman. “Our partnership with Deepwave Digital combined with our advanced autonomy expertise will enhance the agility, speed and affordability our customers expect.”
Russia’s newest Ptitselov (Fowler) short-range air defense (AD) system will receive an advanced artificial intelligence control unit that will allow the weapon to optically distinguish hostile fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, cruise missiles, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and attack them, according to the Izvestia newspaper.
