Almost three dozen Ukrainian soldiers are being trained in CBRN defense as part of the EU training mission EUMAM. They will be taught how to use the main decontamination station 70 (HEP 70) supplied by Germany. The HEP 70 is used to decontaminate vehicles contaminated with nuclear, biological or chemical agents. Two 1,500-liter tanks are…
The Romanian Armed Forces have contracted Polaris Government and Defence to deliver more than 50 Dagor tactical light vehicles. Romania is procuring the vehicles through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. The light vehicles are intended for troop transport. They are assembled from commercially available individual parts and can carry up to 1.814 kilograms.…
Rheinmetall AG takes over all shares of the Spanish company Expal Systems S.A.U.. The purchase price for the acquisition amounts to approximately €1.2 billion. From now on, the Madrid-based company will be known as Rheinmetall Expal Munitions, S.A.U.. The takeover was already scheduled for last year, but required the approval of the Spanish authorities. Expal…
The land forces are the main core of defence. With the New Force Model, NATO is also realigning itself in this area. In addition to the return to regional defence responsibility, the adapted force structure is a decisive element. In the future, NATO will have more than 240,000 ready forces of the member states in…
In Germany integration of drones into civil airspace is still a problem due to reliability and safety of collision warning systems. Now sensor solutions provider Hensoldt spread the news, that it is taking the development of its collision warning system for civil and military drones to a new level. The demonstrator study for a “detect-and-avoid…
The Government of Canada has awarded Airbus Defence and Space with a contract for four newly-built Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport aircraft (MRTT) and for the conversion of five used A330-200s. The current contract has an order value of approximately CAD $3 billion or 2.1€ billion (excluding taxes). Under the agreement, the A330 MRTTs…
Tomorrow the programme of this years Berlin Security Conference will be unveiled. BSC 2023 will again make a difference. After last year’s huge impact on security policy after the start of Russian war against Ukraine, with speakers ranging from NATO Secretary General to several head of states, this year will focus more on the Indo-Pacific…
Another important decision was made in Australia. As part of the LAND 200 Phase 3 Battlefield Command Systems project, Systematic was selected as the sole bidder for the Tranche 1 Battle Management System – Command and Control (BMS-C2) software applications. Now Systematic is to implement SitaWare Headquarters and SitaWare Frontline to support command and control…
In Australia’s land forces modernisation procurement project, the Redback infantry fighting vehicle from South Korean manufacturer Hanwha has won over Rheinmetall’s Lynx infantry fighting vehicle. Both had been undergoing trials since 2021. In total, Australia wants to procure 129 new infantry fighting vehicles. ” At a cost of between $5 billion and $7 billion, the…
Today, OCCAR-EA Director Joachim Sucker and eurosam Managing Director Eva Bruxmeier signed the Amendment of the FSAF-PAAMS Sustainment & Enhancement (S&E) contract for the procurement of new generation ground based air defence systems SAMP/T NG for Italian Air Force. This procurement adds to the SAMP/T NG production ordered in January 2023 for the Italian Army…