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The UK may be looking to tighten its belt on buying large numbers of new vehicles and big items of equipment as it begins to prepare the UOR budget for Fiscal Year 2010-11
29 June 2009
BCB introduces new Wall-Breaching System
BCB International has unveiled a new Wall-Breaching System to compete with the Harvey Wall Banger as an alternative to high-explosive method of entry operations
01 July 2009
DVD 2009: UK orders quad bikes for Afghan UOR
UK forces deployed in Afghanistan are to receive a boost to their casualty-evacuation capability
26 June 2009
Rheinmetall in discussions to acquire SEI
Rheinmetall looks to possible acquisition of Italian munitions specialist SEI
26 June 2009
US Future Combat Systems face radical revision
The US Department of Defense has announced a new plan to break up the US Army's Future Combat Systems programmes into smaller acquisition projects
25 June 2009
Stability concerns fail to slow US pullback from Iraqi cities
The United States is expecting to complete its pullback from Iraqi cities on schedule. The handover will leave virtually all of the responsibilities for security with the ISF amid concerns over the fragility of the country
18 June 2009
Details of Turkey's Project 'J' revealed
Jane's reveals more information on Turkey's Yildirum precision strike tactical ballistic missile system
16 June 2009
Pentagon increases M-ATV requirement
The US Department of Defense is adding more than 3,000 platforms to its M-ATV vehicle requirement
12 June 2009
Reviewing the troops: New Zealand Country Briefing
The New Zealand Defence Force is in the midst of a significant renewal of capabilities across the three services, as a major defence review looks to determine the country's future defence posture. Tony Skinner reports
12 June 2009
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- New Zealand increases defence budget
Iran claims indigenous SAM production
Iranian Defence Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar says production has begun on a new surface-to-air missile (SAM)
12 June 2009
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- Iran may have lined up S-300 SAM systems
Heavy duty: upgraded MBTs take on challenging urban operations
The field of armoured personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles used to be made up largely of relatively lightweight battlefield taxis, protecting troops from little more than small-arms fire. However, in the face of increasing firepower threats, several armies now field heavy vehicles based on MBTs. Christopher F Foss reports on developments
11 June 2009
UK MoD unveils armour-piercing 40 mm UOR for Afghanistan
UK forces are to receive light armour-piercing 40 mm rounds as an urgent operational requirement
05 June 2009
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- UK seeks lighter-weight support weapon for operations
Call of the wild: Deployable Dingo adapts to today's asymmetric warfare demands
KMW's Dingo aims to achieve a balance between high levels of protection on the battlefield and being compact and agile enough to adapt to a variety of terrains and scenarios
10 June 2009
- RELATED ARTICLE
- Dingo 2 sniffs out nuclear threats
UK prepares to test Combat Identification Server
The UK Combat Identification Server, which aims to collate the various Blue Force Tracking network sources occurring in theatre, is to undergo a series of integration tests between September 2009 and May 2010.
04 June 2009
Canada hopes to rebuild and reset after leaving Afghanistan in 2011
Canada's unexpectedly high vehicle wear rates in Afghanistan are driving a major reset programme
03 June 2009
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