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Clock is ticking on UK UOR spending

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

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US forces break down urban-warfare barriers with training and technology

DVD 2009: UK orders quad bikes for Afghan UOR

UK forces in Afghanistan will receive Yamaha quad bikes as part of an urgent operational requirement (IHS Jane's/Andrew White)

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

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Rheinmetall plans step change in remote controlled weapon station capability

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

NZDF personnel in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan (NZDF)

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

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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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Leopard 2 packs a heavyweight punch into Canada's operations in Afghanistan