The United States Marine Corps announced on 16 July that it will be entering negotiations with General Dynamics Land Systems and Textron Systems to deliver prototypes for the Marines’ Advanced… Continue reading "General Dynamics & Textron Selected For Marine Corps Reconnaissance Vehicle Prototypes"
BAE Systems has issued a response to media reports that it had yet to deliver prototypes of its Mobile Protected Firepower vehicles for US Army evaluation. The company confirmed that… Continue reading "BAE Systems Respond To Mobile Protected Firepower Trial No-Show Reports"
While the recent success of drones and loitering munitions in the Armenian-Azerbaijan conflict has drawn a lot of attention, the U.S. Army identified several years ago the threat these systems… Continue reading "General Dynamics Wins $1.2 Billion U.S. Army Contract for IM-SHORAD Air Defense Vehicles"
The UK Parliament has concluded the oral evidence phase of their snappily titled “Progress in delivering the British Army’s armoured vehicle capability” inquiry by the Parliamentary Select Committee for Defence.… Continue reading "UK Parliamentary Inquiry into AFV Procurement Highlights Serious Issues"
The Canadian government awarded a $50 million contract to Norway-based multinational Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace and General Dynamics Land Systems – Canada for the delivery of the former’s Protector Remote… Continue reading "Konsberg Contracted to Provide Remote Weapon Stations to the Canadian Army"
The US Army has placed testing of its Interim Maneuver Short-Range Air-Defense (IM-SHORAD) at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, on hold due to the impact of the CVOID-19 virus. The vehicle… Continue reading "COVID-19 Halts SHORAD"
With the passing of the submission date on October 1, two contenders initially emerged for the US Army’s Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) programme. OMFV, previously known as the Next… Continue reading "Lynx 41 Disqualified for Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle"