31st December 2020 - 12:00 GMT | by Alex Tarasoff in Moscow RSS
The clock is ticking for the Armata programme to hit its delivery target.
Recent remarks from Rostec CEO Sergei Chemezov have done little to draw a line under uncertainty surrounding the future of the Russian T-14 Armata MBT (pictured on display during the Army 2020 exhibition).
Serial production of Armata ‘will start in 2021’, Chemezov announced in a 7 December press briefing.
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23rd December 2020 - 20:00 GMT | by Tim Fish in Auckland RSS
Australia is planning a running overhaul of its equipment used to counter IEDs and such like.
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is pushing for next-generation systems to protect against IEDs and explosive hazards.
In addition to its Joint Counter-IED (JCIED) and Joint Counter-Explosive Hazards (JCEH) programmes, the ADF has added the Project Land 8101 programme to bring in new capabilities in the latter half of the .
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Subcontract for Kongsberg on British Army MIV contract follows similar awards for Dutch and German Boxers.
This is the seventh delivery contract (including two upgrades) for the UK armed forces to involve Protector, Kongsberg noted in a 22 December statement.
Protector RS4 RWS will be installed on the new fleet of British Army Boxer 8x8 vehicles which are being built under the MIV programme; Kongsberg will work in close cooperation with Thales UK, Rheinmetall and KMW.
The Kongsberg Protector M151 remote weapon station already arms the Royal Netherlands Army fleet of Boxer vehicles, while Shephard Defence Insight notes that the M153 Protector II armed with an H&K 40 mm automatic grenade launcher is being provided for German Boxers.