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The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) has issued a request for information (RFI) on 5 February for the replacement of its Saab ARTHUR (ARTtillery HUnting Radar) weapon locating system (WLS). Sweden plans to replace its in-service...
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) has issued a request for information (RFI) on 5 February for the replacement of its Saab ARTHUR (ARTtillery HUnting Radar) weapon locating system (WLS). Sweden plans to replace its in-service...
Thales' mortar production facility at La Ferte-Saint-Aubin will deliver the first of its 120 mm Rifled Recoiled Mounted Mortars (2R2Ms) to the Nexter Roanne production facility in the last quarter of 2021, the company told . Janes The 2R2M s...
Thales ramps up Antares production for French Army AFVs 30 April 2021 by Christopher F Foss Thales LAS France SAS is ramping up the production of the Antares laser warning and local situational awareness system (LWLSAS) for the French Army, the company told Janes in April. By early April 2021 just over 80 had been completed, and a typical Antares LWLSAS production rate is to be 100 units a year, the company added. Antares weighs less than 20 kg, and can be integrated with a platform’s NATO Generic Vehicle Architecture (NGVA). Thales’ Antares LWLSAS provides laser warning and local situat...
EXPAL expands 155 mm ammunition family by Christopher F Foss Following final firing trials, by mid-2021, Spain’s EXPAL and the Spanish Ministry of Defence (MoD) are expected to have qualified the latest two 155 mm artillery projectiles for the Spanish Army, enabling EXPAL to offer for export a suite of 155 mm artillery projectiles plus the associated fuzes and modular charge systems (MCS). EXPAL told Janes in a statement that firing trials are to STANAG 4224 and are being carried out at the National Institute of Aerospace Technique, which belongs to the Spanish MoD. The complete family of ...