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The UAE-based company ADASI, a subdivision of EDGE, has developed and designed the RASH 2M, a kit to convert mortar ammunition to precision-guided munition. ADASI has secured a contract of $15 million to supply Rash 2 to the UAE Armed Forces, marking the first order of the newly launched product.
U.S. Army researchers contributed to the development of lighter armored vehicles for Soldiers with new computational and theoretical models. According to Army researcher Dr. Benjamin Szajewski, the objective of this research is to improve understanding of the strengthening mechanisms in metal alloys. U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory Public Affairs report.
Technical review of the new FN EVOLYS Ultralight machine gun by Army Recognition editorial team. The Belgium-based company FN Herstal, a global leader in the design, development and manufacturing of firearms, unveils its new FN EVOLYS ultralight machine gun chambered either in 5.56x45mm or 7.62x51mmNATO caliber. In the next few days, the Army Recognition editorial team will be the very first European media to have the opportunity of performing firing tests with this new machine gun on FN Herstal’s facilities.
John Cockerill Defense and Thales are combining their skills and product portfolio for the first firing tests of a mixed cannon and 70mm rocket system integrated on a Cockerill 3030 turret.
Udar can increase capabilities thanks to additional drones. It has already been tested with drones, including connected ones that are powered by Udar. Such drones are good for reconnaissance, situation awareness, and retransmission of signals in communication systems.
Russia is developing Udar (Strike) ground robot. It is of the same class as Nerekhta, Soratnik and Uran robotic systems, expert Denis Fedutinov writes in the Army Standard. Udar is developed by the Signal Pan-Russian Research Institute of Precision Systems Concern. Impulse-2, ROKAD, TsAPK, Kuntsevo Design Bureau and GNIITs RT are also engaged. The prototype has been created. Various options of its interaction with other technical devices are tested.
According to information released by the American Company Raytheon, Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, and the U.S. Marine Corps successfully demonstrated the Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, or NMESIS, off the California coast.
Army researchers developed a technique that allows robots to remain resilient when faced with intermittent communication losses on the battlefield. U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory Public Affairs explains.
According to pictures released on Twitter showing Type 59 MBT (Main Battle Tank) in the streets of N’Djamena after the death of the president in a battle with the rebels. China would have delivered an undisclosed number of Type 59G main battle tanks to Chad. According to the SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute arms trade database, Chad has ordered in 2007, 30 main battle tanks from China, without specifying the type of tank that was purchased.
Spoken dialogue is the most natural way for people to interact with complex autonomous agents such as robots. Future Army operational environments will require technology that allows artificial intelligent agents to understand and carry out commands and interact with them as teammates. U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory Public Affairs explains.
According to the annual report 2020 of the Estonian Defence Forces, the THeMIS UGV (Unmanned Ground Vehicle) designed and manufactured by the Estonian company MILREM is now in service with 11 countries including seven NATO members.
For the most effective defense possible, digitally connected soldiers and armed units are the future. The Norwegian Armed Forces have made a huge investment in digital defense in recent years and are now at the forefront of the digital age of warfare.
Leaning on its expertise in battle tank armament, illustrated by the Leclerc's self-loading gun, and on the excellence of its ammunition activity, Nexter (KNDS group) is presenting ASCALON, a new main armament concept for main battle tanks, designed to deal with future heavily armored threats.
During a bridge-building training exercise that was held near Tianshan Mountains located in Central Asia, the Chinese army has unveiled a newly launched bridge system called REBS (Rapidly Emplaced Bridge System), mounted on an 8x8 military truck chassis.
The QX-3 is the third member of the QX loitering munitions family designed and developed by the UAE-based company ADASI, a subdivision of EDGE. Like the QX-1 and QX-2, the QX-3 uses the same design with an airframe and four electrically powered two-blade propellers. The forward section of the body integrates an electro-optic gimbal with a TV/thermal camera seeker allowing video and control data capabilities.
Halcon company from United Arab Emirates (UAE) has developed a full range of jet-engined UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) loitering munitions able to deliver high precision strikes. At IDEX 2021 International Land Defense Exhibition, HALCON unveiled its Shadow 25 and Shadow 50 UAV loitering munitions.
