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News and analysis of the strategic land environment, docrtine and army procurements.
France awards development of Aster 30 Block 1NT missile to EUROSAM
January 14 by Victor M. S. BarreiraImage: Victor M.S. Barreira EUROSAM will develop an improved version of MBDA’s Aster 30 Block 1 surface-to-air missile for the French Air Force and will modernise the service’s tr...
Israeli Defence Forces explains why counter-tunnelling is a growing challenge for combat engineers
December 10 by Richard de SilvaFrom automated air defences to unmanned ground vehicles, the advance of technology is going a long way to providing much-needed coverage. However, with the prominence of these counter-measures, ther...
Harris supplying tactical communications systems to Africa’s coalition forces
October 16 by Rory JacksonPhoto: Stuart Price The US Department of Defense has awarded a foreign military sales contract to Harris Corporation for the supply of tactical communications equipment to ten different nations...
What is JIDA?
October 02 by Defence IQ PressColonel Richard J. Edwards is the Strategy, Plans and Policy Director on the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Agency's (JIDA's) coordinating staff, also known as the J5. Through the Office of the Und...
Nexter unveils new CAESAR artillery system
September 18 by Victor M. S. BarreiraNexter Systems exhibited a new variant of its CAESAR (CAmion Êquipê d'un Systeme d'ARtillerie) self-propelled artillery system mounted onto a modified Tatra Trucks T815-7 series 8x8 high-mobility...
MACCA working to combat the devastating legacy of IEDs in Afghanistan
September 14 by Defence IQ PressMohammad Sediq Rashid is the director of the Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan (MACCA). He is responsible for making sure the mine action response, which includes humanitarian demining,...
Information sharing critical to improving C-IED technologies: Interview with Col Hyde-Bales
September 02 by Defence IQ PressIf there is one common theme linking the limitations of almost all Counter-IED (C-IED) operations it is information sharing. As regional events begin to spill over into global concerns and the hybri...
UK’s Cohort acquires Portuguese communications house EID
August 17 by Victor M. S. BarreiraPortuguese Pandur II armoured vehicles are equipped with tactical communications of EID (Victor M.S. Barreira) The British group Cohort recently announced it has agreed to acquire the Portugues...
UK extends counter-IED support and training to Pakistan
August 05 by Defence IQPakistan has been offered a new, enhanced three-year package of counter improvised explosive device (C-IED) support by the UK MoD. The offer, made during a visit to Islamabad, would build on the suc...
GDUK brings Scout SV assembly to UK with £390 million deal
July 23 by Defence IQ PressScout SV (Source: General Dynamics UK) General Dynamics UK has been awarded a £390 million contract by the UK Ministry of Defence to provide in-service support for the Scout Specialist Ve...
No CAS? No Problem! Ground-Launched SDB could close the gap
June 16 by Richard de SilvaSince 2011, Boeing has been undertaking work to develop a way to modify its air-launched GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) into a ground-launched artillery rocket. As an entirely company-funded proje...
What's troubling modern artillery forces?...Four nations speak out
March 09 by Richard de SilvaFour nations weigh in on where current challenges and priorities lie when it comes to enhancing their field artillery capabilities for an uncertain future. Whether in the struggle to ensure defence...