The French General Directorate of Armaments (DGA) has qualified the Fardier vehicle as part of its Float project intended for airborne troops and special forces, the first eight of which should be delivered by the end of the year.A small air-transportable, air-droppable and helicopter-portable all-terrain transport vehicle, the Fardier will make it possible to rapidly deploy commandos, to lighten the dismounted combatant in any zone, and to facilitate the self-defense of the deployment zones
A Department of Defense official on Wednesday strongly urged the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to quickly approve the request of Finland and Sweden to join NATO. "The Department of Defense assesses that Finland and Sweden are ready for NATO membership," Celeste A
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Rheinmetall presented the new high-roof version of the Fuchs/Fox wheeled armoured transport vehicle to an international trade audience for the first time at the Eurosatory 2022 exhibition being held in Paris. Featuring a high roof, the new variant of this battle-tested 6x6 vehicle enables a wide array of capabilities covering the full operational spectrum
American and French representatives green lit the U.S
Thales announced today it is introducing VisioLoc, a system designed to enable land forces to generate precise geolocation coordinates in any environment, even when no satellite signal is available. The new function is used with the Sophie Optima and Sophie Ultima hand-held thermal imagers to provide tactical and special forces units with a unique combat capability in hostile environments while optimising the size of the equipment used and reducing the weight burden on the soldier
Collins Aerospace introduced NavHub-200M, the first non-ITAR vehicular navigation system for the international market compatible with Military Code (M-Code) receiver technology, at the Eurosatory 2022 exhibition. Eurosatory is being held from 13 – 17 June 2022 at the Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center in France
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The Ministers of Defence of the Northern Group say they welcome Finland and Swedens NATO applications and will work for fast national ratification processes. The Northern Group is a multilateral grouping of likeminded nations which collaborates on security issues in Northern Europe
The defence ministers of Poland and the Czech Republic signed an agreement on mutual military cooperation and the arms industry. On Friday, the June 3th in Prague, Minister Mariusz Blaszczak took part in intergovernmental Polish-Czech consultations, during which he met with the Czech Minister of Defence, Jana Cernochova