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Naval Group said it launched the first of the four force replenishment vessels (BRF - Bâtiments Ravitailleurs de Force in French) of the FLOTLOG program in Saint-Nazaire on April 29. The Bâtiment Ravitailleur de Forces (BRF) Jacques Chevallier is the first of a series of four ships intended for the French Navy
The British Ministry of Defence has awarded Rheinmetall a contract for its Robotic Platoon Vehicles (RPV) programme, which aims to determine the extent to which unmanned vehicles can boost the combat effectiveness and capabilities of dismounted troops at platoon level. For Spiral 3, the programmes final phase, the British once again chose to work with Rheinmetall Canada
Tajikistan is reportedly buying Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAV) amid its border disputes with neighboring Kyrgyzstan, which also has some of these UCAVs on order. There is no official statement from Baykar, the Turkish company that manufactures the drone or Tajikistan; while Kyrgyzstan has confirmed the purchase
Roselectronics Holding, a subsidiary of Russias state-owned Rostec is trying to expand the scope of ferrite materials, including finding a solution to create secure communication systems without the need for encryption. The project is being undertaken by Roselectronics Holding in collaboration with the Institute of Electrophysics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russias Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) has called U.S
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Polish Defence Minister, Mariusz Błaszczak who is on a visit to Washington announced that he would soon send letters to the Pentagon to initiate the procedure for ordering further lots of military equipment for Poland. "We are talking about the next deliveries of HIMARS missiles, we are also talking about the next squadrons of multi-purpose combat aircraft, we will soon talk about attack helicopters, unmanned aircraft, that is about everything that is needed to strengthen the Polish defence system
South Korea has developed an 'Active Tracking' system that automatically identifies, tracks, and intercepts aircraft flying over the Korean Peninsula.The 'Active Tracking' system receives data from multiple long-range radars in the central air defense control system in real time through the 'automated air defense system tracking technology software
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