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28 April

India Unveils Indigenous Armored Platform as Potential BMP-2 IFV Replacement

India has unveiled an armored vehicle intended as a potential replacement for the Indian Army’s fleet of BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles.

28 April

Exercises

NATO and Ukraine are expanding training cooperation.

Giulia Bernacchi

NATO Taps Ukrainian Drone Operators to Replicate Battlefield Threats in Drills

NATO is integrating Ukrainian drone operators into its military drills to replicate battlefield conditions shaped by the war against Russia.

28 April

Asia Pacific

Kim Jong-Un during the opening of a museum dedicated to North Korea's overseas military operations

Giulia Bernacchi

N. Korea Opens Museum Tied to Kursk Operations, Showcases Seized Equipment

North Korea opened a memorial museum dedicated to its overseas military operations, including those linked to Russia’s Kursk region.

28 April

Europe

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

Poland Tests New AI-Enabled Acoustic Drone Detection, Electronic Warfare Systems

New acoustic and electronic warfare systems have entered field evaluations in Poland as part of the country’s East Shield border fortification initiative.

28 April

Asia Pacific

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment, based out of Fort Moore, Ga., take part in a human machine integration demonstration using the Ghost Robotic Dog, and the U.S. Army Small Multipurpose Equipment Transport (SMET) of new U.S. Army capabilities at Project Convergence - Capstone 4 in Fort Irwin, Calif., March 15, 2024. The robotic dog is a mid-sized, high-endurance, agile unmanned ground vehicle that provides enhanced reconnaissance and situational awareness supporting Soldiers on the ground. The SMET is an eight-wheeled, enabling robotic technology serving as a “robotic mule” with a wide range of flexibility to operate in combat, combat support and combat service support operations. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Samarion Hicks)

Rojoef Manuel

Taiwan Eyes Robot Dogs for Urban, Frontline Ops

Taiwan plans to deploy robotic dogs for combat, scouting, and resupply tasks as part of a broader push to integrate unmanned systems into modern warfare.

28 April

Europe

Inder Singh Bisht

Babcock, Toyota Pitch Modular GLV to Replace British Army Land Rovers

Babcock has partnered with Toyota to offer a replacement for the British Army’s outgoing Land Rover fleet.

28 April

Asia Pacific

Hull 544 — the final Guardian-class Patrol Boat contracted for construction under the Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement Project (SEA3036-1) for Defence Australia.

Rojoef Manuel

Austal Australia Delivers Final Guardian Patrol Boat to Maldives

Austal Australia has handed over the 24th and final Guardian-class vessel to the Republic of Maldives as part of the Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement Project with Canberra.

28 April

Europe

Serviceman wearing an infantry soldier kit

Rojoef Manuel

Rheinmetall to Supply $1.2B in Infantry Soldier Kits for Germany

Germany has awarded Rheinmetall Electronics a $1.2-billion contract to procure additional Infantry Soldier of the Future - Enhanced System kits for its armed forces.

28 April

Americas

Boeing MQ-25A Stingray unmanned tanker aircraft in green primer and yellow livery during its historic first flight over a rural landscape for the U.S. Navy

Ethan M. Encarnacion

MQ-25A Stingray Unmanned Tanker Flies for First Time in Key Naval Milestone

Naval aviation is edging further into a new era of modernization as Boeing’s long-awaited MQ-25A Stingray took to the skies for the first time in a recent test.

28 April

Arms

Christine Casimiro

Australia Selects HIMARS Over StrikeMaster for Long-Range Fires

Australia has selected Lockheed Martin’s High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) to enhance the army’s long-range strike capabilities.

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