Land Warfare
“Turkey’s homegrown defense industry is certainly a key part of the overall package President [Recep Tayyip] Erdogan is offering to voters — the idea of a rising Turkey that will play hardball in an age of great power competition,” Aslı Aydıntaşbaş, a visiting fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings, told Breaking Defense.
By Ragip Soylu
Arquus CEO Emmanuel Levacher said that in order to meet the objectives of the “war-time economy” called for by President Emmanuel Macon, mainly to produce more equipment, faster and cheaper, “we need visibility to enable us to anticipate and would rather have a firm contract to produce one vehicle a month for 30 months than lots of small contracts.”
By Christina Mackenzie
“In denying the protest, GAO concluded that the Army reasonably evaluated Sikorsky’s proposal as technically unacceptable because Sikorsky failed to provide the level of architectural detail required by the RFP,” the office wrote in a statement.
By Ashley Roque
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M-LIDS sensors and effectors are currently employed on two M-ATVs; Leonardo DRS leads an integration effort to consolidate the capability onto one Stryker.
By Breaking DefenseMack Defense is optimally positioned for the Common Tactical Truck (CTT) Program
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Despite that decision, service budget documents do not indicate plans to significantly ramp up production.
By Ashley Roque
The acquisition will deliver a “new capability for the Finnish Defence Forces to intercept targets at high altitude,” noted Finland’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) in a statement.
By Tim Martin
The first installment is worth some $439 million, with an option for more over coming years.
By Ashley Roque
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The Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) allows commanders to jointly plan, coordinate and synchronize operations across air, land, sea and space assets.
By Breaking Defense
“It is important to keep in mind that while the US and ROK certainly have the right to conduct drills as they see fit, what they have been doing is NOT business as usual,” Jenny Town, a Korean analyst at the Stimson Center in Washington, wrote in an email.
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Army to use Operation Pathways to test assumptions about ‘contested logistics,’ prepositioned stocks
“We’re already learning a ton about what the future of army prepositioned stock should look like,” said the Army’s 8th Theater Sustainment Command Maj. Gen. Jered Helwig.
By Ashley Roque
The tests are a step toward “what could potentially be achieved on the battlefield with crewless vehicles in the next 10, 20 or 30 years,” said Lt. Col. James de St John-Pryce, commanding officer of the British Army’s Armoured Trials and Development Unit.
By Tim Martin
South Korea is aiming to take the European tank market. But how does the Black Panther match up to Germany’s Leopard tanks?
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Senior land reporter Ashley Roque describes a major theme in the show, and in the Army’s thinking about a future conflict.
By Lee Ferran![The sights of AUSA Global Force day 3 [PHOTOS]](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/03/Day-2-Carousel-Photos-1-225x150.jpg)
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A collection of shots from day three of AUSA Global Force, just ahead of the show floor being packed up and shipped out.
By Aaron Mehta
