armored vehicles

France’s Arquus unveils new 6×6 meant to carry big guns

Company officials said the vehicle was created in response to battlefield lessons learned from Ukraine.

On Lebanese border, Israel’s Plasan kept rolling out armored vehicles as war raged

Given the demand from the IDF, the company was charged with keeping production up at normal or higher rates, despite the potential dangers of being so close to the border.

With SandboxAQ, Army futurists to use AI to build better batteries, find ‘novel alloys’

“Some of the implications are that we now have batteries or, hopefully we'll have batteries, that are not reliant on rare earth minerals. We don't have to rely on those coming from adversarial nations such as China," Jen Sovada, president of SandboxAQ’s Global Public Sector division, told Breaking Defense.

UK voices frustration with Boxer manufacturers over supply chain delays

A Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) official at the IQPC International Armoured Vehicles conference in London today said that while they had “some sympathy for industry covering excessive supply chain challenges” caused by COVID-19 and cyber hacking, manufacturers only reacted after feeling an “impact.”

Estonia looks to Turkish firms for $211M armored vehicle buy

"All Baltic states are boosting military capabilities because of the mounting Russian threat," one expert said.

Ukrainian troops could fight with Leopard 2s by early spring: Experts

Poland has offered to train Ukrainians on its soil using its own Leopards, bypassing Berlin’s reluctance to allow allies to send the heavy tanks to Ukraine. But delivering 300 battle-ready Leopard 2s will not be simple.

What is a ‘main battle tank,’ and how will Ukraine use them?

European nations are poised to send Ukraine main battle tanks. But Western MBTs will require different training, tactics, and logistical support than the smaller Soviet-derived designs Ukrainian troops are used to.

As Russia threatens Ukraine, Baltic nations work to update armored vehicle fleets

Despite small budgets, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are working to strengthen their ground forces to protect their borders with Russia.

US, UAE Highlight Close Ties With New Integration Services Contract

The contract comes at a time when the military procurement of armored vehicles is increasing across the Middle East to address the growth in asymmetric warfare and insurgency across the globe.

Oshkosh Wins $942M Stryker Upgun Contract, Unseating GDLS

General Dynamics had urgently upgunned a Europe-based brigade, but Oshkosh will build the next three to six brigades’ worth, starting with a unit in the Pacific Northwest.

‘No More Fruit’ In Army’s Budget Tree: McConville

The Army’s prioritized so ruthlessly that the top 11 percent of  programs will get 50 percent of the funding. The other 89 percent can’t take any more cuts without it killing them.

Inside Russia’s Robot Army: Rhetoric vs. Reality

Russia has big ambitions for unmanned systems, said CNA scholar Sam Bendett, but it faces the same technical hurdles as the US — and shares the same concerns about human control.

OMFV: Army’s Bradley Replacement Faces Hill, DoD Skeptics

Industry is excited about the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle. Congress and the Biden Administration are a harder sell.

Army Fields First Anti-Aircraft Strykers In Just 3 Years

The threat of Russian drones, helicopters, and attack jets drove the first fielding to a unit in Germany, but the 8x8 Stryker variant may well find its way to the Pacific as well.