British Army Receives Eight Prototypes of Challenger 3 MBT
UK Secretary of State for Defence Grant Shapps unveiled the Challenger 3 MBT from his social account as “the first fully British built tank in 22 years.”
elbit News
Land
Land
Expo and Air Show
BAE Systems Introduces the Successor of M113, a New Version of the AMPV
The BAE Systems company launched its newest Armoured Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) prototype At the AUSA 2024 Global Force Symposium at the Von Braun Centre.
Land
Elbit to Provide Systems for AS-21 Redback IFVs
Israeli Elbit Systems has announced that it will provide various systems for Australian AS-21 Redback IFVs.
Unmanned Systems
Expo and Air Show
Elbit Unveils Hermes 650 Spark UAS
Elbit Systems unveiled a new tactical UAS, the Hermes 650 Spark, at the Singapore Airshow.
Unmanned Systems
Expo and Air Show
Romania to Add Three Watchkeeper X UAVs to its Inventory
Romania will diversify its inventory by adding Watchkeeper X UAVs in service following the Turkiye, Bayraktar TB2 Armed UAV purchase.
Weapon / Missile
Elbit Systems supplies 122mm rockets to a European country
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that the company had won a contract worth approximately $70 million to supply missiles to the armed forces of a European country.
Air
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Poland orders four F-16 simulators from Elbit Systems
Poland ordered four Full Mission Simulators (FMS) F-16 aircraft to Elbit Systems with an estimated contract of $36 million.
Weapon / Missile
Iron Fist is One Step Closer to Operation
Israel Ministry of Defence and Elbit Systems Land Division announced the completion of the Iron Fist Active Protection System (APS) test phase.
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
Elbit to sell Hermes 900 UAS to Thai Navy
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that it had been awarded a US$120 million contract to supply the Royal Thai Navy with Hermes 900 Unmanned Seaborne Systems.
Land
Elbit Systems to Upgrade an Unknown Foreign Country Tank
Elbit Systems, an Israeli defence company, announced that it had been awarded two contracts totalling $240 million to upgrade Main Battle Tanks (MBT) for an international customer.
Unmanned Systems
British Army loses Seventh Watchkeeper drone, but this is not all
A British Army drone Watchkeeper crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Greek Cyprus. The £30m army drone first entered service in 2014 in Afghanistan. But the unmanned platform has crashed at least seven times. On the other hand, the Romanian Defence Ministry cancelled the acquisition of drones.
Land
Unmanned Systems
Expo and Air Show
Elbit Unveiled Unmanned Ground System: ROBUST
The Israeli company Elbit Systems and the Israeli Ministry of Defence presented the armed land unmanned system ROBUST premiere at the Eurosatory 2022 showroom. ROBUST will start field tests next year. ROBUST is an acronym for ROBotic aUtonomous Sense and sTrike. Another name for this unmanned aerial vehicle (the entire program) is M-RCV (Medium Robotic Combat Vehicle).
Air
Modernisation
Morocco to get Delilah long-range air-to-surface missiles for the F-5 Tiger
Morocco is expected to install Delilah long-range air-to-surface missiles (cruise missiles) for the F-5 Tiger. According to Defensa magazine, the Moroccan Air Force (RMAF) is negotiating with Israeli Elbit Systems, echoed by the North Africa Post. Despite ordering 25 F-16 Vipers and upgrading 23 F-16C/D Block 52+, which will be upgraded to the Viper standard, RMAF plans to upgrade its F-5E/F Tiger II fighter jets.
Unmanned Systems
Expo and Air Show
Elbit Presented SKYLARK 3 Israeli defence company
Elbit presented its SKYLARK 3 Hybrid UAV at Singapore Airshow. Skylark 3 is a tactical mini UAV system (UAS) optimised for a dismounted and vehicle-based operation to deliver organic airborne ISTAR capabilities to the division, brigade and battalion levels.
