UK slows Challenger 3 to avoid repeating Ajax mistakes
London says Challenger 3 production will wait for test data, reflecting lessons from the troubled Ajax programme and a push to keep integration intact.
RBSL News
Land
Land
British Army Prefers RCH-155 Gun Over Archer
British Army preferred German RCH-155 over BAE Systems' Archer to replace AS-90 self-propelled guns within the Mobile Fires Platform program.
Land
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.”
Engine and Transmission
British BOXERs Will Use Rolls-Royce’s Engine
WFEL and Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) selected Rolls-Royce to supply their MTU 8v 199 TS21 engines for the British Army’s BOXER armoured vehicles.
Land
Modernisation
British Army to modernise 148 Challenger tanks in £800m deal
British Defence ministry announced that the army would get next-generation Challenger 3 battle tank to become the most lethal tank in Europe.
Global Defence Trend Brief
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- 09:00 Ukraine’s drone combat know-how is becoming an export asset in Asia - Ukrainian drone firms are marketing battlefield-proven systems and swarm concepts in Japan, Taiwan a...
- 09:00 NATO accelerates live testing of counter-drone technologies - Alliance members and industry partners are expanding field trials of drone detection and interceptio...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats keep driving demand for persistent tracking networks - The spread of hypersonic weapons continues to push Western defence planners toward integrated radar...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward larger distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring proliferated satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime systems gain importance in surveillance and strike planning - Navies are broadening interest in autonomous surface and underwater systems for persistent ISR, infr...
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