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  • QinetiQ RCH155 trials put artillery assurance into the critical path

    QinetiQ RCH155 trials put artillery assurance into the critical path

    QinetiQ will test the British Army’s new RCH155 artillery system. The £18 million contract puts safety, barrel life, ammunition behaviour, mobility, and environmental qualification into the next phase of UK mobile fires modernisation.

  • VAMPIRE exercise use sharpens Indo-Pacific counter-UAS production case

    VAMPIRE exercise use sharpens Indo-Pacific counter-UAS production case

    VAMPIRE trials have strengthened the Indo-Pacific counter-drone production case. Exercise activity in the Philippines reinforces demand for modular, vehicle-mounted systems that can be built, integrated, and supported at volume.

  • Volklec warns battery rules expose UK defence risk

    Volklec warns battery rules expose UK defence risk

    Volklec says battery provenance is becoming a defence supply risk. The company warns that UK and European programmes need stronger cell-level assurance as autonomous systems, UAVs, tactical communications, and hybrid vehicles become more power-dependent.

  • US–South Korea drone alliance targets interoperable unmanned systems

    US–South Korea drone alliance targets interoperable unmanned systems

    US and South Korean officials have formalised drone cooperation plans. The agreement targets shared standards, supply chains, and faster access to interoperable unmanned and counter-drone systems.

  • Raven 5 concept pushes UK SHORAD towards production-ready mobility

    Raven 5 concept pushes UK SHORAD towards production-ready mobility

    Moog and Supacat’s Raven 5 concept takes the UK’s rapid air-defence adaptation work toward a more mobile, production-ready configuration, combining ASRAAM missiles, a flexible launcher, and a current-production HMT 600 vehicle.

  • Taiwan Red Falcon II sharpens infantry anti-armour production

    Taiwan Red Falcon II sharpens infantry anti-armour production

    Taiwan’s Red Falcon II anti-armour rocket strengthens domestic production of portable infantry weapons, with improvements in penetration, weight, range, and night-fighting capability aimed at coastal, urban, and distributed defence.

  • KAAV-II prototype advances South Korea’s amphibious armour push

    KAAV-II prototype advances South Korea’s amphibious armour push

    Hanwha Aerospace has shown the KAAV-II prototype, pushing South Korea’s marine vehicle programme into a more demanding phase built around high-speed amphibious mobility, unmanned turret integration, survivability, and serial production readiness.

  • France orders mobile Giraffe radars

    France orders mobile Giraffe radars

    France has ordered mobile Giraffe radars for short-range air defence. The systems will support counter-UAS, site protection, and deployable air surveillance missions.

  • Australia proves HIMARS ship-to-shore deployment

    Australia proves HIMARS ship-to-shore deployment

    Australia has demonstrated HIMARS movement from ship to shore. The trial adds a practical logistics layer to Canberra’s long-range fires build-up, where launchers, munitions, connectors, and future littoral vessels must operate as one deployable system.

  • UK orders 72 RCH 155 howitzers for artillery rebuild

    UK orders 72 RCH 155 howitzers for artillery rebuild

    The UK will procure 72 RCH 155 remote-controlled howitzers under a nearly £1bn contract, creating new work for Rheinmetall, KNDS UK, Sheffield Forgemasters, and the wider British land-systems supply chain.