Humdinga 4×4 amphibious vehicle Development of the Gibbs Technologies Humdinga 4×4 amphibious vehicle is now complete, with a total of three pre-production units assembled. It has been developed to meet potential civil and military requirements for a vehicle that is equally at home on land or at sea.Read More →
Camcopter has been certified The Camcopter has been certified by the Austrian AustroControl GmbH (ACG) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The UAE Armed Forces was the launch cus- tomer for the Camcopter, which was subsequently sold to China, Egypt, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Libya, Russia and the USA.SA ArtilleryRead More →
Mk258 Mod 1 Weighing 230g, with a muzzle velocity of 1,430m/s and maximum dispersion of <0.4mils at 1,000m, the novel design of the Mk258 Mod 1 enables precision shooting in air and in water, expanding the lethality of ship-based cannons such as the Mk44. “We had an idea to modifyRead More →
Czech company SVOS Czech company SVOS has completed development of the Vehicle with Enhanced Ground performance and Armour protection (VEGA) in the 6×6 configuration. The latest VEGA (6×6) shares some 95 per cent of the automotive components of the earlier VEGA (4×4), but has more volume and payload and canRead More →
Munition flies in a pocket in water Nammo is marketing a revolutionary 30mm munition designed to engage fast inshore attack craft (FIAC)-type surface threats out to more than 4,000m. Released for the first time in Canada, the 30mm x 173 Mk 258 Mod 1 armour piercing, fin stabilised, discarding sabot-tracerRead More →
EXPAL Integrated Mortar System Spain’s EXPAL Systems (Explosivos Alaveses) is showing its EXPAL Integrated Mortar System (EIMOS). This consists of a highly mobile 4×4 platform, on the rear of which can be mounted a 60mm or 81mm muzzle loaded mortar plus a quantity of ready- use ammunition. The mortar isRead More →
Vancouver Shipyards The JSS vessels will be built by Vancouver Shipyards under the NSPS non-combat package. In June 2013, following an evaluation of two options, the Canadian government announced that ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems Canada, proposing a Type 702 design variant off-the-shelf, had been selected as design agent. The JSS projectRead More →
Al Sabr’s Camcopter Al Sabr’s air vehicle is based on the Schiebel Camcopter S-100, a fully autonomous rotary-wing UAV of conventional helicopter con- figuration, with a two-bladed main rotor and an anti-torque tail rotor. SA ArtilleryRead More →
Raytheon RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile The US Navy had conducted the first launch of a Raytheon RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Block 1A from a SeaRAM Anti-Ship Missile Defense System during a live-fire exercise at the Naval Air Warfare (Navair) Center Weapons Division sea range, Point Magu, California. During theRead More →
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