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• Brazilian Army releases requirements for armoured speedboats • UK no longer able to manufacture large-calibre gun barrels, BAE Systems admits • NZ Army to more closely align with Australian Army via Plan ANZAC • Norway's Leopard 2 tanks will be new 2A8 variant with active protection system • Brazilian Army releases requirements for armoured speedboats • NZ Army to more closely align with Australian Army via Plan ANZAC • Norway's Leopard 2 tanks will be new 2A8 variant with active protection system • Teledyne FLiR delivers 1,000th anti-IED robot to US Army Compelled by ongoing tensions on India’s northern and northeast borders, India’s Defence Acquisition Council cleared acceptances of necessity (AoN) for two army and one navy proposals on 10 January. Valued at $526 million, they include 500 Helina missile launchers and very short-range (VSHORAD) air defence missiles for the Indian Army, and Shivalik-class frigates and next-generation missile vessels of the Indian Navy. The army has attempted to procure around 5,300 VSHORAD systems in the past. The latest effort was in 2018 when the

Pinaka is a multiple barrel rocket launcher or MBRL produced in India and developed by DRDO for use by the Indian Army. The system has multiple variants including a 40 km Mark-I and 60 km Mark-I Enhanced to start with. The rockets can be fired in a salvo of 12 rockets in mere 44 seconds. Mounted on a Tatra truck Pinaka, inducted into the Indian Army in late 1990s in large numbers has been effectively used in the 1999 Kargil War to neutralize entrenched Pakistani positions on difficult to climb mountain tops. Pinaka was developed as a replacement to the aging BM21 Grad MBRL, the soviet origin rockets that have been in service with Indian Army for over 4 decades. Each Pinaka battery consists of 6 launcher vehicles, each with 12 rockets; 6 loader-replenishment vehicles; 3 replenishment vehicles; 2 Command Post vehicle with Fire Control computer, and DIGICORA MET radar. A battery of six Pinaka launchers can neutralize an area of 1,000 mtrs × 800 mtrs. → India is set to promote its indigenous air defense systems, including the Akash and Akash NG, during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to Egypt from June 24-25. The visit comes as a result of an invitation extended by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, who was the chief guest at India’s Republic Day celebrations in January 2023. The Ministry of External Affairs officially announced PM Modi’s travel schedule on Friday, marking his first visit to Egypt. During the visit, India aims to enhance its defense cooperatio...