If enacted, the US Army's budget request would cut ground vehicles out of enduring programmes and reinvest in procurement and research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) for newer programmes, according to budget documents released on.
Poland will procure 1,400 Borsuk infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) and specialised variants from a consortium of Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa companies led by Huta Stalowa Wola (HSW), the Polish Ministry of National Defence (MND) and the Armamen.
The Polish 18th Mechanized Division has been testing of the Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV), which is considered to be used in the Division's mechanized units, along with the planned Abrams Main Battle Tank. The vehicle is being tested in its existing configuration with a manned turret that has been offered for the Australian Land 400 Phase 3 program. The Redback turret is an evolved variant of the MT-30, in a new configuration. For Poland, both the existing configuration with a manned turret and an integration with the Polish ZSSW-30 unmanned turret can be delivered. – We have already started talks with HSW, regarding the integration of ZSSW-30 turret on the Redback IFV for Poland – as Executive Vice President Lee Boo-hwan of Hanwha Defense's Overseas Business Division told Defence24.pl.
Poland has begun tests of AS21 Redback infantry fighting vehicle. The tests are carried out in the 18th mechanized division, which is equipped with Abrams tanks