Dstl announces new Searchlight webinars for land systems
Opportunities for businesses to help improve armoured vehicles.
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SMEs) and new suppliers to engage with the defence industry have been announced by
Dstl (Defence Science and Technology Laboratory).
Dstl is hosting 2 webinars in March to support research to improve the protection and mobility of armoured vehicles, now and into the future. The webinars are being organised through
Dstl’s Searchlight initiative to increase defence collaboration with non-traditional defence suppliers.
The webinars are free to attend and businesses do not need to have worked previously with
Dstl or in the defence sector. Attendance is welcomed from equipment and material manufacturers, engineers, innovators, researchers and academics and others who have a genuine interest and ability to work with
Euro-Tank: Is Britain Looking To Join France & Germany’s Advanced ‘Eurotank’ Program?
January 15, 2021
The British Army has reportedly shown interest in joining a France-Germany joint effort of building the advanced Eurotank, which could eventually help the country to replace its Challenger II main battle tank.
France and Germany are involved in the next-generation Main Ground Combat System program (MGCS), aimed at building ‘Eurotank’ and replacing their existing tanks by the mid-2030s.
The program to develop the first European tank has been taken up by German defense contractors Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and Rheinmetall, as well as the French contractor Nexter.
The Franco-German MGCS has been designed to replace the German Leopard II and French LeClerc tanks. A similar multinational effort had led to the development of the Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jet earlier.
British military looks to the ‘Eurotank’ as it weighs its hardware options January 11 The Franco-German joint venture KNDS displayed its new European main battle tank, a precursor to the Main Ground Combat System, at the 2018 Eurosatory exhibit in Paris. (Staff) LONDON and COLOGNE, Germany The British Ministry of Defence has opened discussions with France and Germany about signing up as an observer on their next-generation Main Ground Combat System program, according to government and industry officials in the U.K. and Germany. Details of exactly what access the British will get to the program remain unclear, as a possible pact wouldn’t be signed until later this year. “Observer status is being granted to the U.K. for the Franco-German Main Ground Combat System program,” an MoD official in London said.