4GD reveals synthetic training environment for close-in battles
02 February 2021
by Samuel Cranny-Evans
UK training simulation company 4GD on 28 January launched two new products designed to provide users with an immersive close- and deep-battle training simulation. The company developed two new training packages consisting of software and hardware: Ecfectus and Acies, which are both designed to be integrated into the 4GD SmartFacility close-combat training environment.
The SmartFacility name covers five levels of product offered by 4GD. Level 1 consists of a set of modular SimWalls that can be arranged into different configurations so that a force can replicate multiple urban training scenarios in a small space. Level 2, called 4GAV, builds on this and incorporates multiple effects, such as sound, smells, and pyrotechnics, to provide an immersive experience. Together, levels 1 and 2 form the structure of the facility.
Norway s ACSV G5 combat support vehicle to be delivered in 2022
28 January 2021
by Samuel Cranny-Evans
The first serial-production Armoured Combat Support Vehicle (ACSV) G5, an evolutionary variant of the Protected Mission Module Carrier (PMMC) G5 from Germany’s FFG, will be delivered to the Norwegian Army in the summer of 2022. News of the delivery came via an interview between Master Sergeant Odd Skøien, the user representative and project co-ordinator of the programme, and Benjamin Lindsay, senior manager for sales and project development at FFG, on 26 January during the 2021 virtual International Armoured Vehicles conference.
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IAV 2021: Sweden presents details of future AFV plan
28 January 2021
by Samuel Cranny-Evans
Details have emerged of the contribution armoured fighting vehicles (AFV) are expected to make in the defence planning of the Swedish Army, as well as some initial requirements that the force has for its CV9040 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) replacement, in a presentation given by Major General Karl Engelbrektson, commander of the Swedish Army, on 27 January, during the virtual International Armoured Vehicles conference.
Sweden is modernising its armed forces with a view to deterring external aggression, with an important element of this plan being the replacement of its legacy AFV fleet, including the Leopard 2 (Swedish designation Strv 122) main battle tank (MBT), as well as the CV9040 (Stridsfordon 9040A) IFV, sometime after 2030.
Elbit Systems awarded contract for Sabrah light tanks and direct-fire support vehicles
26 January 2021
by Gabriel Dominguez & Samuel Cranny-Evans
Israeli company Elbit Systems announced on 26 January that it has been awarded a USD172 million contract to supply an undisclosed number of Sabrah ASCOD 2 light tanks and Sabrah Pandur II direct-fire support vehicles to the army of a country in the Asia-Pacific region.
Elbit Systems announced on 26 January that it has been awarded a USD172 million contract for the supply Sabrah ASCOD 2 light tanks (similar to this one) and Sabrah Pandur II direct-fire support vehicles to the army of an Asian country, which
UK orders Dismounted Joint Fires Integrators from Elbit
22 January 2021
by Samuel Cranny-Evans & Nicholas Fiorenza
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded Elbit Systems UK (ESUK) a GBP102 million (USD139 million) contract for Dismounted Joint Fires Integrators (D-JFIs) for the British armed forces, the ministry and company announced on 21 January.
The UK MoD has awarded ESUK a contract for D-JFI for the British armed forces. The photo shows a forward observer using a handheld display to examine the footage relayed by the optical system. (Elbit)
The D-JFIs, which will be delivered over a five-year period, will be deployed by British joint terminal attack controllers and fire-support teams, providing them with a dismounted sensor and networked battle management system (BMS) that will be used to acquire targets and then generate and communicate target information to the relevant units for engagement, ESUK said in a press release.