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The US Army is considering a foreign-made active protection system for its Ground Combat Vehicle but wants the program's technology-development phase to play out before committing to anything, according to service officials.

Iron Dome is an effective, truck-towed mobile air defence system developed by Rafael Advanced Defence Systems.

In response to the rapidly increasing danger from space debris, a new system called the "Space Fence" has been under development and aims to replace the 50-year-old Air Force Space Surveillance System with a system of highly-sensitive phased array S-band tracking radars.

The Boeing F-15E Eagle and F/A-18E Super Hornet are now equipped to train in an environment that puts them at odds against real aircraft and computer-generated enemy threats at the same time.

L-3 WESCAM has announced its eLearning training program, designed for operators and maintainers of MX Series EO/IR imaging turrets, now includes courses on MX-10 and MX-20 turret models.

SELEX Galileo has been awarded contracts to supply InfraRed (IR) detectors to export markets including the US, Russia and Singapore.

DCNS has delivered the fifth-of-class fast patrol boat (FPB) P965-Gnist to the Royal Norwegian Navy.

The US Army has awarded EADS North America a US$181.8 million contract option to deliver 34 additional UH-72A Lakota helicopters, bringing the total aircraft ordered to date to 312.

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While deployed to Australia for most of next year, the Spanish Armada Ship SPS Cantabria will be evaluated as a possible contender for the RAN's next fleet support capability.

With work started on the Hobart class destroyers in Adelaide, support equipment such as the IPMS training simulator is also taking shape with factory acceptance tests for the training simulator taking place in July and September at Cartagena, Spain.

Thales has been awarded a $22.2 million contract to update sonar equipment for the Royal Australian Navy's Collins Class submarines.

Initial operational capability (IOC) is nearing for the Air Force's fleet of KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transports.

Upgrading the Australian Army's ASLAVs has not gone quite as smoothly as hoped.