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Eurocopter Delivers First Puma Mk2 to UK Mod
The upgrade of UK Ministry of Defence Puma aircraft took a further major step forward yesterday when Eurocopter handed over its first Puma Mk2 aircraft to MOD. This upgrade will significantly enhance the aircraft’s performance, mission capability and safety. The first modified aircraft will fly from Oxford into QinetiQ’s Boscombe Down facility where it will [...]
UAS Operators Save Lives In Combat
Sgt. Christopher Harris was conducting a routine reconnaissance mission in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, in 2009, when the Puma unmanned aircraft system, or UAS, he was operating showed nearby, real-time footage of insurgents planting an improvised explosive device, or IED, along a U.S. Army convoy route. “These guys had set an IED two kilometers away from [...]
Sweden Orders AeroVironment Puma AE and Wasp Small UAS
AeroVironment has received a firm fixed-price order for 12 hybrid small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (Försvarets Materielverk) on behalf of the Swedish Army. The order consists of Puma AE and Wasp air vehicles, ground stations, training, and logistics support. The order is the result of a competitive evaluation and [...]
Defence Secretary Balances MOD Budget
The MOD’s budget deficit has been wiped out for the first time in a generation, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has announced today. Through a series of tough but necessary decisions, combined with radical reforms of the MOD’s financial processes, the £38bn black hole in the Defence Budget that the Government inherited in 2010 has now [...]
Arctic Test of the PUMA Armored Infantry Combat Vehicle
For the purpose of evidencing the mission capability of the PUMA armored infantry combat vehicle in harsh winter conditions, the arctic test of the vehicle takes place in one of Europe’s coldest regions. After having started road transport in Kassel, Germany, the production vehicles of the PUMA armored infantry combat vehicle have arrived in the [...]
Patria to Provide Helicopter Services to the Swedish Armed Forces
The Swedish Armed Forces Logistics, FMLOG, has selected Patria as the prime supplier of technical systems and maintenance support for the Swedish Armed Forces’ helicopters. The contract is an expansion of the current technical services and support agreement with the Swedish Armed Forces. The three-year contract has an option for additional two years. The agreement [...]
Market for Light Tracked Vehicles Worth $21 Billion
In its annual analysis “The Market for Light Tracked Vehicles,” the Forecast International Weapons Group reports that it expects the light tracked vehicles market to produce nearly 10,200 units, worth more than $20.9 billion, through 2020. This international market remains a highly competitive and dynamic environment. Dean Lockwood, Weapons Systems Analyst at Forecast International, notes [...]
Upgraded RAF Puma Mk 2 Makes First Flight
The first upgraded Puma Mk2 helicopter developed by Eurocopter in a life extension programme for the UK’s Royal Air Force performed its initial flight this week from Eurocopter’s facility at Marignane, France. It is the first helicopter to be modified under the Puma Life Extension Programme, which was approved by the UK Ministry of Defence [...]
KMW Begins Deliveries of Puma IFV to German Army
KASSEL, Germany: Rheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) handed over on December 6th in time the first two PUMA infantry fighting vehicles to the Federal Office of Defense Technology and Procurement (BWB) in Kassel for verification tests. This marks the start for the contractual delivery of 405 ordered vehicles to the German Armed Forces. The contract [...]
