Tag: General Dynamics
Prevention Is Better Than Cure
The military vehicle maintenance market is in a state of transition: The model that came into play over a decade of US-led combat operations...
What Lies Beneath?
Ship categories are changing: As navies are required to respond to an ever-increasing spectrum of traditional and non-traditional threats, the lines of classification between...
Class War
It is said that vehicles, like humans, gain weight as they get older. This is certainly the case for Light Armoured Vehicles (LAVs). This...
Invisible Strykers
The US Army’ 2nd Cavalry Unit stationed in Vilsek, southeast Germany is evaluating the Saab Barracuda Mobile Camouflage System (MCS) on its General Dynamics...
Finding the X-Factor
In a recent assessment of the global market for trainer aircraft, the Teal Group, a consultancy based in Fairfax, Virginia, anticipates a global market...
Czech Army Warms to the Pandur-II
The Czech Army expects to receive an additional 20 General Dynamics Pandur-II eight-wheel drive armoured vehicles procured via an $82 million order this May.
These...
Peru reaches out to US for Ground Force Modernization
The modernisation of the Ejército del Perú (Peruvian Army) could take a major step forward with approval of its request by the US State...
MIV Programme Controversy
Uncertainty surrounds the British Army’s Mechanised Infantry Vehicle programme amid reports in October that the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) wants a single source...
Crossing the Gap
Light armoured units maintain their operational advantage though superior manoeuvre and must stay ahead of their opponent’s ability to react.
Unfordable rivers, dry trenches...
Stryking Harder
M1126 Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle’s are getting bigger teeth. The US Army awarded a $75 million contract to General Dynamics Land Systems (GD) for...
