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Italy tees up $5 billion-plus program to build 1,000 combat vehicles

ROME — Italy will pick industrial partners to start work on a major new €5 billion ($5.4 billion) tracked fighting vehicle program within “a few months,” an Italian senior army official has told Defense News. Companies will be invited to launch feasibility studies for...
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Turkey inks deal to replace four foreign-made weapons with local types

MERSIN, Turkey — The Turkish government has signed contracts to replace some foreign-made weapons with locally produced versions, the Defense Ministry announced. The deals, finalized Jan. 20 with the defense contractor Roketsan and other domestic organizations, sets...
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Milrem to deliver dozens of military robots to UAE forces

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – Emirati defense conglomerate Edge Group announced that its Estonia-based entity Milrem Robotics will provide 60 robotic combat vehicles and unmanned ground vehicles to the UAE military. The contract between Milrem and the country’s...
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Poland nears acquisition of SkyGuardian drones, General Atomics says

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Poland is close to finalizing the acquisition of MQ-9B SkyGuardian drones from General Atomics, following two years of leasing the Reaper model, according to the company’s president. Since October 2022, General Atomics Aeronautical...
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