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The theme for the 2003 Gulf Defence conference
could hardly be more appropriate, as the countries of the Gulf
Co-operation
Council face the current challenges in their region. Timed to
coincide
with IDEX 2003, the conference will bring together senior and
expert
speakers from both Arab and western countries in a single
forum during
the largest land-force exhibition of the year.
The conference will be split into two main components. The
main
conference will take place in the mornings of 17 and 18
March 2003
and these sessions will then be followed during the
afternoons of
the two days with a series of interactive workshops that
will take
the discussions forward into new, specific areas.
The conference will be organised by Jane’s on behalf of the
Emirates
Center for Strategic Studies and the General Exhibition
Corporation
of Abu Dhabi, the organisers of IDEX 2003.
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LAND FORCES NEWS FOR WEEK ENDING 31 JANUARY 2003
www.janes.com/defence/land_forces
UK, USA must do more to reduce 'friendly fire' risk
Read
more here . . .
[Jane's Defence Weekly - 22 January 2003]
KFOR strength could be halved this year
Read
more here . . .
[Jane's Defence Weekly - 27 January 2003]
Common Modular Missile heads towards system development
The US Army Aviation and Missile Command issued a draft request
for proposals
(RFP) in December 2002 to conduct the system development and
demonstration
(SDD) phase of the Common Modular Missile (CMM). A full RFP is
expected
to follow by March this year, with three years of SDD beginning in
September.
Contract options will cover a potential effort to meet the US
Navy's specific
requirements, platform and launcher modifications, a second source
for
the seeker, and three batches of low-rate initial production.
First unit
equipped is scheduled for 2007-08.
[Jane's International Defense Review - first posted to
http://idr.janes.com
- 17 January 2003]
More power for Leopard 2 MBT
The German Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Leopard 2 Main Battle Tank (MBT)
has
recently completed trials equipped with the latest version of the
MTU
EuroPowerPack. This develops 1,650hp at 3,000rpm (with a maximum
torque
of 5,000N m at 2,000rpm) compared with the 1,500hp of the standard
EuroPowerPack.
[Jane's Defence Upgrades - first posted to http://jdu.janes.com
- 27 January 2003]
US Army selects designers for combat vehicles
General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) and United Defense (UD) will
design
the eight configurations of ground combat vehicles in the US
Army's Future
Combat Systems (FCS), the army announced on 23 February.
[Jane's Defence Weekly - first posted to http://jdw.janes.com
- 24 January 2003]
UK selects Javelin
The UK has selected the US Raytheon/Lockheed Martin Javelin system
to
meet its requirement for a new Light Forces Anti-Tank Guided
Weapon System
for the British Army and Royal Marines. A contract, worth over
Pds300
million ($485 million), is expected to be awarded next month.
[Jane's Defence Weekly - first posted to http://jdw.janes.com
- 24 January 2003]
New bayonet for US marines
The US Marine Corps (USMC) has begun fielding a new Multipurpose
Bayonet
(MB) intended to serve dual roles as both bayonet and combat
knife.
[Jane's Defence Weekly - first posted to http://jdw.janes.com
- 24 January 2003]
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