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- General Upendra Dwivedi takes over as the Chief of the Army Staff
- Rajnath Singh assumes charge as Defence Minister for the second consecutive term
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- Interim Defence Budget 2024-25 — An Analysis
- Union Defence budget 2024
The Global Market - Some Examples of LAVs
The LAV-25 is an eight-wheeled amphibious reconnaissance vehicle used by the United States Marine Corps. It was built by General Dynamics Land Systems Canada and is based on the Swiss MOWAG Piranha I 8x8 family of armoured fighting vehicles.
Stryker is a family of eight-wheel drive combat vehicles, transportable in a C-130 aircraft, being built for the US Army by General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS)-Canada (formerly General Motors Defense) and General Dynamics Land Systems Division of USA. Stryker is based on the GDLS Canada LAV III 8-8 light armoured vehicle, in service since early 2001. The LAV III is itself a version of the Piranha III built by Mowag of Switzerland, now part of GDLS, Europe.
The Australian light armoured vehicle (ASLAV) is a highly mobile, amphibious eight-wheeled armoured vehicle that is ideally suited to conduct reconnaissance and surveillance operations.
General Dynamics Canada worked with General Dynamics Land Systems - Canada (GDLS-C) to supply the Canadian Army with light armoured reconnaissance vehicles (LAV Recce). This vehicle, designated by the Army as the “Coyote”, is the first to be fitted with such an integrated surveillance system and is regarded as the baseline capability against which modern armed forces will evaluate their requirements for future armoured reconnaissance vehicles.
Oshkosh Defense and General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada teamed for the TAPV programme, which will replace the 4_4 RG-31 mine protected armoured patrol vehicle (APV) and the light armoured vehicle LAV-2 6_6 Coyote reconnaissance vehicle.
Textron Marine & Land Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, and MDT Armor Corporation, a division of Arotech Corporation have announced a teaming agreement to market, design and manufacture the Tiger light protected vehicle. Based on a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Dodge RAM 5500 platform, the Tiger is a cost effective, light protected class all terrain vehicle with proven, highly reliable armour for a crew of six to nine. The Tiger is ballistic and mine blast protected, with various add-on armour options and is designed with a spacious, versatile cabin and large payload capacity allows the Tiger to be tailored to many missions.
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