All articles by John Hill

Reporter for Global Defence Technology digi-mag and its sister sites: Army, Airforce and Naval Technology.

Leonardo set to deliver seven Centauro II vehicles to Brazil

Leonardo signed a contract to produce the first batch of 8x8 Centauro II wheeled vehicles to the Brazilian Army The…
Tekever acquires Flowcopter following AR6 reveal

Portugal’s leading UAS builder, Tekever, has acquired Scotland’s Flowcopter according to a 1 September press release The rationale behind the…
US Army select academia as CAML weapons integrator

The US Army has selected Georgia Tech Research Institute as weapons integrator for the CAML programme The mobile and optionally…
Finland place an order for RBS 70 NG with Saab

Finland has placed an order for the RBS 70 NG with Sweden-based Saab The deal will cost the Finnish Defence…
Nato must figure out how to command and exploit UAS teams

AVS founder and director, Martin Carr, points to Ukraine’s effective UAS integration as a model for Nato militaries Alliance members…

Mara raise $7m before bringing Spike C-UAS to market

Mara has raised a $7m pre-seed round led by Khosla Ventures to build Spike The C-UAS system uses stationary targeting…
Foxhound and Boxer could integrate laser with hybrid power

Power Size Technology conduct virtual modelling that indicates the feasibility of integrating laser weapons onto Foxhound and Boxer vehicles It…
Sweden buys recce-strike vehicles, coupled by common software

Sweden has purchased a reconnaissance drone and one-way effector which operate in tandem as a recce-strike system Nordic Wing, a…
US expands Tomahawk production with $23bn contract

RTX has secured $22.9bn from the US War Department for the production of Tomahawk cruise missiles The munition, with a…
US apply UAS tariffs amid fear of foreign dependency

The US Government has implemented tariffs on foreign UAS and components, which reach 100% in some cases The decision is…