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Distribution Center (PED) for Real
GA-ASI CONSIDERS Time Intelligence Surveillance and
Reconnaissance (ISR. Another potential
INTEGRATION OF HUNEED’S area of collaboration is the engineering,
HCTRS RADIOS ON MQ-9 development, testing, and manufac-
turing of a Global Supply Chain Circuit
Card Assembly (CCA)/Printed Wiring
Assembly (PWA).
The company, which is showcasing its
capabilities at the ongoing ADEX, will
organize a symposium on “Flight Safety
Regulation Development and Integrated
Operation Demonstration for Civil RPAS,”
on Dec. 16-17. The company is collaborat-
ing with the Korean Advanced Institute
of Science and Technology (KAIST) and
Korea’s Civil RPAS Research Center
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems - maker of the MQ-9B SkyGuardian (CR2CENT) for the seminar. “GA-ASI is
Inc. (GA-ASI) is building on collabora- and its maritime variant, SeaGuardian building strong relationships with ROK
tion agreements it signed in 2017 with - GA-ASI is considering the integration businesses and academia,” said Bob
South Korean entities in the field of of Huneed’s High-Capacity Trunk Radio Schoeffling, vice president of interna-
Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) sys- System (HCTRS) radios on its MQ-9 RPA. tional strategic development for GA-ASI.
tems. As a follow-up to the Memorandum The company is also looking to collabo- “Working collaboratively with entities like
of Understanding (MOU) it signed with rate on the development of an Integrated KAIST, CR2CENT and Huneed is helping
South Korea’s Huneed Technologies Intelligence Center for the ROK to pro- GA-ASI establish itself as a long-term
in 2017, the California-based company vide the Processing, Exploration, and partner in ROK.”

HANWHA DEFENCE EYES (MFP) program. Meanwhile, following
the bid for Australia’s LAND 400 Phase
MORE EXPORT MARKETS 3 armored vehicle modernization pro-
gram and LAND 8116’s acquisition of the
AS9 Self-Propelled Howitzer and AS10
fully automated Armored Ammunition
Resupply Vehicle, Hanwha Defence
has signed an agreement with Oshkosh
Defence for the digital design phase of
the US Army’s next-generation combat
vehicle programme.

The Oshkosh-Hanwha team has been
selected as one of the five contenders
for the Concept Design Phase of the US
Army’s Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle
(OMFV) program tasked to replace some
3,500 M2 Bradley vehicles that have been
service since 1981.The OMFV second
phase award was announced on July 23
by the US Army Contracting Command
– Detroit Arsenal (ACC-DTA), paving
Hanwha Defence is eyeing export oppor- to three soldiers. The possibility of intro- the way for a 15-month-long program of
tunities of its sophisticated land defence ducing composite rubber tracks is also work by selected contenders to make
systems including the including the K9 under examination to improve mobility, a digital concept designs for the OMFV.
Thunder Self-Propelled Howitzer (SPH) company official says. The OMFV programme takes a five-
and the Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicle phased approach to design, prototype,
(IFV). A modified variant of the classic According to the official, the test and produce the vehicle with the aim
K9 SPH, the K9A1 are on display at the 155mm/52-calibre K9 Thunder is the of producing a transformational infantry
ongoing show. Upgrades for the K9A2 world’s best-selling SPH, as nearly 1,700 fighting vehicle (IFV) that will dominate
variant are in full swing, as the newer K9 variants are in service in seven nations maneuver in multi-domain operations.
version is envisaged to feature a fully including South Korea, Turkey, Poland, Following the second phase contracts,
automated loading system instead of Finland, Norway, India, Estonia. Australia the selected consortiums are set to take
the semi auto-loader for the existing would be the eighth customer for the K9 part in another open competition in the
variants. The automatic turret will allow SPH solution with negotiations underway. second quarter of fiscal year 2022 for
for fully autonomous firing with a rate of Hanwha Defence also plans to offer the the next phases of detailed design and
fire of nine+ rounds per minute, as well latest variant of the K9, dubbed K9A2, for prototype, with a contract announcement
as reducing the number of crew from five the British Army’s Mobile Fires Platform for the winning bidder due in late 2027.

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