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AMVXP 8x8 vehicles to support critical
operations for decades to come”, says
Janne Räkköläinen, senior vice president
of market area world at Patria. Patria has
worked for the WAPC programme since
2018 and it has also established a local
subsidiary, Patria Japan Ltd., to support its
activities in Japan.

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AMVXP 8x8 as a great opportunity to fur-
AMV XP 8X8 VEHICLE
A M V X P 8 X 8 V E H I C L E ther develop cooperation in Japan with
new services and solutions as well as to
establish long-term strategic partnerships
Patria is upbeat at the show with its AMV our proven licensing model is great proof with Japan and its industries, Räkköläinen
XP 8x8 vehicle, selected by Japan Ground of Patria’s capability to deliver the latest said. “Our combat proven AMV family has
Self-Defence Force as their next wheeled technology and to enable local security of gained experience from various operations
armoured personnel carrier 8x8 vehicle supply. Patria AMVXP 8x8 has successfully and has become the trusted solution to pro-
under the WAPC programme. proven its superior performance, as well as tecting nations and soldiers,” the official
its mobility and protection, in various crisis added.
Under the project, the Nordic company will management missions, and Japan will be
undertake licensed manufacturing of the the ninth user country of Patria’s AMV At the event, the vehicle is displayed with
vehicles in Japan. The Patria AMVXP 8x8 vehicle family. Patria has industry-leading virtual 3D glasses. Also at the DSEI2023,
vehicles will be replacing the Type-96 8x8 experience of licensing and cooperation Patria is showcasing its Patria Sonac
armoured personnel carrier vehicles which with local industries in many countries, ACS acoustic mine sweep, a specially
are currently in service by the Japan Ground and we are committed to this in Japan designed for sweeping influence mines
Self-Defence Force. as well. The Japan Ground Self-Defence with advanced acoustic triggering. Its com-
Force will receive state-of-the-art and high pact, lightweight size is designed for use
“The selection of Patria AMVXP 8x8 and performance Japanese manufactured with unmanned craft.

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CONSTELLATION TO TRACK
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HYPERSONIC MISSILES
HYPERSONIC MISSILES

Raytheon Technologies is designing programme is a key element of the pro- Raytheon will leverage existing designs,
and developing a seven-vehicle missile liferated warfighter space architecture. available commercial products and
tracking satellite constellation to help common components to reduce tech-
track emerging threats like hypersonic “Developing a resilient and affordable nical risk and speed delivery. The
missiles. Japan is also considering the proliferated satellite constellation in seven-vehicle satellite constellation
deplyment of a network of satellites to low-Earth orbit will improve our ability will feature Raytheon’s wide field of view
track next-generation hypersonic mis- to track emerging threats like hyper- overhead persistent infrared sensor,
siles capable of evading current defence sonic missiles,” said Dave Broadbent, Blue Canyon Technologies’ Saturn-
systems. president of Space & C2 at Raytheon class microsatellite bus, and SEAKR
Intelligence & Space. “Continuing to Engineering’s electronics payload.
The United States, Japan’s closest ally, develop this architecture with SDA and
awarded Raytheon Technologies a Japan in its FY2022 budget had allo-
deal valued at more than US$250 mil- our industry partners will be a high pri- cated ¥0.1 billion for research on
lion to design, develop and deliver the ority for us in the coming months.” Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology
seven-vehicle missile tracking satellite for tracking moving targets using sat-
constellation, as well as support launch Raytheon Technologies has been devel- ellite constellations, conduct research
and ground operations by the Space oping missile warning systems for on AI technology that uses satellite con-
Development Agency. decades. Since acquiring Blue Canyon stellations to predict the positions for
Technologies and SEAKR Engineering, multiple moving targets automatically
Once deployed, the low-Earth orbit Raytheon Technologies has expanded and in frequent intervals, and makes
constellation of networked satellites its space payload and satellite bus it possible to keep track of these tar-
will become the fifth plane of satellites capabilities and expertise, becoming a gets. The Japanese government is also
providing missile warning and tracking leading provider of space systems to a considering joining the U.S. satellite
for the U.S. Department of Defense. The growing number of programmes. constellation initiative.

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