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Russia is broadly replacing its losses through recruitment but is not generating mass needed to change the course of the war, and only a decision to mobilise could shift the front line, according to a Western official.
Chinese suppliers have been excluded from a Ministry of Defence competition worth an estimated £2 billion to replace the Armed Forces' Land Rover and Pinzgauer fleets, with the department invoking powers under the Procurement Act 2023.
Russian ballistic missiles remain by far the primary threat in Russia's deep-strike campaign against Ukraine, driven by shortfalls in Patriot interceptor stocks.
The Ministry of Defence has formally launched a competition worth an estimated £2 billion to deliver a new Light Mobility Vehicle for the Armed Forces, replacing capabilities currently provided by legacy fleets, including Land Rover and Pinzgauer.
More focused targeting of Ukrainian political figures is among the escalation options being examined by Western analysts as they weigh whether President Putin will seek to escalate the war or negotiate.
Leonardo is reassessing what to do with the truck side of the Iveco defence vehicles business it acquired earlier this year, with a possible sale to Rheinmetall now only one option among several and other parties having approached the group.
The Royal Navy's Common Combat Vessel remains in the initial stages of design, and the aspiration is to sequence its arrival with the out-of-service dates of the Type 45 destroyers in the mid-2030s onwards.
Leonardo is not rushing to dispose of its stake in the German sensor and radar maker Hensoldt, with the possibility of closer cooperation on Eurofighter and the sixth-generation fighter programme among the reasons for holding on, according to the Italian group.
BAE Systems has been awarded a contract worth just over £135 million to maintain the Royal Navy's Spearfish and Sting Ray torpedoes, placed without competition on the grounds that no other company is capable of doing the work.
There is a strong push to bring forward the entry into service of the GCAP fighter jet by around two years, and doing so is feasible provided the initial version enters service more gradually, according to Leonardo's chief executive.
