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Sonny Butterworth

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Senior Defence Analyst at Aviation Week

AFV anorak | Defence Analyst @AviationWeek | Formerly covered AFVs for @JanesINTEL and @ShephardNews | Editor for @tanksenc | All views my own | L/RT≠E

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  • May 30, 2024 | janes.com | Zach Rosenberg |Sam Wise |Sonny Butterworth

    by Zach Rosenberg Bell Helicopters' entry for DARPA's SPRINT contest. (Bell Helicopters)The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected a second competitor for Phase 1B of its Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) programme, the agency announced on 28 May. Phase 1B is intended to mature Bell Helicopters' design through preliminary design review (PDR).

  • May 29, 2024 | janes.com | Zach Rosenberg |Kapil Kajal |Sonny Butterworth

    by Zach Rosenberg The Beechcraft CT-156 Harvard II, better known as the T-6A Texan II, that the Royal Canadian Air Force uses for some of its pilot training. The Texans will be replaced by Pilatus PC-9s under the new FAcT deal.

  • May 27, 2024 | zephyrnet.com | Sonny Butterworth

    27 May 2024by Sonny ButterworthThe complete family of Carfil's drone-dropped munitions (from left to right: 60 mm, 81 mm, 82 mm, and 120 mm), showing the polymer stabilising fins that have been used to reduce weight. (Janes/Sonny Butterworth)Carfil, a subsidiary of Romania's state-owned ROMARM holding company, displayed a family of drone-dropped munitions at the Black Sea Defense and Aerospace (BSDA) 2024 exhibition held in Bucharest from 22 to 24 May.

  • May 27, 2024 | janes.com | Sonny Butterworth

    BSDA 2024: ROMARM develops new family of drone-dropped munitions 27 May 2024 by Sonny Butterworth The complete family of Carfil's drone-dropped munitions (from left to right: 60 mm, 81 mm, 82 mm, and 120 mm), showing the polymer stabilising fins that have been used to reduce weight.

  • May 26, 2024 | janes.com | Sonny Butterworth

    BSDA 2024: ROMARM displays new NATO-calibre assault rifle 27 May 2024 by Sonny Butterworth Two configurations of the CN-22 were displayed on ROMARM's stand at BSDA 2024 – a medium version with a shorter 13.5 inch barrel (top) and a standard version with a 16 inch barrel (bottom).

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Sonny Butterworth @Rivet_Counter
23 May 25

RT @JakOSpades: KNDS France's recent presentation on the CAESAR SPG with lessons learned from 🇺🇦. Beyond the sales pitch, there are some in…

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Sonny Butterworth @Rivet_Counter
13 May 25

RT @PENxSWORD: The very photogenic @nurolmakina NMS 4x4 from #Türkiye 🇹🇷 at the recent Live Firing Show 2025 #LFS2025 in #Lithuania 🇱🇹! htt…

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Sonny Butterworth @Rivet_Counter
8 Apr 25

Found some non-official footage of Senegal's 65th anniversary parade that gives a better view of a couple things that caught my eye: Gendarmerie Harrow Merkavas in the first pic and a Puma M36 MRAP recovery vehicle followed by a RAM ambulance of the army in the second pic https://t.co/IJzW9D4E43