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As a member of President Biden’s Cabinet, should not CIA Director William Burns also be included in this list?”
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<p class=”text-body text-muted small”>Germany plans to procure five PULS MRLs in co-operation with the Netherlands. (Elbit Systems)</p>
<p>Germany plans to procure five Precise and Universal Launching System (PULS) multiple rocket launchers (MRLs) as an option under the government-to-government agreement between the Israeli and Dutch ministries of defence (MoDs) for 20 of the MRLs signed in May 2023, <em>Janes</em> learnt at Defence iQ’s Future Artillery 2024 conference held in Paris from 21 to 23 May.</p>
<p>The decision to procure the systems is still pending, but <em>Janes </em>understands that the MRLs would be evaluated until 2027, after which Germany will decide whether to procure 89 EuroPULS systems, which are being marketed in Europe as part of KNDS Deutschland’s co-operation with Elbit Systems.</p>
<p>The German Army plans to procure EuroPULS for its corps-level long-range artillery with ranges of at least 300 km.</p>
<p>The last PULS for the Netherlands is scheduled to be delivered in 2026. Denmark has received all eight of the PULSs and most of their ammunition under a contract awarded to Elbit during the first quarter of 2023. <em>Janes</em> received confirmation at Future Artillery 2024 that Spain has also ordered PULS.</p>
<p><em>For more information on PULS, please see </em>Precise and Universal Launching System (PULS) – multicalibre MRL system.</p>
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<p class=”text-body text-muted small”>The EPC is expected to replace the Cassiopea, Sirio, and Comandanti classes in Italian Navy service alongside the 95 m Offshore patrol vessel class (pictured). (Fincantieri)</p>
<p>The European Patrol Corvette (EPC) project has been awarded funding under the European Commission’s European Defence Fund (EDF) 2023.</p>
<p>In the announcement of results of the EDF’s 2023 calls for proposals on 16 May 2024, the EPC2 project is to receive a maximum European Union (EU) contribution of EUR154.5 million (USD167.9 million) in funding. The project, selected under the ‘Development actions focused on naval combat’ EDF call, has a 48-month duration with activities to include studies, design, system prototyping, testing, qualification, and certification.</p>
<p>The EPC2 project builds on the initial design funding received under the EDF 2021 call for a Modular and Multirole Patrol Corvette (MMPC), announced in July 2022. EPC2 is intended to move the EPC project on to a certified design, with two platform prototypes produced, one for each version of the EPC envisaged. These two prototypes will be tested in harbour and at a land-based test facility aimed at reducing risk and proving systems and technology. In its 2023 annual report, the European Defence Agency (EDA) said that a first prototype of the ship is expected in 2027.</p>
<p>The EPC2 consortium comprises Naviris (a Naval Group and Fincantieri joint venture) as co-ordinator, Fincantieri (Italy), Naval Group (France), Navantia (Spain), and Hydrus Anotati Synektiki Michaniki Etaireia Symvoulon Anonymi Etaireia (Greece). The EDF 2023 award also follows the contract for the first phase of the EPC programme, signed between the Naviris-led consortium and the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR), in October 2023. In November 2023 the consortium submitted EPC2 as its bid for the next phase of the ship development under EDF 2023.</p>