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The British Army will receive artillery platforms to replace those supplied to Ukraine, as part of an agreement DE&S is negotiating with Sweden. The first 14 Archer systems will have ownership transfe ...

The new cutting-edge surveillance fleet will be housed in infrastructure at the Scottish base sitting alongside the recently completed Atlantic Building, from which the UK’s fleet of nine Poseidon MRA ...

 The U.S. Army’s new, next-generation helicopter engine meant to replace engines in UH-60 Black Hawks, AH-64 Apaches and the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft, which is still in development, is de ...

A Russian fighter jet collided into an American Reaper surveillance drone over the Black Sea in international airspace on Tuesday, according to the U.S. European Command. In a press release, the U.S. ...

Norway said Tuesday it was buying six US-made Seahawk helicopters for over $1 billion to replace the European NH90s it gave up on after a series of delays and setbacks. Fed up by delivery delays and p ...

The South Korean and U.S. militaries launched their biggest joint military exercises in years Monday, as North Korea said it tested submarine-launched cruise missiles in apparent protest of the drills ...

The Prime Minister has announced that the UK will ramp up investment in defence to meet the challenges of an increasingly volatile and complex world, as the Government launches an update to the 2021 I ...

Defence and security were a key focus at today’s 36th UK-France Summit in Paris, with new initiatives to advance the already strong military relationship between the two nations. Defence Secretary Ben ...

Lockheed Martin has delivered to Poland the first batch of Patriot PAC-3 MSE air defense missile systems. With the delivery of Patriot PAC-3 MSE, the Polish armed forces will be equipped with one of t ...

MD Helicopters, LLC, is pleased to announce that they are ramping up production line capabilities and increasing staffing to accommodate additional sales orders. This includes 12 Cayuse Warrior Plus s ...

U.S. Army V Corps reached another large milestone that has set the foundation for future Soldiers who permanently change their duty station to become new members of Victory Corps forward at Camp Kosci ...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. is proud to announce a new contract with U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) to provide three MQ-9B SkyGuardian® remotely piloted aircraft syst ...

The Government of Australia has requested to buy up to two hundred fifty-five (255) FGM-148F Javelin missiles (including five (5) fly-to-buy missiles). Also included are U.S. technical assistance, con ...

Oxford, Boeing has become the latest and final defence and aerospace company to join the H175M Task Force addressing the UK New Medium Helicopter requirement. As training services partner, Boeing Defe ...

The joint missions are the first of their kind, with the aim of full NATO integrated air policing missions in future

The U.S. announced a new $400 million military aid package for Ukraine on Friday that for the first time includes armored vehicles that can launch bridges — allowing troops to cross rivers or other ga ...

From the UK, the Minister for Defence Procurement, Alex Chalk KC, joined the cohort in Milan to discuss on-going cooperation on the programme – a joint venture between UK, Germany, Spain and Italy, un ...

Troops from 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards (The Welsh Cavalry) and 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment have spent four weeks with their Kuwaiti allies, finessing their mounted and dismounted oper ...

Space Development Agency's satellite constellations will provide warning, tracking, and targeting of advanced missile threats, including hypersonic missile systems ARLINGTON, Va., March 2, 2023 /PRNew ...

The US Army has selected five companies for its Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (FTUAS) Increment 2 (INC 2) competition. Rapid Prototyping Other Transaction Agreements (OTA) have been awarded ...

The Defence and Security Accelerator has launched a new Innovation Focus Area: A Bridge to Fall This Innovation Focus Area is looking for ways to modernise how the Army approaches bridge demolition Up ...

Charles River Analytics has received a Phase ll contract under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to keep robotic combat vehicles (RCVs) as mission capable as possible. The Real-tim ...

The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency on February 28 announced that the State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the United King ...

British company BAE Systems presented Tuesday its first unmanned vertical takeoff and landing vehicle manufactured in Australia, a device capable of carrying out surveillance, reconnaissance and air s ...

BAE Systems has received a $145 million contract from the U.S. Navy for the maintenance and modernization of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94). The value of the compe ...

According to information published by "The Kyiv Independent" news website, Italy will provide Ukraine with air defense missile systems Spada and Skyguard in addition to SAMP/T promised a few days ago ...

The Finnish Ministry of Defence (MoD) has approved the procurement of additional 155mm Bonus MK II special artillery-launched munitions for the country’s defence forces. The newly approved procurement ...

Training on UK Challenger 2 tanks for Ukrainian soldiers is continuing at pace in the South-West of England after the UK committed to provide 14 vehicles and accompanying ammunition to support Ukraine ...

The contract awarded to Supacat will secure 70 High Mobility Truck Variant (HMTV) Mk 2 Extenda platforms. On completion of validation trials this procurement will result in an uplift of 69 vehicles to ...

The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center recently contracted Raytheon Technologies' (NYSE: RTX) Collins Aerospace business to continue producing new, advanced propellers for C-130 aircraft. NP2 ...

Cyber defences tested at largest Cyber Warfare exercise in Western Europe last week. 11 countries put through their paces in cyber warfare, including India, Italy, Ghana, Japan, US, Ukraine, Kenya, an ...

The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), through the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), in partnership with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has launched Stream 1 of Windfarm Mit ...

WASHINGTON –The Department of the Army announced today the preparation of Army units for potential deployment to backfill units currently in Europe. This potential deployment would not constitute a ch ...

A merchant vessel carrying the first 600 of over 1,000 containers of NATO temporary housing for Türkiye left the port of Taranto, Italy, on Sunday evening (19 February 2023). The shipment is the resul ...

British troops have been honing their desert war-fighting skills on a training area six times the size of Salisbury Plain over the last two weeks (3-14 February). They were taking part in Exercise Kha ...

The Norwegian military procurement authority NDMA has commissioned Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG (KMW) with delivering 54 of its latest Leopard 2A7 main battle tanks designated Leopard 2A7NO. Th ...

Safran Helicopter Engines and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) have signed a workshare agreement for the joint development of the engine intended for the future 13-ton IMRH (Indian Multi-Role Helic ...

A team of U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test reentry vehicle at 11:01 P.M. Pacific Time Feb. 9 from V ...

We are delighted to announce that Babcock has been awarded the contract to manage and operate Skynet, the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) military satellite communications system. The six-year contract ...

BAE Systems has delivered the 1,000th rear fuselage to Lockheed Martin for the F-35, the world's most advanced and capable fifth generation fighter. More than 1,500 employees at the Company’s faciliti ...

For the first time in its history, the Australian Army (ADF) will have the ability to accurately hit surface targets hundreds of kilometres away with guided missiles, the Australian MoD reports. The M ...

General Dynamics will provide Integrated Logistics Support Center (ILSC) with ongoing sustainment services, spare parts and obsolescence risk management, and contractor field service representatives G ...

Representatives from 18 European Union Member States held the first meeting of the new Military Computer Emergency Response Team Operational Network (MICNET) on 9 February, following an agreement amon ...

NATO Defence Ministers are meeting in Brussels this week (14-15 February 2023) to strengthen the Alliance’s deterrence and defence, and step up and sustain for Ukraine. Previewing the meeting on Monda ...

Germany will donate two close-range MANTIS air defence systems to Slovakia which will use them to protect its eastern border with Ukraine, the Slovak Defence Ministry said on Thursday. NATO member Slo ...

Defence Ministers agreed to work together to support Ukraine, as NATO partners. Further collaboration will take place through shared projects like the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) The UK and Ita ...

Another significant milestone has been achieved by the Challenger 3 Delivery Team within budget and ahead of schedule – we are moving closer to delivering one of the most capable and lethal tanks in E ...

The German government has approved the sale of a dozen attack helicopters to the Greek Cypriot administration, local media reported on Tuesday. The parliament’s defense committee members were informed ...

Amentum has won a potential five-year, $487 million remote maintenance and distribution center contract from the U.S. Army to support modernization, comprehensive logistics and sustainment initiatives ...

Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands plan to provide Ukraine with at least 100 refurbished Leopard 1 battle tanks. Ukraine has been calling for support from Europe as officials say they expect Russian ...

Airborne signallers are testing the Army’s new radios in the jungle, the most challenging environment for radio communications to work. 216 (Parachute) Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals has take ...

BAE Systems has received a contract modification from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to build 20 additional CV90 mortar vehicles. The approximately $30 million contract has been awa ...

New Abrams tanks will be purchased by the U.S. to supply to Ukraine because the Defense Department doesn’t have any spares, delaying the shipment as Ukrainian forces prepare for an expected Russian of ...

Japan launched an intelligence satellite Thursday as part of long-running efforts to monitor North Korean military activities and strengthen Tokyo’s response to natural disasters. Mitsubishi Heavy Ind ...

The production configuration of the next generation single-engine helicopter will be powered by the Arriel 2K engine, the latest version of the Arriel family. The AW09 will leverage the proven technol ...

Saab received an order in mid-December 2022 for the anti-armour weapon AT4 from the French Armament General Directorate (DGA). The order value is approximately EUR 24 million and deliveries will take ...

Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ:ESLT and TASE: ESLT) (“Elbit Systems” or the “Company”) announced today the signature of a five-year in-service support contract with the NATO Support and Procurement Agency ...

Leonardo and the Directorate for Air Armaments and Airworthiness of the Italian Secretariat General of Defence/National Armaments Directorate signed yesterday the Acquisition Contract for the supply o ...

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] today announced the successful first flight of the F-16 Block 70 at its Greenville, South Carolina site.  The flight occurred Jan. 24 at 9:17 a.m. ET, with Lockheed Martin ...

As Britain prepares to send tanks to Ukraine in a military boost to the country, the British Army’s transformational industrial and equipment programmes remain at the very core of its vision for the f ...

"We the Defence Ministers of Estonia, the United Kingdom, Poland, Latvia and Lithuania; and the representatives of Denmark, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, and Slovakia met today, 19 January, to ...

The first Exercise Red Flag Nellis of 2023 is off to a flying start at the Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, USA. The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has deployed up to five EA-18G Growler aircraft f ...

The Australian Government will acquire 40 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters for the Australian Army. Head Land Capability Major General Jeremy King, CSM, said this was an important acquisition which will ...

The Israeli Defense Company IAI (Israel Aerospace Industries) unveils the Point Blank or ROC-X, the first hand-launched electro-optical VTOL (Vertical Takeoff & Landing) missile able to engage both st ...

Germany would not “stand in the way” of Poland sending Leopard tanks to Ukraine, foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, has said, in what appeared to be the clearest signal yet from Berlin that European ...

“We will allocate EUR 413 billion to the French military budget between 2024 and 2030” President Emmanuel Macron announced Friday. In a similar plan for 2019-2025, Paris allocated EUR 295 billion to d ...

Finland announced Friday a 400-million-euro military aid package to Ukraine, its largest to date and including heavy artillery as well as munitions but no Leopard tanks. “Ukraine continues to need sup ...

British paratroopers have earned their Japanese parachute wings, developing the ability of British airborne forces to work alongside our allies in the Pacific. Some 25 troops from 16 Air Assault Briga ...

In a tweet posted by FN Herstal UK,  FN America unveils an additional variant of the unrivaled ultralight machine gun designed by the Belgian weapon manufacturer: the Evolys chambered in 6.5x43 mm Lig ...

Indra has been awarded a contract valued at €19.2 million for the development and delivery of a new NH90 helicopter Full Mission Simulator (FMS) for the Spanish Air and Space Force at the Cuatro Vient ...

Australian Minister for Defence Personnel Matt Keogh said Australia’s experience and support are vital for Ukraine and its armed forces: “Our people are our greatest defence capability. That’s why it’ ...

At least 18 people have been killed, including Ukraine's interior minister and two children, after a helicopter crashed near a nursery and a residential building in a Kyiv suburb. Ukrainian Interior M ...

The Secretary of State for Defence today set out details of the most significant package of combat power to date to accelerate Ukrainian success in the war with Russia, including a squadron of Challen ...

Elbit Systems UK has been awarded a contract to provide Magni-X micro-Uncrewed Aerial Systems (micro-UAS) to the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD). The contract has been awarded by Defence Equipment & Supp ...

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed an £80 million, 10 year industry partnership deal with QinetiQ-led Team Pegasus in order to enhance the UK’s ability to provide its military platforms and s ...

The K9 Thunder is a 155mm self-propelled howitzer developed and manufactured by Hanwha Defense, a South Korean defense company. The company has been involved in exporting the K9 howitzer to several co ...

The MiRPz (Minenräumpanzer - Mine Clearing Tank) Keiler is an engineer armored vehicle designed to clear anti-tank and anti-personnel mines in a variety of environments, including urban and rural area ...

The Government of Ukraine has decided to send its mine action officers to study and train in demining skills from Cambodia. This is according to the press release of the Cambodian Mine Action Centre ( ...

The Government of Canada announced it is procuring Lockheed Martin's 5th Generation F-35 Lightning II aircraft as a result of the Future Fighter Capability Project competition. The Royal Canadian Air ...

Airbus UpNext, a wholly owned subsidiary of Airbus, has started testing new, on ground and in-flight, pilot assistance technologies on an A350-1000 test aircraft.  Known as DragonFly, the technologies ...

The U.K. and Poland will donate Challenger 2 and Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. These tanks are widely considered superior to most Ukrainian and Russian tanks. The donation is expected to cause even more ...

The Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) has selected Oshkosh Defense to produce the Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) hulls for the Israeli Defense Forces. As part of this contract, valued at over $100 m ...

Britain and Japan have signed a defence agreement to allow the two countries to deploy military forces in one another’s territories, making the UK the first European country to have a reciprocal acces ...

Germany said on Friday it wants to deliver around 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine before the end of March, and Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck said Berlin could ultimately send its entir ...

The U.S. Air Force is seeking public input about capabilities needed for a range of efforts to modernize a helicopter platform built by Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary to support combat rescue a ...

The Bulgarian Ministry of Health has announced plans to acquire six emergency medical helicopters from Leonardo, for a cost of 135.6 million levs (US$74.5 million). The ministry confirmed that it had ...

The soldiers who operate the British Army’s Apache AH-64E Attack Helicopter are adapting their tactics to face the challenges of the modern battlefield and maximise the capabilities of the state-of-th ...

On Nov. 10, 2022, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) flew the first production MQ-9A Multi-Domain Operations (M2DO)-ready variant of the U.S. Air Force MQ-9A Reaper. This upgraded ver ...

The Polish Ministry of National Defence (MND) has approved a new contract with the US to procure an additional 116 Abrams tanks for the Polish Army. The estimated value of the contract is approximatel ...

Boeing has received a US Army $426 million foreign military sale contract for the production and delivery of 12 new CH-47F Chinooks for the Egyptian Air Force.  As a result, Egypt will replace its fle ...

More than 250 “portable” and “packable” mini drones will be delivered to the Armed Forces after the award of a contract worth £129 million to Lockheed Martin UK Lockheed Martin UK awarded contract to ...

The US Army has contracted American technology firm L3Harris to support its battlespace intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities. Valued at $886 million, the agreement would s ...

The contract was awarded following extensive user trials conducted by the lead user nation under the supervision of the NSPA. The contract duration is three years with options to be extended to a maxi ...

The Netherlands Ministry of Defence has selected Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace’s Naval Strike Missile (NSM) to replace the ageing Harpoon anti-ship missiles in use on the Royal Netherlands Navy’s flee ...

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is investigating whether it can leverage Adarga’s powerful AI capabilities to accelerate and enhance research on possible events, trends and threats that could impact the UK ...

The UK will work with Italy and Japan to adapt and respond to the security threats of the future, through an unprecedented international aerospace coalition announced by the Prime Minister today (Frid ...

DE&S has negotiated a £229 million deal with Swedish manufacturer Saab for Next Generation Light Anti-Tank Weapon (NLAW) systems, which are assembled at Thales’ facility in Belfast. The UK has provide ...

Elbit Systems of Australia was selected to provide the Australian Army with the Skylark I LEX Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) equipped with Electro Optical and Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadca ...

Polish President Andrzej Duda and the country's defense minister on Tuesday took delivery of a first shipment of tanks and howitzers from South Korea, hailing the swift implementation of a deal signed ...

The U.S. Army has awarded the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft contract to Bell Textron, Incorporated. “I am excited to be part of this momentous day for our Army,” said Mr. Doug Bush, Assistant Sec ...

The United States on Friday unveiled the B-21 Raider, a high-tech stealth bomber that can carry nuclear and conventional weapons and is designed to be able to fly without a crew on board. The slickly ...

The British Army has conducted tests with RAFAEL’s FOOTPRINT navigation system for ground forces. Portsmouth, UK, November 2022: as part of the Army Warfighting Experiment (AWE), ground troops of the ...

 The Brazilian Army has selected the Centauro II for its future eight-wheel drive armored combat vehicle, an Italian consortium announced Nov. 25. The vehicle type will replace Brazil’s aging fleet of ...

British paratroopers have earned their German parachute wings, developing the ability of British and German airborne forces to serve together as NATO allies. Exercise Atlas Despatcher saw an A400M tra ...

During the demonstration in Southern Arizona, five APKWS-guided counter-UAS rockets were fired from a containerized weapon system and destroyed all targets, including fast-moving drones. The test resu ...

BAE Systems has announced that Royal Air Force Typhoons will be powered up by 40 new electric battery ground power units following a recent trial conducted with the company on a Typhoon Squadron.  The ...

With drones taking centre stage on battlefields across the globe, cutting-edge uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) have been tested during a major demonstration of technology and military capability. The  ...

British Army fuel specialists who keep the Army operating worldwide have been training with German Armed Forces personnel over the last 12 months in Germany, the UK and in Cyprus. Based in Nottingham, ...

DASA has launched a new Innovation Focus Area (IFA) called Advanced Materials for Defence Funding provided by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory’s (Dstl) Advanced Materials Programme This I ...

On November 23, 2022, the United States Department of Defense (DoD) announced the authorization of a Presidential Drawdown of security assistance valued at up to $400 million to meet Ukraine's critica ...

Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) has signed a memorandum of understanding with BAE Systems to provide land vehicles for the Polish Armed Forces. Both BAE Systems and PGZ will expand the scope of their c ...

The US Air Force has awarded Amentum a five-year contract to provide research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) services for the US Army’s Program Executive Office (PEO) Combat Support and Com ...

Citing the French Minister of Defense, Sébastien Lecornu, two batteries of Crotale NG air defense missile systems have been delivered to the Ukrainian armed forces out of the twelve owned by the Frenc ...

On November 17, the Royal Norwegian Air Force selected the Lockheed Martin TPY-4 next-generation ground-based air surveillance radar to enhance the country’s long-range surveillance capability. “We ar ...

The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) has awarded BAE Systems a follow-on contract for two new CV90 variants. The two new variants will be delivered by BAE Systems’ Swedish joint venture H ...

    

Boeing has confirmed that it has delivered the 20th CH-47F Chinook to the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF), which concludes the country’s latest fleet update. The RNLAF CH-47F Chinook is an advance ...

AirBoss Defense Group (ADG) has received a $35 million order for 10 Husky 2G Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) vehicles, comprehensive operator and maintainer training as well as spare parts ...

The European Commission on Thursday unveiled proposals to boost the bloc's cyber defence capacities and make it easy and quicker for armed forces to cross internal borders.  "The security environment ...

UK has provided approximately 1,000 additional surface to air missiles to help counter the Russian threat to Ukrainian infrastructure The Defence Secretary made the announcement while visiting trainin ...

The UK’s Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace and Estonia’s Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur met in London on 8 November 2022 and committed to ever stronger ties between our two countries. The e ...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s defense minister said on Wednesday he had told the nation’s military to review secrecy safeguards in response to concerns that Beijing was recruiting pilots to t ...

SEOUL: North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile Wednesday, Seoul's military said, the latest launch from Pyongyang following a record-breaking testing blitz earlier this month. "North Korea fi ...

As the modernisation of the British Army under Future Soldier accelerates, readiness to deploy and fighting to win means becoming more lethal, more agile and expeditionary, whilst increasing resilienc ...

During October and November, 450 soldiers from the British Army, headed up by the 20th Armoured Brigade Combat Team (20 ACBT), are working with US and Australian partners conducting experimentation us ...

26 Ajax vehicles have been delivered to the British Army amid remarks that the Ministry of Defence will “not accept a vehicle until it can be used safely for its intended purposes”. Alec Shelbrooke, M ...

A breakthrough in technology and innovation for the British Army took place on Salisbury Plain recently, where a demonstration of multiple Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) took place. Funded by Army Head ...

A £15 million boost funded by the British Army over the next three years will enable the latest development phase of its cutting-edge anti-missile system which aims to keep soldiers safer inside armou ...

The new GASKET 3 bomb disposal vehicle’s Initial Operating Capability (IOC) was announced this week, following extensive consultations with the soldiers who will be using the new vehicle.  GASKET 3 de ...

As part of the regular rotation of forces, this week saw the British Army’s King’s Royal Hussars (KRH) formally take over from The Royal Welsh to lead NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battlegrou ...

The British Army brought its Future Soldier transformation programme to life recently when it held the Army EXPO 22 on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire and will follow that event with a launch of a virtua ...

The Royal Lancers, D Squadron has taken over from the Royal Dragoon Guards, Black Dragoon Squadron as part of the British commitment to NATO in the Enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) US-led Battlegroup P ...

A total of eight patrols scooped the top award during this year’s event, while nearly a fifth of all teams that set off from the Assembly Area in the Vale of Neath posted a DNF (Did Not Finish). The f ...

Ex Cerberus 22 is the British Army’s largest field exercise of 2022 with nearly 3500 troops and up to 800 vehicles involved. It is also the Army’s largest exercise on the continent for over a decade.  ...

The biennial exercise Cerberus 22 is taking place in Germany this year. It is the largest British Army Field exercise of the year and the largest to take place in central Europe for more than a decade ...

The British Army’s new Apache AH-64E Attack Helicopter has made its first outing into the field.  Exercise Talon Guardian has seen 3 Regiment Army Air Corps take a 1,500km road trip over two weeks, es ...

Serco has been awarded two new contracts to supply Serco-designed ‘General Purpose Support Equipment’ to the Royal Air Force and the Spanish Air Force. The work will be undertaken by Serco’s Design, I ...

Reservists from 2nd Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment and 7th Battalion, The Rifles have completed two-weeks training with the Michigan National Guard in the USA as part of the annual camp with NATO ...