Norway based Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has signed a contract through the International Fund for Ukraine for the delivery of Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems (C-UAS), which will be donated to Ukraine. The delivery consists of several CORTEX Typhon systems, developed to counter a wide specter of UAVs with solutions to either physically harm or otherwise…
The Romanian Ministry of National Defence (MApN) has submitted to parliament a request for approval to purchase an initial 32 US based Lockheed Martin F-35 Fighters, as per a report by Antena 3 CNN. This initial package, which would equip two squadrons, is worth USD 6.5 Billion (EUR 5.9 Bn). And, it would include engines,…
The Department of Defense (DoD) of United States (US) have announced additional security assistance for Ukraine to help the latter to meet its critical security and defense needs. Worth mentioning that this announcement is the Unites States’ forty-fourth tranche of equipment to be provided from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. Further, it includes…
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. has won a new contract with an Asian nation to provide comprehensive maintenance support services for operational systems employed by its navy. The multi-year agreement is estimated at 100 million Shekels (30 million dollars). Besides, it will include maintenance services for the Navy’s TYPHOON Mk30-c and MINI-TYPHOON remotely-controlled naval weapon…
Exercise Highball has successfully concluded in Lancelin, Western Australia with the live fire of long-range land-based rocket artillery against a maritime target. Noteworthy, this exercise is a combined Australian Joint Operations Command and United States (US) Indo-Pacific Command initiative. Further, the exercise used a range of air, land, space and maritime capabilities to test United…
Russia is in the process of equipping its new multi-purpose nuclear submarines of the Yasen-M project with hypersonic missiles, namely SS-N-33 Zircon (Russian; NATO reporting name). Currently, work in this direction is already underway. Yasen-class submarines, also known as Project 885M, are nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines, built to replace Soviet-era nuclear attack submarines as part of…
Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered two major components of the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) and has started the next phase of pre-launch preparations. Notably, this two-satellite constellation will deliver protected satellite communications to the Northern polar region – one of the most difficult locations on earth to deliver communications. The most recent accomplishments include:…
The U.S. Air Force (USAF) and Lockheed Martin are beginning the second phase of yearly iterative updates to the F-22 fleet, planning software tweaks and quick-turn upgrades that both sides say are laying the groundwork for how next-generation aircraft will be sustained. Though the service has marked the Raptor for retirement once the future, secretive…
Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully manufactured the first set of solid rocket motor cases for the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Next-Generation Interceptor (NGI) program. The NGI pathfinder motors demonstrate case designs, manufacturing processes as well as allows the teams to test and conduct integration operations. The completed cases will be filled with inert propellent and…
Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, has been awarded a $36 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to develop and demonstrate a platform-agnostic, Beyond-Line-Of-Sight, satellite communications pod. To be noted that the satellite communications pod will provide warfighters resilient, high bandwidth, low latency communications and data directly to the cockpit. Further, the pod…
