The US Army has awarded Boeing a $92-million contract for additional next-generation automatic test systems (NGATS). NGATS is a mobile diagnostic platform that provides real-time field tests and rapid automated troubleshooting of over 100 components for various military vehicles, aircraft, and weapon systems. The new NGATS units will support the US Army’s UH-60 Black Hawk […]
The US Navy’s MQ-4C Triton aerial drone has conducted its maiden flight test with wing ice accumulation over the Patuxent River in Maryland. The trial is the first of 15 flights planned through the spring of 2023 to validate the aircraft’s capability to transit low-temperature environments. As part of the demonstration, the Triton performed several flying techniques, […]
The German military has contracted Rheinmetall to modernize its soldier systems’ command and control equipment. A total of 14 Future Soldier-Extended Systems will be delivered to the army, enough to equip 476 soldiers. The contract is in the mid-double-digit million-euro range. Networked Warfare Loop In 2021, the latest System Panzergrenadier (system for mechanized infantry), was declared combat-ready by the […]
A Swiss parliamentary commission voted Tuesday to request a change to the country’s laws to allow its war material to be transferred via third countries to Ukraine. Switzerland has so far refused to allow countries that hold Swiss-made weaponry to export it on to war-ravaged Ukraine, in line with its strict military neutrality. Under Switzerland’s War Materiel Act, export requests cannot be […]
Lithuania is set to buy eight HIMARS rocket systems from the United States for $495 million (euros), officials said on Thursday. The Baltic state, which neighbors Russia and Kremlin ally Belarus, has increased defense spending since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said the systems to be delivered in 2025 and 2026 will […]
Kenya’s parliament has approved the deployment of more than 900 troops to the conflict-wracked east of the Democratic Republic of Congo in a mission that will cost taxpayers $36.5 million for an initial six months. The National Assembly on Wednesday approved the despatch of just over 900 Kenya Defence Force personnel to the DRC as part of a joint regional operation against a resurgent rebel offensive. […]
Russian firm PPSh Laboratory has unveiled an electronic warfare gun capable of jamming “American unmanned aerial vehicles,” state-owned TASS revealed. The Saint Petersburg-based company is testing the LPD-802 gun, an upgrade on the LPD-801 being used in the Ukraine conflict. The company unveiled the LPD-801 in 2021. The counter-drone device jams “drone control channels and […]
The US Army has issued a sources-sought notice for Russian-made AK-74 Kalashnikov assault rifles or any copies made in other countries. According to the service, the rifles must have a fixed stock and approximately 16-inch barrels. Proposals may also include four 30-round steel or polymer box magazines, one cleaning kit, one oil bottle, one shoulder […]
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The US Army has selected General Dynamics Land Systems to build 250 Abrams tanks in their latest configuration for Poland. The deal, valued at $1.148 billion, was awarded in late July. Poland’s future tank fleet will include the latest updates in weaponry, communication systems, fuel efficiency, and armor. In addition, the vehicles will be able […]