Thales has received a contract to deliver a complete short-range air defense system to Ukraine. The agreement was signed by French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu and Ukrainian counterpart Oleksiy Reznikov at the firm’s Limours site in Paris, France. As part of the contract, Thales will supply Ukraine with an air defense system package, associated equipment, and sensor systems. It […]
Saudi Arabia has selected MBDA US to supply surface-to-air missiles for its multi-mission surface combatant (MMSC) ships. The $145-million requires the company to produce and deliver the Common Anti-Air Modular Missile (CAMM) in collaboration with Fincantieri Marinette Marine. According to MBDA, its CAMM air defense missile features advanced technologies to provide improved protection against all known air-based […]
The US Air Force has conducted its first expeditionary airfield lighting system (EALS-C) training at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Taking place under the service’s mission essential equipment training (MEET) course, the EALS-C demonstration honed the skills of electrical systems airmen in implementing contingency airfield lighting technology and services. The EALS-C training was led by […]
The US is poised to reach an agreement with the Philippines to open as many as four military sites to counter increasing threats from China. The move is part of Washington’s efforts to expand its strategic footprint in the Asia Pacific as Beijing ramps up its military presence in the South China Sea. Two of […]
France has tested the flight capability of its latest VSR700 tactical drone demonstrator at a French defense procurement agency (DGA) missile testing facility in Ile du Levant. The flight was part of a risk removal study for the government’s shipborne unmanned aerial vehicle (SDAM) program. During the trial, the drone was flown on five overwater deployments for […]
Rheinmetall is in discussions with Lockheed Martin to begin producing the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) in Germany, CEO Armin Papperger revealed this week. Papperger said a production agreement could be reached at the Munich Security Conference, scheduled for mid-February. “We have the technology for the production of the warheads as well as for the rocket […]
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has rejected requests to send Leopard tank ammunition to Germany over fears that it would be transferred to Ukraine. According to a report by local media outlet Folha de Sao Paulo, former Brazilian ground forces commander Julio Cesar de Arruda made the request before he was relieved of his post earlier this month. He made […]
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 […]
