The Royal Navy demonstrated the capabilities of its Type 25 destroyer HMS Defender during Exercise Baltic Operations 22 in the Baltic Sea. In a Twitter video, the billion-pound warship showed off its Mk 8 naval gun and Phalanx miniguns. The gun reportedly fired 35 rounds continuously in one minute and 31 seconds. “Our Phalanx close-in […]
Lockheed Martin is considering whether the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile could be reconfigured for Mobile Short Range Air Defense, Defense News reported, citing a company executive. The JAGM was developed to replace several air-to-ground missiles, including the AGM-114 Hellfire. Missile Applicable to Multiple Platforms A low-rate initial production contract for the missile was approved in 2018. […]
US President Joe Biden announced a new package of arms and ammunition for Ukraine Wednesday after speaking with President Volodymyr Zelensky and reaffirming Washington’s support for Kyiv as it battles Russia’s invasion. The package of $1 billion worth of arms includes more artillery, coastal anti-ship defense systems, and ammunition for artillery and advanced rocket systems that Ukraine is already using, Biden said. In the phone […]
The leaders of the European Union’s biggest economies are making their first trip to Ukraine since Russia sent troops to Ukraine on February 24
Israeli defense firm Elbit Systems has unveiled a multi-mission tactical radar designed for improved border security and protection against enemy drones. Called the DAiR, the system incorporates sophisticated algorithms, multiple digital receivers, and computing cores with artificial intelligence. It can simultaneously detect and track thousands of objects of varying sizes and velocities. According to the […]
Industrial hub under bombardment as Russia focuses offensive on eastern Donbas region
The US Air Force has completed the installation of the Northrop Grumman AN/APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) on a fleet of 72 Air National Guard F-16 aircraft. The installation increases the fleet’s “operational viability and reliability,” providing pilots with “5th generation fighter radar capabilities,” the manufacturer stated. The Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar’s […]
Ukraine has deployed the Harpoon anti-ship missile system provided by Denmark last month, Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov announced last week. Ukraine has fielded the land-based version of the Boeing system to strengthen its coastal defense, as it currently relies on the domestically-produced Neptune anti-ship missile. The Neptune is a Soviet-era system reportedly copied from the […]
The drills ensure combat readiness, and the mutual transfer of technology and knowledge, the Kingdom’s defense ministry stated
Syrian air defenses intercepted most of the missiles