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July 25, 2022  

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(Free access) FCAS: Is Germany Heading for a Crash?
PARIS --- Born in joy, died in indifference: will this be the fate of the Future Combat Air Systems (FCAS)? Over the five years between July 13, 2017 to July 13, 2022, the FCAS has not landed, but

Polish Armaments Agency Details Massive Arms Procurement Plan from Korea
WARSAW --- The Polish government will sign a number of contracts to buy a wide range of South-Korean weapons, the spokesman of the Polish Armaments Agency, Lt. Col. Krzysztof Płatek, said during an in

Germany to Deploy Eurofighter Detachment to Singapore and Australia
BERLIN --- With Rapid Pacific, the German Air Force is demonstrating its readiness for action: It is cooperating with valued partners worldwide, and at the same time is directly and active air policin

 


According to its Armaments Agency, Poland will this week sign contracts launching a long-term cooperation deal with South Korea on army equipment, including acquisition or coproduction of 1,000 K2 tanks, 700 K9 self-propelled guns, and up to 1,400 infantry combat vehicles. (Hyundai photo)


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(Free access) FCAS: Is Germany Heading for a Crash?
PARIS --- Born in joy, died in indifference: will this be the fate of the Future Combat Air Systems (FCAS)? Over the five years between July 13, 2017 to July 13, 2022, the FCAS has not landed, but...

(Free access) NATO Must Replace 240 Russian Helicopters
WARSAW --- The intricate problem tied to post-Soviet helicopters is related to the long-term effects of the war in Ukraine. Poland operates the largest Mi-8/17, Mi-14, and Mi-24 fleets in the region, ...

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Polish Armaments Agency Details Massive Arms Procurement Plan from Korea
WARSAW --- The Polish government will sign a number of contracts to buy a wide range of South-Korean weapons, the spokesman of the Polish Armaments Agency, Lt. Col. Krzysztof Płatek, said during an in...

Germany to Deploy Eurofighter Detachment to Singapore and Australia
BERLIN --- With Rapid Pacific, the German Air Force is demonstrating its readiness for action: It is cooperating with valued partners worldwide, and at the same time is directly and active air policin...

Condor Orders 41 Airbus A320neo Aircraft
TOULOUSE, France --- German Airline Condor Flugdienst GmbH has selected the A320neo Family to modernize its Single-Aisle-fleet. The agreement will cover 41 aircraft, via lease and via direct purchase....

Bath Iron Works, Ingalls to Compete for DDG(X) Destroyer Design
Bath Iron Works (BIW), Bath, Maine (N00024-22-C-2318); and Huntington Ingalls Inc., Ingalls Shipbuilding (Ingalls), Pascagoula, Mississippi (N00024-22-C-2319), are being awarded cost-plus-award-fee, c...

Four More HIMARS in Latest $270M US Arms Package for Ukraine
Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced $270 million in additional security assistance for Ukraine. This includes President Biden's announcement of a Presidential Drawdown of security assista...

Greece Proceeds with Purchase of F-35, Wants 20 Initially
ATHENS --- Greece has sent an official request to the United States for the purchase of 20 Lockheed Martin-made F-35 fighter jets, the country's prime minister said on Thursday. NATO member Greece ...

Germany Reveals New Force Model for NATO from 2025
BERLIN --- In order to meet the growing threats, particularly from Russia, NATO is reorganizing itself. This also includes the New Force Model, in which Germany will participate with more than 30,000 ...

Royal Navy Training Ukrainians to Operate Minehunters
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Havrylov and UK Armed Forces Minister James Heappey met Ukrainian sailors being trained by the Royal Navy in Scotland and visited infantry training by the Army in England. Ukrai...

China More Aggressive, Dangerous to US and Allies: US General
JAKARTA --- The Chinese military has become significantly more aggressive and dangerous over the past five years, the top U.S. military officer said during a trip to the Indo-Pacific that included a s...

First M-1 Abrams Tanks Delivered to Poland for Training
WARSAW --- Mariusz Błaszczak, head of the Polish MoD, announced via Twitter that the first M1A2 SEPv2 MBTs have already been delivered to the Land Forces Training Centre. The MBTs have been borrowed f...

Chinese C919 Jetliner Nears Certification, to Enter Service in 2023
The Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (COMAC) on Saturday said the C919 jet is nearing certification after six test aircraft completed test flights. A total of six C919 test planes have finished th...

Airbus, Northrop Grumman Partner for Future UK Milsatcoms
STEVENAGE, UK --- Airbus and Northrop Grumman have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding covering their intention to address the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) SKYNET Enduring Capability (SKEC) m...

UK MoD Looking for Smarter, Cooperative Missiles
LONDON --- The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is pleased to launch a new Themed Competition called It’s Good for Missiles to Talk. Run on behalf of the Defence Science and Technology Laborato...

China to Train Pilots Faster As Warplane Production Booms
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force and Naval Aviation Force have recently made new progress in their new pilot recruitment and training programs at a time when China is expanding its...

Royal Navy Tracks Movements of Russian Subs into North Sea
A Royal Navy warship has tracked the movements of two Russian submarines as they sailed into the North Sea. British submarine hunter HMS Portland was on watch as cruise missile submarine Severodvin...

NZ Defence Force to Support Pacific on Maritime Security
The New Zealand Defence Force will support Pacific Island partners through a range of maritime security and other support in the next three months, Minister of Defence Peeni Henare announced today. ...

Northrop Demos Joint Integrated Fires During Valiant Shield
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. --- Northrop Grumman Corporation’s systems fused sensor information from multiple services to create a fire-control-quality composite track on a multi-service network during U.S. Ind...

Four Unmanned Surface Vessels Operated in RIMPAC
WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Four prototype Unmanned Surface Vessels are participating in the Rim of the Pacific 2022 exercise, known as RIMPAC, delivering warfighting capabilities and extending the reach of ...

Lithuania Advises Slovenia for Boxer Procurement: Vice Minister
On July 21 Vice Minister of National Defence Vilius Semeška met with State Secretary for Defence of Slovenia Damir Črnčec during a visit to Ljubljana to share information and Lithuania’s experience ...

Kratos to Demonstrate Military SATCOM Modernization
SAN DIEGO --- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced today that it was awarded a contract from the U.S. Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command to demonstrate a virtualized SATCOM ...

Austal USA Delivers LCS 32 to US Navy
Austal Limited is pleased to announce that Austal USA has delivered the future USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) to the United States Navy. Santa Barbara is the 16th Independence-variant Littoral Combat S...

US Army Looks to Provide On-The-Move Power Generation
DETROIT ARSENAL --- Last week U.S Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center engineers, together with their counterparts at Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillanc...


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