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August 23, 2022  

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US Would Consider Supplying B-21 Bombers to Australia: Official
A senior Washington official has indicated that the United States would consider providing Australia with B-21 Raider long-range bombers, if Canberra requested them. US Air Force Secretary Frank Ke

Swiss Government Validates Signatures of ‘Stop F-35’ Petition But May Avoid Vote
BERN --- The federal popular initiative against the F-35 (Stop F-35), submitted on August 16, 2022 has been formally recognised. The examination of the signature lists by the Federal Chancellery s

US May Have Secretly Supplied Some Weapons to Ukraine: Report
WASHINGTON --- Rumors are swirling around Washington that the United States has provided Ukraine with more weapons than the administration has announced publicly. On Friday, a senior Pentagon offic

 


In the wake of the AUKUS agreement, the United States seems to have lifted previous restrictions on the weapons it is prepared to supply to Australia, and now says it would consider a request for B-2 bombers were Australia to make one. (USAF photo)


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US Would Consider Supplying B-21 Bombers to Australia: Official
A senior Washington official has indicated that the United States would consider providing Australia with B-21 Raider long-range bombers, if Canberra requested them. US Air Force Secretary Frank Ke...

Swiss Government Validates Signatures of ‘Stop F-35’ Petition But May Avoid Vote
BERN --- The federal popular initiative against the F-35 (Stop F-35), submitted on August 16, 2022 has been formally recognised. The examination of the signature lists by the Federal Chancellery s...

US May Have Secretly Supplied Some Weapons to Ukraine: Report
WASHINGTON --- Rumors are swirling around Washington that the United States has provided Ukraine with more weapons than the administration has announced publicly. On Friday, a senior Pentagon offic...

Johns Hopkins Uni. Wins $10.6Bn Pentagon Research Contract
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, is awarded a $4,396,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for research, development, ...

BAE Wins $278M Order for Beowulf Articulated Tracked Vehicle
BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P., Sterling Heights, Michigan, was awarded a $278,182,786 firm-fixed-price contract for production units, spare parts and contractor logistics support for the Cold Weat...

Pentagon Shakes Up US Military Engine Duopoly
The U.S. Air Force recently handed contracts to five different companies, each one with a maximum value close to $1 billion, for work related to the Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion program, or NGA...

Germany to Supply Vulcano 155mm PGM to Ukraine
The German Federal Government issued a statement on the acquisition of 225 Vulcano projectiles for the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the EU. These are precision artillery rounds that can destroy tar...

Pentagon Was Warned of Ejection Seat Fault in April: Navsea
INDIAN HEAD, MD. –-- In April, an ejection seat manufacturer officially notified the Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) Cartridge Actuated Devices/Propellant Actuated Device...

Netherlands to Provide Further Support to Ukraine
The Netherlands will provide Ukraine with additional support in the war the country is facing, and for the country’s reconstruction. Minister of Defence Kajsa Ollongren and Minister for Foreign Trade ...

Crimea Attacks Reveal Russian Military Weakness
For generations, Crimea has anchored Russia’s military power in the Black Sea. Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed that it would remain Russian forever after he annexed it in 2014. But a spate of e...

First Mission for Italian Eurofighters in Poland Air Policing
MALBORK, Poland --- The enhanced Air Policing mission is aimed at ensuring the surveillance of NATO airspace and guaranteeing rapid intervention in the presence of unidentified aircraft in case of nee...

Chinese Navy Conducts Anti-Submarine Drills in East China Sea
SHANGHAI --- China's Armed Forces conducted anti-submarine, live-fire drills in the area of the East China Sea, according to a short video clip shown on Monday by China Central Television. The Jiax...

GD, CDW Wins Canadian Command and Control Contract
OTTAWA --- Together with CDW Canada, General Dynamics Mission Systems–Canada announced today that it has been awarded a multi-year contract to provide the Network Command and Control Integrated Situat...

Serbian Army Trains on Lazar 3 AFVs, KUB Air-Defense Missiles
The Army infantry battalions’ professional members are undergoing their collective training with wheeled armored combat vehicles “Lazar 3”. The training aims to maintain and enhance infantry office...

Serco to Build Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel for DARPA
DARPA is moving into Phase 2 of the No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) program, which seeks to build and demonstrate a revolutionary new Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV) that can go to sea and per...

Nordic Countries to Coordinate Ammunition Supply
Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden have recently signed an agreement that gives the countries increased security of supply in the area of ammunition. The agreement was signed by FMV director general ...

Norway Orders Programmable Carl-Gustaf Munitions
The order is signed within a 15-year framework agreement that allows the Norwegian Armed Forces to place orders for Carl-Gustaf ammunition and weapons. This includes the new programmable high explosiv...

Spain Completes Design Phase of VCR 8x8 Dragon Program Ends
The VCR 8x8 Dragon Armored Wheeled Vehicle Program has completed the system design phase with Critical Design Review (CDR) approval on Thursday, July 28, 2022. The main objective of the CDR is to d...

Latvian Minehunting Program Passes Factory Acceptance Test
Last June, ECA Group welcomed the Latvian Navy to carry out the Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) for their modernised ship's Command and Control (CC) system and Mine Identification and Disposal systems ...

Denmark to Expand Harbor to Boost NATO Landing Capacity
Defense Minister Morten Bødskov today signed a coordination agreement with Esbjerg Harbor and Esbjerg Municipality to work for an expansion of Esbjerg Harbor. Thus, Denmark will be able to receive a b...

New Team to Bid for Australian Landing Craft Contract
The Australian Maritime Alliance (AMA) has teamed with IMC Naval Architects (IMC) to deliver a state-of-the-art solution for the Australian Army’s LAND 8710 Phase 1A program. The AMA, a joint ventu...

Collins Flight-Tests Next-Gen MS-110 Sensor Pod
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa --– Collins Aerospace has successfully completed the first flight test of its newest Fast-Jet reconnaissance pod, the MS-110 Multispectral Airborne Reconnaissance system, on an F-16...

DOD Holds Industry Day for Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve
The Department of Defense concluded an Industry Engagement Day on July 26 for the Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve (RDER) at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU-APL). More than 470 atte...

GAO Lists 84 Unmet Priority Recommendations for Pentagon
Each year, we make more than 1,000 recommendations to help improve the federal government. We alert department heads to where they can save the most money, address issues on our High-Risk List, or sig...

Oshkosh Awarded Five New Patents on Hybrid Electric JLTV
OSHKOSH, Wis. --- Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation company, today announced that it was granted five new patents for the Oshkosh Defense hybrid electric Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, or eJ...


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