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August 24, 2022  

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US to Send $3 Billion in Aid to Ukraine
WASHINGTON --- As Russia's war on Ukraine drags on, U.S. security assistance is shifting to a longer-term campaign that will likely keep more American military troops in Europe into the future, includ

Italian Army’s New AW249 Attack Helicopter Makes Early Maiden Flight
The first prototype of the Leonardo AW249 next-generation attack helicopter flew for the first time on August 12, 2022, from the company’s plant in Vergiate. The helicopter, formally designated as AW2

German Leopard Tanks to Replace BMP-1s That Slovakia Will Give to Ukraine
The Slovak Republic will support Ukraine in the fight against Russian aggression with 30 BVP-1 vehicles taken from its stocks, and as compensation will receive 15 Leopard 2 A4 tanks. The Minister of D

 


Leonardo’s AW249 attack helicopter, under development for the Italian Army since 2017, made its first flight on Tuesday. Italian media reports claim that Germany could join the AW249 program instead of upgrading its Tiger attack helicopters to Mk III standard. (Twitter photo)


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US to Send $3 Billion in Aid to Ukraine
WASHINGTON --- As Russia's war on Ukraine drags on, U.S. security assistance is shifting to a longer-term campaign that will likely keep more American military troops in Europe into the future, includ...

Italian Army’s New AW249 Attack Helicopter Makes Early Maiden Flight
The first prototype of the Leonardo AW249 next-generation attack helicopter flew for the first time on August 12, 2022, from the company’s plant in Vergiate. The helicopter, formally designated as AW2...

German Leopard Tanks to Replace BMP-1s That Slovakia Will Give to Ukraine
The Slovak Republic will support Ukraine in the fight against Russian aggression with 30 BVP-1 vehicles taken from its stocks, and as compensation will receive 15 Leopard 2 A4 tanks. The Minister of D...

Tensions Mount as S. Korea Moves to Normalize THAAD Base
SEONGJU, South Korea --- Tensions are mounting around a U.S. THAAD missile defense unit here, one week ahead of the government's deadline for normalizing access to the base despite local residents' op...

Hungary Takes Delivery of First PzH2000 Self-Propelled Guns
The first PzH2000 type self-propelled gun will arrive in Hungary on Wednesday, which is an important tool for the reconstruction of the armored force, which was abolished under the [previous] left-win...

China Restarts Mass Production of Type 052D Destroyers
With five Type 052D destroyers allegedly spotted under construction at the Dalian Shipyard, China is said to have restarted the mass production of this type of warship, with foreign media hyping that ...

US Carries Out Precision Strikes in Syria
Attributable to Colonel Joe Buccino, USCENTCOM Communication Director: TAMPA, Fla. --- “At President Biden’s direction, U.S. military forces conducted precision airstrikes in Deir ez-Zor Syria to...

Sec-Gen Stresses NATO’s Long-Term Support for Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg participated with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other world leaders in the online Summit of the International Crimea Platform on Tuesday (23 August 2022). H...

Germany to Send €500 Million in New Weapons to Ukraine
Germany is prepared to ship in 2023 more than €500 million ($499.3 million) in weapons to help Ukraine fend off the ongoing Russian invasion, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced. Among other thing...

Russian Warship Launches Kalibr Cruise Missile in White Sea
MOSCOW --- The small missile ship Mytishchi of Russia’s Baltic Fleet has carried out a combat training launch of a Kalibr-NK cruise missile in the White Sea, the Baltic Fleet’s press-service has said....

NATO Executes Complex Multi-National Exercise Over Slovakia
RAMSTEIN, Germany --- Allied fighters, bombers and support aircraft conducted a large-scale, complex, multinational exercise over NATO's Eastern flank, August 22. The participation of such a divers...

Saab’s CEROS 200 Radar Arrives in US for Demonstration
Saab’s CEROS 200 has arrived in the United States, from Sweden, for test and system demonstration by the U.S. Navy. CEROS 200 is a multi-mission precision gunfire and missile control system for surfac...

Oslo to Provide Norwegian-Built Drone to Ukraine
Norway and Great Britain are joining forces to acquire the Norwegian micro-drone Black Hornet, which is being donated to Ukraine. The cost will be up to NOK 90 million. The package includes Black H...

New US Coast Guard Cutters Arrive in Bahrain
MANAMA, Bahrain –-- USCGC John Scheuerman (WPC 1146) and USCGC Clarence Sutphin Jr. (WPC 1147) are two of the Coast Guard’s six newest Sentinel-class fast response cutters (FRC) now stationed in Bahra...

MH-139A Grey Wolf Helicopter to Enter Developmental Testing
DUKE FIELD, Fla. --- In mid-August 2022, the U.S. Air Force accepted ownership of four MH-139A Grey Wolf test aircraft – mere weeks after Boeing completed the final FAA Supplemental Type Certification...

US Army Tests Production Infantry Squad Vehicles
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina --- Airborne equipment testers here are working with aerospace engineers on modifying airdrop rigging techniques because of structural and mechanical changes made by the man...

US Army Details Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle Contract
DETROIT ARSENAL, Mich. --- The U.S. Army today announced it has selected BAE Land and Armaments L.P., Sterling Heights, Michigan, to produce the Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle, or CATV. Delivery...

Indian Navy Flight-Tests Vertical Launch Short-Range SAM
Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Navy successfully flight-tested Vertical Launch Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandi...

GPS Jamming and Avoidance Around Modern Warzones
A new open-source signals intelligence tool could help pilots and navigators avoid concentrations of GPS jamming. The jamming of satellite navigation signals is the scourge of the navigator. It is ...

Australian and French Air Forces Strengthen Ties
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and the French Air and Space Force (FASF) rendezvoused over the Coral Sea on 17 August 2022. Following the FASF’s deployment from France to New Caledonia, trav...

BAE Systems to Perform Extended Work Aboard USS Ross
BAE Systems has received a $107.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy to modernize the guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71). Under this extended dry-docking selected restricted availability (...

Modified X-62 Test-Bed Helps Develop Tactical Autonomy
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio --- The Air Force Research Laboratory Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation office has invested $15 million upgrading a decades-old workhorse to make it relevan...


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