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November 15, 2022  

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BAE Wins £4.2 Bn Order for Next Five Type 26 Frigates for Royal Navy
A British shipyard has been awarded a £4.2 billion contract to build the second batch of Type 26 frigates for the Royal Navy. Delivering on ambitions laid out in the National Shipbuilding Strategy

Liberation of Kherson 'Significant Accomplishment' for Ukraine, Pentagon Says
Over the weekend, Russian forces withdrew from Kherson in Ukraine, a city of more than 280,000. It's a big win for the Ukrainian people and for its military, one senior military official said during a

Norway Signs Record $503M Order for Amraam-D Air-to-Air Missiles
Gro Jære, the director of Defense Materials, today signed an agreement with the US authorities on the purchase of AMRAAM-D air-to-air missiles for use on Norwegian F-35 fighter jets worth approximatel

 


The British Ministry of Defence has awarded BAE Systems a £4.2 billion contract to build the next five City-class Type 26 frigates to follow the three under construction. The contract will support 4,000 UK jobs, the MoD said. Pictured is the lead ship, HMS Glasgow, now nearing her launch. (BAE photo)


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BAE Wins £4.2 Bn Order for Next Five Type 26 Frigates for Royal Navy
A British shipyard has been awarded a £4.2 billion contract to build the second batch of Type 26 frigates for the Royal Navy. Delivering on ambitions laid out in the National Shipbuilding Strategy ...

Liberation of Kherson 'Significant Accomplishment' for Ukraine, Pentagon Says
Over the weekend, Russian forces withdrew from Kherson in Ukraine, a city of more than 280,000. It's a big win for the Ukrainian people and for its military, one senior military official said during a...

US Army Awards $521M Contracts for Guided MLRS
WASHINGTON –-- The U.S. Army awarded multiple contract options worth $520.814 million on Oct. 21 and Nov. 2, 2022, to Lockheed Martin for Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems in order to replenish GM...

Norway Signs Record $503M Order for Amraam-D Air-to-Air Missiles
Gro Jære, the director of Defense Materials, today signed an agreement with the US authorities on the purchase of AMRAAM-D air-to-air missiles for use on Norwegian F-35 fighter jets worth approximatel...

US Imposes New Sanctions on Military Procurement Network Aiding Russia
WASHINGTON --- The United States on Monday targeted Russian military's supply chains, imposing sanctions on 14 individuals and 28 entities that it said were part of a transnational network that procur...

CIA Chief Meets Putin's Spy Chief, Warns Against Nuclear Weapons
LONDON/WASHINGTON --- U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns is in Turkey to deliver a message to President Vladimir Putin's foreign spy chief about the consequences of a potential Ru...

Canadian PM Announces New C$500M Military Aid for Ukraine
BALI, Indonesia --- As Russia continues its brutal, unjustifiable invasion of Ukraine, Canada will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Ukrainian people and our allies, in defence of our sh...

Lithuania Hands Over M-113 Mortar Carriers to Ukraine
Lithuania continues suitably supporting Ukraine militarily: the Armed Forces of Ukraine Monday received mobile heavy mortars mounted on M113 PACs from Lithuania. Lithuania handed over 12 items of ...

GA-ASI Wins Share of $2.3Bn AFRICOM Support Contract
SAN DIEGO --- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and its MQ-9A Remotely Piloted Aircraft will continue to support prime contractor SMX who was recently awarded a task order to provide...

RAF A400M Aircraft Tests Operations with Romanian HIMARS
The trials conducted by a LXX Squadron Atlas A400M aircraft were to test the ability to load and transport the US weapons system currently in service with several NATO allies. The trials concluded ...

Czech Air Force Orders Aero L-39NG Jet Trainers
At the Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic, on November 14, 2022, representatives of the company AERO Vodochody Aerospace and the state-owned enterprise LOM PRAHA signed a contract for the suppl...

Polish Army Begins Field Trials of Borsuk Infantry Fighting Vehicle
On November 14, a presentation of the BORSUK infantry fighting vehicle, which is currently undergoing qualification tests, took place at the Land Forces Military Training Center in Orzysz. Qualific...

Lockheed Wins Another Contract for F-35 Electronics
Lockheed Martin Corp., a Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $27,584,830 cost-plus-incentive-fee undefinitized modification (P00078) to a previously awarded contract (N000...

Latest Diesel-Electric Sub to Enter Service with Russia’s Pacific Fleet
MOSCOW --- The Project 636.3 diesel-electric submarine Ufa built for the Russian Pacific Fleet will enter service on November 16, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Monday. "Russian Navy Command...

Spain to Join NATO's Enhanced Air Policing Mission in Bulgaria
RAMSTEIN, Germany --- Spanish Eurofighters have landed in Bulgaria deployed under NATO enhanced Air Policing. The Spanish Air Force flies alongside their Bulgarian colleagues safeguarding the Airspace...

DGA Certifies Upgraded Leclerc Tank Recovery Vehicle
France’s General Directorate of Armaments (DGA) announced the certification of the modernized Leclerc recovery tank on October 18, 2022. This modernization allows its integration within the Scorpion c...

DGA Takes Delivery of 3rd A330-200 for Tanker Conversion
On November 10, 2022, the General Directorate of Armaments (DGA) received the third and final A330-200 aircraft intended for the Air and Space Force. This aircraft is part of the aeronautical support ...

Boeing Delivers Final CH-47F Chinook to Netherlands
PHILADELPHIA --- Boeing delivered the 20th CH-47F Chinook to the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF), concluding the country’s latest fleet update. “Our continuing partnership with the Royal Nether...

Lockheed Begins Assembling First F-35A for Belgium
The first Belgian F-35A is on the production line at Lockheed Martin's facilities in Fort Worth (USA). It is more precisely the external box of the wing which is the structure of the base of the wi...

French Navy Admits Atlantique 2 Mod 6 to Active Service
On November 10, 2022, Admiral Pierre Vandier, Chief of the Navy, signed the operational entry into service of the Atlantique 2 upgraded to Standard 6, the latest version of the maritime patrol aircraf...

CRS Defense Primer: Hypersonic Boost-Glide Weapons
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is pursuing two types of hypersonic weapons technologies: boost-glide systems that place a maneuverable glide vehicle atop a ballistic missile or rocket booster, a...

US Policy on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems: CRS Report
Lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS) are a special class of weapon systems that use sensor suites and computer algorithms to independently identify a target and employ an onboard weapon system to e...

Swiss Air Force Trains for Night Flying in Britain
BERN --- Between mid-November and the beginning of December 2022, members of the Air Force are training in Leeming (GB) with around ten F/A-18 combat aircraft. Entitled YORKNITE, this exercise in the ...

Chinese Navy's 3rd Type 075 Amphibious Ship Begins Training
The Anhui, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy's third Type 075 amphibious assault ship, recently conducted realistic combat-oriented training, the PLA Navy announced on Thursday. This ind...

ST Engineering Completes Divestment of US Marine Business
SINGAPORE --- Further to its announcement on 7 November 2022, Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) wishes to announce that the divestment of the entire issued and outstanding equity...


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