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The new helmets will have a night-vision goggle mount, bolt-on accessory rails and a chinstrap extender. The AFSFC is delivering new helmets as part of its effort to standardise and modernise Defender equipment across the USAF. Credit: US Air Force, photo by Senior Airman Taylor Crul. The US...

Rolling Airframe Missile. Photo: Raytheon Raytheon Missiles & Defense has received a $39.3 million order to manufacture the Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) – Block 2 and 2B for the US and Japanese navies. The RAM is a self-defense weapon designed to protect ships from...

Mongla, eastern Shan State, in 2019, where this month’s meeting between the Arakan Army and United Wa State Army took place. / The Irrawaddy By The Irrawaddy 16 September 2022 New leaders of the United Wa State Army (UWSA) and deputy commander-in-chief of the Arakan Army...

The US Army has awarded Javelin Joint Venture a $311 million Javelin missile production contract. The contract includes more than 1,800 Javelin anti-tank missiles and associated equipment to replenish the rounds sent to Ukrainian forces and for Lithuania and Jordan. Ukrainian troops load a...

RIYADH — The activities of the 10th round of the multinational "Eager Lion 2022" maneuvers concluded in Jordan, in the presence of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces Major General Yousef Al-Hunaiti, Head of the Saudi Armed Forces Education and Training Authority...

Airbus Helicopters Press Release | September 16, 2022 Estimated reading time 3 minutes, 34 seconds. The Brazilian armed forces, through the Combat Aircraft Programme Coordinating Committee (COPAC), have acquired 27 single engine H125 helicopters to boost the training capacity of the Brazilian...

ScanEagle drone. Photo: Boeing The US Navy has awarded Boeing subsidiary Insitu a $191 million contract modification to provide extra Blackjack and ScanEagle drones to the US Navy, Marine Corps, and undisclosed foreign military sales customers. The new contract...

F-35 fighter with combat drones. Photo: Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin is investing $100 million of its own money to develop a sophisticated manned-unmanned teaming capability involving F-35 fighter jets and combat drones. Dubbed “Project Carrera,” the initiative...

Taiwan held two days of live fire drills on a strategic island between its coast and China Taiwan's defense ministry Monday announced plans to begin construction of a new military base in Yilan County in the northeastern part of the island, with reports saying the site may be used to...

Elbit Systems Ltd announced today that it was awarded a contract valued at approximately $76 million to supply an Electronic Warfare (EW) training capability to the Air Force of a country in Asia-Pacific. The contract will be performed over a period of two years. Under the contract, Elbit...

Somali National Army (SNA) backed by local militia dubbed Ma’awisley killed more than 100 al-Shabab militants and liberated over 20 villages during security operations carried out in two regional states on Sunday, the government said. The Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism said the...

Haifa, Israel, September 12, 2022 – Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ:ESLT and TASE: ESLT) (“Elbit Systems”) announced today that its U.S. subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America LLC, (“Elbit Systems of America”), was awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract with a maximum...

The Air Force plans to receive a total of 83 fighters that will be upgraded to Vipers The first two upgraded F-16 Vipers arrived in Greece at the facilities of the Hellenic Aviation Industry in Tanagra today. The Air Force plans to receive a total of 83 fighters...

Political scientist Jasmin Mujanović warned the public "about the ploy prepared by Zagreb, Belgrade, but also by some members of the EU and NATO". Political scientist from Bosnia-Herzegovina Jasmin Mujanović warned the public "about the ploy that are being prepared for that country by...

The Egyptian government is on talks over purchase of €5bn worth of Naval Group Barracuda-class submarines from France Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi wants to buy up to six Barracuda-class submarines from Naval Group, the European naval defence leader of which the French state owns 62%. However...

TEHRAN, Sep. 12 (MNA) – Chief Commander of Iran’s Army Navy Force Rear Admiral Shahram Irani announced the unveiling of new missile systems, surface and subsurface vessels in near future. On the occasion of the Sacred Defense Week [the beginning of the imposed Iraqi Baathist regime war...

The systems, worth $6.6 million, will be mounted on Oshkosh's Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) Photo: Slovenian MOD The Slovenian Ministry of Defense has awarded EuroSpike a $6.6 million contract to supply 50 Spike LR2 Long-range Anti-tank Guided Missiles (ATGMs). According to...

Photo: Latvijas Televīzija Latvia's Ministry of Defense is in early negotiations to purchase coastal defense missile systems from the United States, the Ministry said September 9. "Taking into account the National Armed Forces' (NBS') development plans, the Ministry of Defense today...

Iranian Revolutionary Guards navy, Alireza Tangsiri [Twitter] The commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy, Commodore Alireza Tangsiri has stated that the country's naval forces will have a presence in international waters, which he attributed to the recently unveiled...

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS (KONGSBERG) has received an order from Raytheon Missiles & Defense for Naval Strike Missiles (NSM) to the US Navy Over-The-Horizon Weapon System (OTH WS) program worth MNOK 328. Raytheon is prime contractor to the US Navy. The order is related to the OTH WS...