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The F3R Standard of the Dassault Rafale fighter jet reached another milestone with the integration of the Meteor missile. Developed by MBDA within the framework of cooperation involving France, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy, Spain, and Germany, the Meteor is a beyond-visual-range...

The mobile short-range AN/TWQ-1 Avenger air defense missile system is probably the best readily available system for protecting U.S. troops in Syria and Iraq from the growing threat posed to them by enemy drones. In late February, photos purportedly showing Avengers being transported on a...

Mack Defense announced today that the U.S. Army ordered 99 Mack Defense M917A3 non-armored Heavy Dump Trucks (HDT) as part of the previously announced contract that could be worth up to $296.4 million over seven years between the U.S. Department of Defense and Mack Defense. “This order...

U.S. Marines arrive on an MV-22B Osprey at Al-Asad Air Base, Iraq, June 2018. (Corporal Jered T. Stone/USMC)...

The LRDR is almost ready for action and will help protect the American mainland. Nuclear-armed missiles speeding through space, and even hypersonic weapons traveling at five times the speed of sound, may soon have much more difficulty breaking through advanced Pentagon missile defenses. This...

The agreement with Fincantieri will see Leonardo equipping the first two new U212 Near Future Submarines (NFS) due to join the Italian Navy fleet in 2027 and 2029. This is the first time Leonardo is providing a combat management system for a submarine. By adding this capability...

The US Army is currently testing a Tactical Ultrashort Pulsed Laser (UPSL), which is claimed to be a million times more powerful than any other laser platform in the world. This system is engineered to reach 1-terawatt for 200 femtoseconds, enough time to completely vaporize a drone or disrupt...

The Dutch Army has recently completed a two-day live-fire counter-drone trial using Smart Shooter's Smash Fire Control System. The test took place in the Austrian high mountains, as part of the Dutch Defense Department examination of different ways to combat small unmanned systems. Tested...

Raytheon Intelligence & Space, a Raytheon Technologies business, recently delivered the next high-energy laser weapon system to the U.S. Air Force. The HELWS technology will also be deployed in key regions outside the United States for operator training and experimental testing and...

N’DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chad has deployed 1,200 troops to help tackle Islamist militants who have occupied swathes of territory in the West African Sahel region, a statement from a summit of leaders of the region and their allies said on Tuesday. Heads of state of Niger, Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso...

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS (KONGSBERG) has been awarded a contract of approx. MNOK 266 by Norwegian Materiel Defence Agency for upgrade of the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS). The upgrade of the NASAMS Sentinel radar’s Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) ensures...

The French defence procurement agency (DGA) has awarded Thales and Airbus a contract for the new joint tactical signals intelligence (SIGINT) system to upgrade the French forces' critical signals monitoring, direction finding and spectrum analysis capabilities. Contextual illustration: TEWS is...

BAE Systems has been selected to supply 12 Bofors 40 Mk4 naval guns to the Belgian and Dutch navies as part of the Mine Counter Measures Vessels (MCMV) program. The shipbuilding company Kership will install the guns on the fleet of 12 mine hunting vessels – six for Belgium, six for the...

Defense Advanced Research Project Agency LongShot Award Supports Initiative to Increase Weapon Range and Effectiveness Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) Tactical Technology Office (TTO) to develop...

The suspects, who include former security officials, 'developed, manufactured and tested' the weapons before clandestinely selling them. Pictures shared by Israeli law enforcement agencies show equipment for sale by Israelis to an Asian country.Credit: Israel Police Over 20 Israelis...

The U.S. Army has chosen the first unit that will be equipped with hypersonic weapons, as the Pentagon races to catch up with rivals including Russia and China in a field that could reshape the modern battlefield. Defense News reported Wednesday that the Army has now begun sending the required...

The Netherlands and Belgium are jointly replacing the current M-class frigates. Both countries will each receive two ASW Fregates. The intention was that these ships would be identical, but there will now be a (provisional) difference, Jaime Karremann reports on marineschepen.nl: the Belgian...

Photo by Spc. Hilda Clayton The U.S. Army on Monday released a series of documents detailing its plans for a next generation laser target locator. The Army Product Manager, Soldier Precision Targeting Devices (PdM SPTD), located at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, is reaching out to industry to...

An HQ-16 medium-range air-defense missile system attached to an air defense brigade under the PLA 77th Group Army launched a rocket into the air at a military shooting range in desert area in late August, 2020. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Hu yonghui) By Liu Xuanzun China successfully...