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Land Warfare

Romania signs for 1,059 Otokar Cobra II vehicles

The deal was signed after Otokar became the last bidder standing. The first 278 vehicles will be manufactured in Turkey and the rest built in Romania.

Naval Warfare

Indian naval crew awaits delayed Russian-built frigates

India has been re-evaluating its naval capabilities as its maritime objectives continue to expand beyond the Indian Ocean.

Naval Warfare

Steel cutting begins on German Type 424 SIGINT ships

The new signals vessels will replace the ageing 423 Oste-class ships, which have been operating since the late 1980s.

Air Warfare

Turkey scales back F-16 deal while US shifts position on F-35s, minister claims

Turkish Defence Minister Yaşar Güler gave updates on the country’s F-16 and Eurofighter acquisitions in Parliament, while signalling the US could reinstate Turkey into its F-35 programme.

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Air Warfare

Babcock and KAI to collaborate on training and air base support

29th November 2024

The two companies will focus on military training, support and engineering opportunities across central, eastern and southern Europe.
Land Warfare

Rheinmetall starts work on a new Lithuanian artillery factory

29th November 2024

Rheinmetall’s new factory in Lithuania will produce hundreds of thousands of artillery shells and operations will begin in 2026.
Land Warfare

Babcock delivers first sample under new manufacturing process analysis

29th November 2024

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) gave several companies a contract to establish the usefulness of additive manufacturing for defence equipment.
Naval Warfare

Work begins on Type 26 frigate HMS Sheffield

29th November 2024

Manufacture of the fifth UK City-class frigate has begun in Scotland.
Air Warfare

NSPA and Royal Netherlands Air Force sign LoI on MRTT training integration

29th November 2024

The Letter of Intent (LoI) will allow for the integration of training of the Airbus A330 Multi Role Tank Transport (MRTT) fleet between the the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) and other groups.
Air Warfare

Boeing’s orderbook boosted with new US Air Force contracts

29th November 2024

Recent orders for the Boeing KC-46A tanker for the US Air Force (USAF) and engineering support for the Japan Air Self-Defence Force give a boost to the US manufacturer’s orderbook.
Air Warfare

Finland’s Summa Defence establishes drone production facility with Ukrainian partners

28th November 2024

The Finnish defence and security group will work with Ukrainian drone companies to speed up production of platforms for Ukraine and across the European Union (EU) and NATO countries.
Naval Warfare

German Navy tests BlueWhale autonomous underwater vehicle

28th November 2024

The autonomous underwater vehicle was tested in the tough environment of the Baltic Sea.
Naval Warfare

Singapore decommissions last two Challenger-class submarines

27th November 2024

RSS Conqueror and RSS Chieftain were retired on 25 November, marking the end of the first era of Singaporean submarines.
Land Warfare

Otokar moves forward on Alpar UGV

27th November 2024

Otokar plans to make Alpar fully autonomous with a minimum of external assistance, as well as interfacing with other crewed and uncrewed systems on the battlefield.
Naval Warfare

Tusk calls for maritime policing in Black Sea to meet “threat posed by Russia”

27th November 2024

The Polish prime minister made the call ahead of a meeting of Baltic and Nordic ministers to discuss security and geopolitics in the region.
Air Warfare

L3Harris wins $1 billion communications system contract from US Navy

27th November 2024

The company will deliver its Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System Terminal (MIDS JTRS) to the US over the next five years.
Air Warfare

US Army gets first Global 6500 aircraft for HADES programme

27th November 2024

The Global 6500 fixed-wing platform will help the US Army modernise its Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) fleet by 2030.
Naval Warfare

Dropped lawsuit could mean South Korean companies cooperate on future warship building bids

27th November 2024

Hanwha Ocean and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries could begin cooperating early in 2025 after both companies failed in their bids for Australia’s replacement fleet for its Anzac-class frigates.
Land Warfare

GDIT awarded $330 million in US Army training contracts

27th November 2024

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) will provide training to Army Contracting Command and is already contracted to support training for III Armored Corps complexes, US Army Flight School Training and US Navy.
Defence Notes

Romanians put pro-Russian candidate into presidential runoff even as the government spends west

26th November 2024

Romania joined NATO more than two decades ago and the country is vital to the alliance’s geographic reach and its ability to supply Ukraine with weapons.
Air Warfare

Should the US be concerned about the state of its nuclear arsenal?

26th November 2024

“We are going to get spare parts out of museums,” warns a former commander of USSTRATCOM.
Land Warfare

Red Cat to begin Black Widow sUAS production in early 2025

26th November 2024

Red Cat, recently selected for the US Army’s ambitious SRR programme to supply warfighters with the next-generation Black Widow sUAS, will begin production on the uncrewed platform in early 2025.
Air Warfare

L3 Harris completes review of satellite communications payloads

26th November 2024

L3Harris is involved with four satellite programmes for missile tracking and communications for the US Space Development Agency (SDA).