General Atomics Aeronautical Systems secured a nearly $2 billion deal for MQ-9B uncrewed aerial systems, while Raytheon’s counter-UAS system was secured for $1 billion.
An amendment to the Brazilian Constitution currently under discussion would permanently assign 2% of annual GDP to the defence budget, potentially cementing modernisation programmes for the country’s armed forces.
Further tests will be carried out on the existing fleet, ahead of the Royal Air Force’s anticipated transition from MQ-9A Reaper aircraft to the MQ-9B Protector by the end of 2025.
Multiple questions involving the largest US Foreign Military Sale in history remain unanswered.
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19th August 2021
Developed by the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) with the help of Raytheon, the Flexible Distributed Radar Array (FlexDAR) system is said to offer improvements in detection, tracking and electronic protection.
19th August 2021
Turkish manufacturer's SISS submarine-based sonar system will reduce Turkish Naval Forces' reliance on foreign suppliers, while upgraded YAKAMOS package will equip export corvettes.
19th August 2021
Australia's navy continues to benefit from new-build and upgrade programmes, including destroyers and frigates.
18th August 2021
The American service provider has recently taken delivery of its third of four ex-Singapore KC-135R tankers.
18th August 2021
India will import GE engines for upcoming LCA Mk1A fighters, but still plans to domestically assemble them for the Mk2.
18th August 2021
Hughes to offer satellite networking solutions as part of a USAF contract to support the development of the ABMS.
18th August 2021
Live test combines in-service gateway translations across existing data links with AI-enhanced networking.
18th August 2021
USAF awards a new contract to develop and demonstrate autonomous technologies.
18th August 2021
Ares Shipyard CEO says that the first Ulaq USV should be delivered by the end of 2021, and a foreign customer is interested in the anti-submarine warfare variant.
18th August 2021
Babcock to support the Irish Navy’s Samuel Beckett Class, with work to commence later this year in Co. Cork, Ireland.
18th August 2021
DoD announces FMS option for South Korea to receive one more engine to power Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft.
18th August 2021
Turkish UAV is the first in its class to be fully controllable via satellite, manufacturer UAVERA claims.
18th August 2021
The world has been shocked by the US and allies departing Afghanistan with their tails between their legs. The abandonment is symptomatic of serious problems within the US defence establishment.
18th August 2021
The rollout of South Korea's indigenous KSS-III submarines has begun, while LIG Nex1 is claiming early success in the CIWS-II programme.
18th August 2021
UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace first announced the Refreshed National Shipbuilding Strategy on 16 March at the Society of Maritime Industries Annual Conference, adding it would include a 30-year pipeline of all government vessels over 150t.
17th August 2021
The new Il-112V military transport aircraft has crashed in a forested area outside the Kubinka airfield, near Moscow, during a training flight.
17th August 2021
Incumbent supplier HDT Global to supply more new transporter erectors for the Minuteman III.
17th August 2021
RfP from Turkish defence procurement agency suggests naval requirements beyond existing unmanned surface platforms.
17th August 2021
USN awards second recent major service contract for the maintenance and modernisation of LCSs to Austal USA.
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