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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18th March 2021
Stronger military sales outweigh fall in commercial aviation-related sales amid COVID-19 pandemic.
17th March 2021
KRI Alugoro, constructed for the Indonesian Navy, is the first submarine to be assembled in Southeast Asia.
17th March 2021
McKean Defense leads team to provide hull, electrical, mechanical and other services for Future Surface Combatant.
17th March 2021
Canadian sonar manufacturer invests in centre of excellence.
17th March 2021
All bar three NATO allies saw defence spending growth last year
17th March 2021
The UK Integrated Review, announced on 16 March, hints at upcoming alliances in the Indo-Pacific region amid expectations of a rocky relationship with China.
17th March 2021
Special operations are moving ‘from the memory bank to the frontal lobe’ of UK naval strategic thinking, says the incoming Assistant Chief of Staff for the RN Special Operations Cell.
17th March 2021
The Cocos (Keeling) Islands, deep in the Indian Ocean, is a strategic concern for the Australian military.
16th March 2021
Information on the number of operational UK warheads will no longer be made public, in order to ‘complicate’ calculations of potential aggressors.
16th March 2021
The first part of the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy has given the F-35 programme a financial shot in the arm, but a question mark over aircraft numbers looks only to be resolved once a 'Command Paper' is released on 22 March.
16th March 2021
Nine Lot 16 production F-35As to be delivered in 2023-2024.
16th March 2021
Will four BR710-family engines power new Bombardier Global 6000s for the USAF?
15th March 2021
Poland is the first officially certified operator of the Warmate loitering munition system, although it has been reportedly tested and used elsewhere.
15th March 2021
Once again, funds for UK strategic nuclear deterrent are included in DoD contract modification, announced shortly before release of first part of Integrated Review.
15th March 2021
The latest defence procurement plan for 2021-2023 includes only limited new programmes for the Argentine armed forces.
12th March 2021
The F-35 programme faces the double challenge of an independent technical baseline review and renewed political scrutiny.
12th March 2021
Could the AIM-120 find a place on the next generation of USAF fighters?
12th March 2021
UK named as one of the recipients in latest US Army missile contract modification for Lockheed Martin.
12th March 2021
F-15EX will be a ‘key element of our tactical fighter fleet’, says USAF; two out of eight Lot 1 aircraft will be delivered by end of April 2021.
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