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U.S. Orders Drones for Taiwan

defence24.pl 1 year ago The United States has decided to sign an agreement with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems for the production of 4 MQ-9B SkyGuardian drones for the Taiwan Armed Forces.

Anti-aircraft breakthrough: IBCS on standby

defence24.pl 1 year ago **The U.S. IBCS air defence management strategy has reached first readiness. This is simply a step towards a fast increase in the US Army's air defence capabilities. The same strategy is being introduced in Polish Patriots.**

Special operation Indian C-130J-30 Super Hercules

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On April 29, the Ministry of Defence of India announced that 1 of the Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Super Hercules transport aircraft belonging to the country's Air Force carried out (on the territory of Sudan) a peculiar operation to evacuate forei...

Republic of Korea orders RQ-4 Global Hawk operatio...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On April 26, the U.S. Department of defence announced the signing of an agreement with the Northrop Grumman corp on the implementation of the RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle support service operated by the Republic of Korea.

US Army light vehicle with laser cannon

defence24.pl 1 year ago The U.S. Army has awarded BlueHalo a contract worth more than $75 million to supply a laser strategy for its 20-kilowatt laser integration program on ISVs to destruct threats to them from drones.

Technical support for Norwegian C-130J-30 Super He...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On April 26, the U.S. Department of State announced approval for the possible sale to Norway of a package of maintenance and logistics services related to the maintenance of Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Super Hercules average transport aircraft.

17th production series of F-35 Lightning II aircra...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On April 28, the United States Department of defence announced the signing of an agreement with Lockheed Martin corp on the order of the 17th production series of multi-role combat aircraft F-35 Lightning II. The contracted batch includes machines ...

2000 pilots trained on F-35 Lightning II

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On April 24, Lockheed Martin announced the completion of the training process by the 2,000th pilot who acquired qualifications to fly multi-role combat aircraft of the F-35 Lightning II family.

Super Hornets fly longer

defence24.pl 1 year ago Boeing has been awarded a $313.4 million contract to upgrade the U.S. Navy's F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet. The package of improvements will let the operation of 25 aircraft to be extended from 6,000 to 10,000 flight hours, the US...

Baptism of the 36th LCS

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On 22 April, the USS Kingsville (LCS 36) was christened at Austal USA Shipyard in Mobile, Alabama. LCS 36 is the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Kingsville. A city that was born out of the request for efficient rail service con...

Navy. Collision launch of the last Freedom LCS

defence24.pl 1 year ago The Americans launched the last ship for coastal operations LCS Freedom-class with a collision. The programme actually failed. Of the sixteen units ordered, eleven were built, and the first of them, despite only thirteen years of service, has already...

Lockheed Martin to deliver more missiles to the Pa...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On April 21, the U.S. Department of defence announced the signing of an agreement with Lockheed Martin on the production of another batch of anti-aircraft missiles for the Patriot PAC-3 system.

Defence24Week: Leopard accident, badger tests, del...

defence24.pl 1 year ago In today's summary of the week, we talked about what happened to the crew of the damaged Leopard, what about the delays in the F-35 for Polish, what crimes were committed by the Wagnerites and how the IFV-Borsuk fared.

Further funds for the modernization of Super Horne...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On April 19, the U.S. Department of defence announced the signing of another agreement with Boeing on the continuation of the modernization program and extension of the method service life of F/A-18E/F Super Hornet multirole combat aircraft.

Polish plants at the next phase of works on the V...

defence24.pl 1 year ago The Polish plant WZL No. 1 and the American Northrop Grumman have moved to the next phase of cooperation on the Polish medium-range air defence systems Wisła.

US Army buys anti-drone systems

defence24.pl 1 year ago Raytheon Technologies has received a $237 million order from the U.S. Army to supply a KuRFS radar station and effectors for the Coyote anti-drone system.

Polish F-35 delayed [DEFENCE24 NEWS]

defence24.pl 1 year ago ** Polish F-35A fighters from batches planned for 2026 and 2027 are to be delivered later than originally planned, Defence24.pl learned unofficially from sources close to the defence industry. During a fresh visit to the United States, Prime Minis...

American guided-missile destroyer in Gdynia

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On April 19, in the early morning hours, the American destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) of the Arleigh Burke Flight II class moored at the French Quay of the Port of Gdynia. As in the case of most erstwhile visits of American ships to the port of Gdyni...

Argentina negotiates the acquisition of submarine...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On 14 April, the Argentine Ministry of Defence announced what it was officially called advanced talks on the acquisition of modern submarines by the country. Buenos Aires plans to get 3 conventional submarines, negotiations on the selection of a su...

Contract for phantom purposes for frigates

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On 18 April, the Armament Agency announced the signing of an agreement with Griffin Group S.A. Defence Sp. K. on the acquisition and transportation of a batch of ammunition intended for marine radio-electronic interference systems on a pair of Poli...

The U.S. Navy ship passed through the Taiwan Strai...

defence24.pl 1 year ago The U.S. destroyer USS Milius passed through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, Reuters reported on Monday. The U.S. Navy described this as regular operations in global waters. The Chinese military said it was monitoring the actions of the U.S....

Initial operational readiness of the MQ-25A only i...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago The U.S. Navy expects the Boeing MQ-25A Stingray unmanned aerial refueling aircraft to scope first operational readiness 1 year later than originally planned. According to Boeing, the hold is due to challenges in building and commissioning the p...

Another unwanted US Navy kid baptized

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On 15 April, the USS Cleveland (LCS 31) of the Littoral Combat Ship class was christened and launched at Fincantieri Marinette Marine's Fincantieri Marine shipyard in Wisconsin. The future USS Cleveland is the 16th and last LCS-class ship built...

New helmet tested by F-22 pilots

defence24.pl 1 year ago Tests of an aviation helmet for American pilots of military aircraft are underway. They are carried out by pilots of F-22A Raptor aircraft. The fresh plan is to replace the solution from the 80s. On all aircraft but the...

The first Black Hawk in Ukraine [VIDEO]

defence24.pl 1 year ago "Having experience operating the Mi-8 and Mi-24, we flew the Black Hawk on the first day we received it. We just sat down and flew," says the Ukrainian pilot of the UH-60A Black Hawk chopper belonging to the Main...

Another agreement has been concluded for the conti...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On April 12, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced that its Newport News Shipbuilding shipyard had signed a supplemental agreement for further procurement of materials and production of key systems for the Columbia strategical atomic powere...

F-35 from sea to sea of NATO's east flank. In the...

defence24.pl 1 year ago “The modernization process of the Air Force will proceed by acquiring the latest generation of F-35 aircraft,” reads a message from the administration of Romanian president Klaus Iohanis, who is besides the president of the country's ultimate ...

Pentagon approves large-scale production of IBCS

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On April 13, Northrop Grumman corp announced that the U.S. Department of defence had approved the start of large-scale production of the Integrated conflict Command strategy (IBCS). In this way, the phase of low-volume production of IBCS comes ...

Embraer strengthens foothold in Europe

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On 11 April, during the LAAD Defence & safety 2023 exhibition, a letter of intent was signed between Embraer and Saab on cooperation in the C-390 Millennium average transport aircraft program.

Production of Polish F-35 has started

defence24.pl 1 year ago The first F-35 Lightning II from Lockheed Martin for the Polish Air Force has formally entered production on the assembly line of the F-35 central airframe in Marietta, Georgia, the aircraft maker Lockheed Martin announced. Prime Minister Mateusz Mo...

BlueHalo to Deliver AMP-HEL Laser to US Army

zbiam.pl 1 year ago BlueHalo has been awarded the contract to build the Army Multi-Purpose advanced Energy Laser (AMP-HEL) strategy for the U.S. Army. The contract signed with the US Army fast Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) is worth USD 45.7 m...

Pre-Christmas visit of an American oil tanker

zbiam.pl 1 year ago From 5 to 8 April, an American fleet tanker USNS John Lenthall (T-AO-189) of the Henry J. Kaiser kind was moored at the French Port of Gdynia to reconstruct combat readiness. Despite the importantly lower activity of American ships in the Baltic Se...

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki at Lockheed Mart...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago The second day of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki's visit to the United States was spent m.in on a visit to the Lockheed Martin corp plants located in Marietta.

Prime Minister: Lockheed Martin is besides a make...

defence24.pl 1 year ago The Lockheed Martin plant is simply a place where not only military equipment is created, but besides safety is created, among others Polish; cooperation will be extended; possibly we will be able to get missiles with an extended scope –...

F-22A Raptor fighter pilots will get fresh helmet...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago In the United States, engineers from the 46th Test Squadron and the 28th Test and Evaluation Squadron are overseeing the investigating of a fresh helmet called the Next Generation Fixed Wing Helmet (NGFWH). 5 F-22A Raptor pilots from 301 Fighter S...

Romania bets on F-35 Lightning II

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On April 11, the Romanian government announced that the ultimate Council for National defence had authorized a task to acquisition Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II multirole combat aircraft for the country's Air Force.

Wednesday's media review from Defence24.pl; Wyboro...

defence24.pl 1 year ago Daily media review from Defence24.pl

Romania to buy F-35

defence24.pl 1 year ago The Romanian ultimate Council of National Defence has approved the acquisition of multi-role aircraft of the 5th Infantry Division. Generation F-35A.

Raptors on Polish soil

defence24.pl 1 year ago Minister Błaszczak said that American F-22 Raptor fighters landed in Poland. The aircraft will cooperate with Polish pilots, continuing support on the east flank of the Alliance.

Green light for series production ISV

defence24.pl 1 year ago The US Army gives the green light to serial production of fresh vehicles for light infantry - ISV (Infantry Squad Vehicle)

Army 2030 - U.S. Army Modernization [ANALYSIS]

defence24.pl 1 year ago In 2009-2010, the US Army underwent a restructuring, in which the focus was on the alleged Brigade Combat Teams, this structure corresponded to the realities of the war against terrorist organizations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the divisions were....

F-22A Raptor air dominance fighters again in Polan...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago April 8 in the 33. The Transport Aviation Base in Powidz landed American aircraft of air dominance Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor. The presence of machines in Poland is the consequence of the rotation of allied forces in Central Europe.

Americans ushered in process of retiring E-3 Sentr...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On April 6, a farewell ceremony for the early informing and command aircraft of the Boeing E-3 Sentry with registration 75-0560 was held at Tinker Air Base, Oklahoma, United States.

Successor to Black Hawk. erstwhile will producti...

defence24.pl 1 year ago The Government Accountability Office considered negatively the complaint of the consortium squad DEFIANT, i.e. Sikorsky and Boeing, regarding the settlement of the FLRAA (Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft) in the vertical-lift program, i.e. the suc...

The Americans decommissioned MC-130H Combat Talon ...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On April 2, at Hurlburt Field Air Force Base in Florida, USA, a farewell ceremony was held for the last Lockheed Martin MC-130H Combat Talon II peculiar forces support aircraft.

Lockheed Martin to Supply Australia's Satellite Co...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On April 3, Lockheed Martin announced the settlement of an global tender procedure conducted by the Australian Defence Forces concerning the supply of a satellite communication system.

GAO rejects protest over settlement of FLRAA progr...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On April 6, the GAO (Government Accountability Office) delivered its verdict to a protest filed by the Sikorsky-Boeing consortium to settle the FLRAA (Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft) program to replace the Lockheed Martin UH-60 Black Hawk multiro...

Will the Greeks buy American Black Hawks?

defence24.pl 1 year ago Greece has issued a formal enquiry regarding the acquisition of UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters. Greek media compose about the anticipation of acquiring 35 Sikorsky UH-60M helicopters with an option for another 14 machines – informs the Greek port...

The US Navy has a fresh LCS with modified turbine...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On 1 April, at Naval Base Ventura region close Santa Barbara, California, the U.S. Navy flag was raised on the USS Santa Barbara, an Independence-class coastal ship. USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) is part of the Independence-class triple-hull. He is th...

Americans are working on HALO

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On March 28, U.S. Marine Aviation Command (NAVAIR) announced that agreements were signed with Lockheed Martin and Raytheon rocket and defence corporations to implement work on HALO hypersonic anti-ship missiles.