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Australia abandons acquisition of helicopters for...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On 1 March, Australian Army staff reported that a program to acquisition specialised peculiar forces support helicopters — task 2097 Phase 4 — had been cancelled. The reason for this decision has not been made public.

Americans have 'new' cruiser

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On February 27, the U.S. Navy announced that the cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) would be named USS Robert Smalls (CG 62). The reason for this decision is American political correctness, associated with the removal of symbols of the Confederate ...

Indonesia with the first C-130J-30 Super Hercules

defence24.pl 1 year ago Lockheed Martin announced on social media that it has delivered the first of 5 C-130J-30 Super Hercules transport aircraft to the Indonesian Air Force. The aircraft will service in Jakarta.

Pratt & Whitney presents a solution to problems wi...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago Pratt & Whitney present announced the improvement of a fast upgrade of the F135 engines powering the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft in all variants. The implemented solution will shortly let the resumption of deliveries of aircra...

F-35B passed exam in Singapore

defence24.pl 1 year ago Singapore will exercise its option on 8 additional 5th generation short take-off and vertical landing multirole aircraft, the F-35. This was announced by Singapore's Minister of Defence, Minister Ng Eng Hen. Previously, modern polis ordered 4 machi...

General Atomics with fresh success in Japan

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On February 27, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems announced that the offer of this entity was selected in a tender procedure aimed at the supply of MALE class unmanned aerial vehicles to the nipponese Maritime Self-Defense Forces.

Northrop Grumman besides curious in AFSC

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On February 27, Northrop Grumman reported that it had responded to a marketplace survey conducted by the NSPA for the AFSC program to research the anticipation of purchasing fresh early informing and command aircraft for a joint NATO squadron....

The F-35s will fly again. Engine deliveries resume...

defence24.pl 1 year ago The F-35 Joint Program Office has restored deliveries of Pratt & Whitney F135 engines utilized in 5th generation F-35 aircraft after a nearly two-month shutdown. It was caused by method problems that caused the F-35B to crash in December...

Lockheed Martin Directs First Production Contract ...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago Lockheed Martin placed its first production order with the Military Armaments Plant (WZU), a company of the Polish Armaments Group. As part of the offset agreement of the first phase of the “Wisła” program, WZU received a preliminary order worth PLN ...

First offset agreement in Wisła program

defence24.pl 1 year ago As part of the offset agreement, Phase 1 of the “Wisla” program, the Military Armaments Plant (WZU) received a preliminary order worth PLN 7 million ($1.5 million) to Lockheed Martin. “Our partnership with Polish manufacture provides the Ministry of...

US Army upgrades BSL RQ-7B Shadow Fleet

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On February 21, Textron announced that it had signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of defence to supply operational support services and upgrade its fleet of RQ-7B Shadow unmanned flying apparatus.

Further funds to make F-35 Lightning II aircraft...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On February 23, the United States Department of defence announced the signing of 2 agreements with Lockheed Martin for the improvement of the F-35 Lightning II household multirole combat aircraft.

Singapore to increase the number of F-35B Lightnin...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On 24 February, the Ministry of Defence of Singapore announced that after evaluating data on the operational possible of the F-35B Lightning II aircraft, it would usage the contract option and grow the order of the first tranche of machines of thi...

Northrop Grumman tests EMRIS

zbiam.pl 1 year ago Northrop Grumman corp has introduced its first electronically-scanned multifunction reconfigurable integrated sensor (EMRIS) into the integration and investigating phase. According to the manufacturer's declaration, the sensor architecture is easy ...

End of production of F/A-18E/F Super Hornet on the...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On February 23, Boeing announced the future of the assembly line for the final multirole combat aircraft of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet household located in St.Louis. Unfortunately, current estimates indicate that it will cease operations later in th...

Northrop Grumman to deliver NHGTS strategy for U...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago The U.S. Marine Corps awarded Northrop Grumman corp a contract for the first production and support of the Next Generation Handheld Targeting strategy (NGHTS). NGHTS is simply a compact sighting strategy that provides high...

Indonesia has received the first copy of the C-130...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On 22 February, the Indonesian Air Force reported that a ceremony for the formal reception of the first Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Super Hercules average transport aircraft took place in Marietta, Georgia the day before.

Saab curious in participating in AFSC program

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On 21 February, Saab announced a consequence to the NSPA marketplace survey on the AFSC program to acquisition fresh early informing and command aircraft.

Mielec with a contract for the service of military...

defence24.pl 1 year ago Faculty of Aviation Technology 3. The Regional Logistics Base has completed the procurement procedure for the maintenance of An-28 and M-28 aircraft in 2023-2026. Its contractor was Polskie Zakłady Lotnicze from Mielec, belonging to the Sikorsky-Lock...

Black Hawk in Ukraine

defence24.pl 1 year ago At least 1 Black Hawk chopper is utilized in Ukraine, according to materials posted by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of defence of Ukraine HUR. The device comes from the stock of an American company that buys...

Floating Marine transporter works with drone

defence24.pl 1 year ago defenceindustrynews.com BAE System, in partnership with Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, has successfully tested fresh reconnaissance and strike capabilities for the U.S. Marine Corps.

Space Force is looking for fresh systems to take ...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago The US Space Force is looking for fresh systems to take out space equipment. The aim of the programme is to grow the possibilities associated with transport to Earth orbit by allowing new, smaller but foreseeable enterprises to this kind of task. ...

Second tranche of budgetary appropriations for the...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On February 16, the United States Department of defence announced the launch of a second tranche of budget funds for the implementation of plan and engineering work related to the program to build next-generation destroyers, which hide under the co...

Hypersonic modernization of Zumwalt-class destroye...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On February 17, the United States Department of defence and Lockheed Martin signed a multi-year agreement to modernize Zumwalt-class destroyers. 1 key component will be arming them with CPS hypersonic missiles.

A fast transport of the US Navy with the features ...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On February 17, Austal USA at Mobile, Alabama, handed over the fast expeditionary transport USNS Apalachicola to the U.S. Navy. It is presently the largest surface ship in the United States Navy with autonomous capabilities. USNS Apalachicola (EPF 1...

Tests of tiny unmanned aerial vehicles with ACV a...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On February 16, BAE Systems announced that in cooperation with the Skunk Works division of Lockheed Martin, it had conducted successful tests of tiny unmanned reconnaissance aircraft Stalker and Indago. These tiny unmanned vehicles will be the equi...

Will Rheinmetall Join Parts Suppliers for F-35 Lig...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On February 17, Rheinmetall announced that it had signed a letter of intent with US corporations Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman regarding the anticipation of locating a production line in the above company for the production of the central fu...

Denmark is gradually expanding its presence in Ar...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On 13 February, the Kingdom of Denmark began the process of acquiring a strategy to increase its presence in the Arctic area on water, air and land. This procedure results straight from the provisions of the Annex to Denmark's current defence poli...

Contract for fresh Bell 407GXi helicopters

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On 17 February, the Police office announced the signing of an agreement with JB Investments Sp. z o.o. on the acquisition and transportation of 4 Bell 407GXi multi-role patrol and reflection helicopters intended for the Police Aviation Board.

Defence24Week #17: F-35 in Poland, Biden in Warsaw...

defence24.pl 1 year ago Defence24Week is simply a fresh format in which we summarize the most crucial information of the last week related to the broadly understood defence sector and the safety sector.

Will Germany produce F-35?

defence24.pl 1 year ago American companies Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman have signed a letter of intent with the German concern Rheinmetall AG. According to its content, Germany would start production of a large and crucial component of the 5th generation F-35 mult...

More M109A7 for US Army

defence24.pl 1 year ago The US Department of defence has signed an agreement with BAE Systems Land and Armaments to acquisition self-propelled cannon howitzers.

Textron details METS program data

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On February 16, the Textron corp made public the details of the METS program and the participation of the above entity in the U.S. Navy's school aviation modernization task in the coming years.

F-35 and MiG-29 together guarding NATO's east fla...

defence24.pl 1 year ago Eight F-35As joined the Polish MiG-29s in Königsberg Malborski, at the gates of the Russian Kaliningrad Oblast. The goal of joint training and getting to know the alliance's aircraft, as well as protecting the east flank of the North...

Lockheed Martin strengthens its presence in India

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On February 15, during the Aero India Air Show 2023, representatives of the Lockheed Martin corp announced that a service center for C-130J Super Hercules average transport aircraft will be located in India.

USA: Black Hawk disaster in Alabama

defence24.pl 1 year ago In Alabama, a U.S. military chopper UH-60 Black Hawk crashed Wednesday afternoon. No 1 survived this disaster.

2.5 million hours of global fleet C-130J Super Her...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On February 14, Lockheed Martin reported that the global fleet of C-130J Super Hercules household medium-sized transport aircraft exceeded 2.5 million air hours.

$6 billion for armament to Canadian F-35s

zbiam.pl 1 year ago According to local press reports, Canada intends to spend more than $6 billion on weapons designed for Lockheed Martin F-35 aircraft. This sum so increases the expenditure associated with the acquisition of the aircraft themselves. callback that fo...

Tuesday's media review from Defence24.pl; North Ko...

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

New Zealand begins the process of phasing out C-13...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On February 10, the fresh Zealand Ministry of Defence announced the start of the process of decommissioning Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules average transport aircraft belonging to the RNZAF.

Destroyer USS Arleigh Burke exited Gdynia [PHOTO]

defence24.pl 1 year ago On Saturday morning, the American destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) entered Gdynia on a short method visit. After little than 30 hours of stopping, he left the port of Gdynia in the evening just before dark.

Greeks closer to buying F-35 Lightning II

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On February 8, the abroad Relations Committee of the United States legislature announced the approval of the possible sale of Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II multirole combat aircraft to Greece. This information means that the State Department ...

What will be the fresh American destroyer?

defence24.pl 1 year ago The Americans began conceptual work on a fresh ship that would replace the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers presently produced and would be a substitute for what they wanted to accomplish with the aid of the futuristic Zumwalt destroyers. The first...

The first American destroyer this year has been br...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On February 11, in the early hours of the French port of Gdynia, the American guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) - a prototype unit of the Arleigh Burke Flight I type, was moored. The intent of a visit to the Baltic ship is to recon...

Another unidentified flying object shot down over ...

defence24.pl 1 year ago On Saturday, North American Air defence Command (NORADC) discovered an unidentified object over Canada over Canadian airspace. He was shot down by an American F-22 on the orders of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

MQ-9A Reaper Mobile Inspection Positions for U.S. ...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On February 8, the United States Department of defence announced that it had signed an agreement with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. for control and control elements of MQ-9A Reaper unmanned flying apparatus belonging to the U.S. Marine C...

Third balloon shot down by F-22A Raptor

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On February 11, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on social media that another unidentified flying object had been shot down over the Yukon. Despite the fact that we are talking about Canada, the task was performed by American F-22A Ra...

Another flying object shot down by F-22A Raptor

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On February 10, the United States Department of defence reported that an unknown flying object had been shot down in the area of northern Alaska. Again, F-22A Raptor aircraft and AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles were utilized for this purpose.

Initial operational readiness of the CIRCM laser s...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On February 9, Northrop Grumman announced that a laser self-defense strategy designed for U.S. Army aircraft had achieved first operational readiness. Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) is simply a device that allows you to usage a laser bea...

U.S. Army orders another JLTV

defence24.pl 1 year ago The American maker of trucks and vehicles with wheeled traction Oshkosh defence announced that it has signed another contract with the U.S. Army Contracting Command - Detroit Arsenal for the supply of JLTV (Joint Light Tactical Vehicle).