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CH-53K King Stallion approved for large-volume pro...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On December 23, the United States Naval Aviation Command (NAVAIR) announced the completion of the investigation and improvement phase and approval of the decision to transition to large-volume production.

Will China support the US in negotiations with Nor...

defence24.pl 2 years ago U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that he would ask China to urge North Korea to return to negotiations over its atomic program.

F-35 on Malbork's guard

defence24.pl 2 years ago Eight Dutch F-35s will be dedicated to NATO's east flank air defence support mission. The F-35s will be based at the air base in Malbork, the Netherlands Ministry of defence said.

Boeing with a multi-year agreement for the improve...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On December 20, the U.S. Department of defence announced the signing of 2 agreements with Boeing on the implementation of works related to the improvement of multi-role combat aircraft of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet household and the breakthrough ...

First DDG 51 Flight III Completed Shipyard Trials

zbiam.pl 2 years ago After little than a week in the Gulf of Mexico, the rocket destroyer Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125), the prototype unit of the latest DDG 51 (Arleigh Burke) Flight III series, completed the first phase of sea trials and returned to the Huntington Ingalls...

Spanish tankers ready for F-35. Reconstruction tak...

defence24.pl 2 years ago The Airbus Defence plant in Getafe is converting the first of 3 utilized aircraft into an Airbus A330 MRTT refuelling and transport aircraft. In 2021, Spain became the first to take specified a step, acquiring A330-200 passenger aircraft from...

Germany confirms: we buy F-35

defence24.pl 2 years ago Germany's defence ministry announced that it would buy U.S. 5th generation F-35 multirole aircraft, shortly after the U.S. legislature authorized the sale of these aircraft to Berlin.

Another 4 Bell 407GXi helicopters will go to the ...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On December 15, the Police office completed accepting offers for the acquisition of 4 single-engine multirole helicopters for the purposes of the above service. Ultimately, the only entity to make an offer is JB Investments Sp. z o.o., representin...

Germany agrees to acquisition F-35

defence24.pl 2 years ago Reuters reported that the US has approved the acquisition of fifth-generation F-35A multirole aircraft for the needs of the German Air Force. The aircraft will be part of a full investment of $13.85 billion in fresh equipment for the...

Germany ordered Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On December 14, the German Bundestag approved a request for budget appropriations allowing the acquisition of 35 Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II multirole combat aircraft. Hours later, the vice president of BaainBW, Annette Lehnigk-Emden, signe...

Latvia with first Black Hawks

defence24.pl 2 years ago Latvia picked up the first UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters ordered on 11 December. The helicopters arrived in the hold of the US C17 aircraft, the Latvian abroad Ministry said. Black Hawk helicopters are to replace the presently utilized Soviet...

First 2 UH-60M Black Hawk delivered to Latvia

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On 12 December, Latvia's Defence Minister, Artis Pabriks, reported that a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III dense transport aircraft had landed at Lielvārde Air Base. Its payload was the first 2 Lockheed Martin UH-60M Black Hawk multi-role helicopters in...

GCAP is coming

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On December 9, a tripartite agreement on the implementation of the GCAP (Global Combat Air Programme) was signed, aimed at building a 6th generation multi-purpose platform. The participants of the project, at this stage, are the United Kingdom, Italy...

$2.2bn for F-35 Lightning II aircraft logistics su...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On December 8, the United States Department of defence announced that it had signed an agreement with Lockheed Martin to supply logistics support services for its increasing fleet of F-35 Lightning II multirole combat aircraft.

USS Kearsarge to be upgraded

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On December 9, the US Department of defence announced the signing of a contract with BAE Systems for the overhaul and modernization of the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) landing craft helicopter.

Fourth firing of a fresh anti-radar missile

defence24.pl 2 years ago Northrop Grumman announced the successful 4th flight test of the AGM-88G AARGM-ER guided anti-radiation missile. The rocket was fired from a US Navy Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet. This is crucial due to the fact that the company has already received...

UH-72 Lakota Logistic Support

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On December 8, the United States Department of defence announced that it had signed an agreement with Airbus Space & defence for the logistics support service of the fleet of UH-72 Lakota multirole helicopters operated in the US armed forces.

Successful AGM-88G AARGM-ER Trial

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On December 8, Northrop Grumman announced that another, fourth, test of the AGM-88G AARGM-ER anti-aircraft defence breach rocket was conducted.

Contract for 2 S-70i Black Hawk helicopters for P...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago Polskie Zakłady Lotnicze Mielec, a company belonging to the Lockheed Martin concern, signed a contract with the Police office for the acquisition of 2 additional S-70i Black Hawk helicopters during a ceremony held present at Warsaw-Babice Airport...

New Black Hawks will be introduced to Polish publi...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On 9 December, at the Babice Airport in Warsaw, in the part occupied by the Police Aviation Board GSP KGP, a contract was signed for the acquisition of 2 Lockheed Martin S-70i Black Hawk multi-role helicopters.

New Zealand has received its first P-8A Poseidon a...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On December 7, at the Boeing plant in Seattle, Washington, a ceremony was held to deliver the first aircraft of the P-8A Poseidon land-based patrol aircraft to a fresh user — fresh Zealand.

U.S. Department of defence announces settlement o...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On December 6, the day after the Bell Textron Communication, the United States Department of defence announced the first details of the agreement with the above entity on the implementation of the FLRAA program, the successor to the UH-60 Black Hawk...

Another Black Hawk delivered to Croatia

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On December 3, the Croatian Ministry of defence announced that a ceremony was held at Zagreb global Airport for the formal transportation of 2 multi-role Lockheed Martin UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters.

The US Army has chosen the chopper of the future

defence24.pl 2 years ago The United States Army selected the winner in the competition for a next-generation manned vertical take-off and landing platform, a first in the comprehensive Future Vertical Lift program. In the proceedings at FLRAA (Future Long-Range Assault Aircr...

Zielonka enters the IBCS system. Contract with Nor...

defence24.pl 2 years ago **Wojskowe Zakłady Elektroniczne S.A. from Zielonka has concluded an agreement with Northrop Grumman regarding cooperation in the construction of command cabins for the IBCS system. This is simply a step to make the mark configuration of the Wisła ...

Bell Textron is the winner of FLRAA

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On December 5, the United States Department of defence settled the FLRAA (Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft) program to choice a successor to the Lockheed Martin UH-60 Black Hawk multi-role transport helicopters. The decision of the authorities is...

Polish firefighters will "get" Black Hawks [NEWS I...

infosecurity24.pl 2 years ago According to the information reached by InfoSecurity24.pl, Polish firefighters will shortly have 2 Black Hawk helicopters at their disposal. The machines are to be purchased by the National Fund for Environmental Protection.

Destroyer Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee delivered to the ...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On 1 December, the American shipbuilding company Hutington Ingalls Industries announced the transportation of the guided-missile destroyer Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) to the US Navy.

First C-130 Hercules of Indonesia flown

defence24.pl 2 years ago The first of 5 C-130J-30s ordered by Lockheed Martin for the Indonesian Air Force has conducted its first test flight, the aircraft is being prepared for transportation in 2023.

Americans present B-21A Raider

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On December 2, at the Northrop Grumman plant in Palmdale, California, the ceremony of presenting the first copy of the B-21A Raider strategical bomber took place. It is the first plan of this class developed in the United States in over 30 years.

BAE Systems presents fresh IFV in OMFV programme

defence24.pl 2 years ago BAE Systems on November 30 unveiled a 3D model of its proposal in the program of the fresh infantry fighting vehicle OMFV (Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle), which is part of the wider NGCV (Next Generation Combat Vehicle) program, which...

Will the Greeks buy the UH-60M Black Hawk?

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On November 28, Greek media revealed that the General Staff of the Greek Armed Forces approved an application for the acquisition of 38 Lockheed Martin UH-60M Black Hawk multirole transport helicopters. The machines are to play an crucial function ...

Austria will usage option for additional AW169

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On 28 November, Austrian media reported that the government in Vienna had decided to usage the contract option to order a further eighteen multi-role Leonardo AW169 helicopters.

China claims to have driven off US ship in South C...

defence24.pl 2 years ago The Chinese army announced Tuesday that it had driven off a US rocket cruiser that had “illegally intruded” into waters close the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. Beijing considers most of this sea as its own territory...

Thailand is considering the acquisition of F-35.....

defence24.pl 2 years ago Thailand is seriously considering buying U.S. F-35 multirole combat aircraft, continuing earlier talks with the U.S., but only 2 for financial reasons, according to Thai PBS World, who interviewed Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) Commander-in-Chief Air C...

Defense Department's 5th Negative Audit

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On November 22, the American political portal “The Hill” reported the results of the yearly Pentagon audit. Like the erstwhile four, the 1 for last year was negative. The cost of the audit, which de facto failed, was $218 million. Portal “The...

Facebook information operation. Meta: The US Army ...

cyberdefence24.pl 2 years ago Meta (Facebook) in its latest study confirmed that 1 of the information operations in social media was the US military. People associated with the US military created 39 fake Facebook accounts, 16 pages, 2 groups and 26 fake Instagram...

Patriot "freed" from... own radar

defence24.pl 2 years ago **Northrop Grumman present announced tests of the IBCS integrated Patriot air defence system, which did not usage the standard Patriot fire control radar at all.**

Media: CPK a solution to the deficiency of logist...

defence24.pl 2 years ago The Polish CPK will improve military logistics in Central Europe in a situation where, according to erstwhile US army commander in Europe, Gen. Ben Hodges, “there is simply a deficiency of transport capacity and infrastructure that would let NATO ...

Lockheed Martin With fresh Export Successes in Ra...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On November 17 and 18, Lockheed Martin corp and the United States Department of defence announced fresh successes of the American maker in the export section of sales of radio stations.

Another contract under the ACV program

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On November 16, the United States Marine Corps Systems Command entered into another contract with BAE Systems as part of the 8×8 ACV wheeled floating combat vehicles program. It is about another executive agreement under the framework agreement M6785...

IBCS fresh Capability Tests

defence24.pl 2 years ago **Northrop Grumman present announced a number of tests of fresh capabilities of the IBCS air defence management strategy as part of the U.S. Army's task Convergence 22 exercise.**

UH-72B Lakota went to another user

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On November 16, the U.S. Department of defence reported 2 major events related to the Airbus UH-72 Lakota program — the continuation of deliveries of already contracted machines and the expansion of the logistics support agreement.

U.S. military in partner networks. That's how ...

cyberdefence24.pl 2 years ago The U.S. military has conducted more than 20 operations in partner nation networks in the last 4 years. Activities were carried out, among others in Ukraine. Effect? More than 90 malware samples have been made available and the level...

U.S. Department of defence orders another UH-60M ...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On November 15, the U.S. Department of defence announced the signing of an annex to a long-term agreement concluded with Lockheed Martin on the order of further UH-60M Black Hawk multirole helicopters.

Second prototype KF-21 Boramae flown

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On November 10, the second prototype of the KAI KF-21 Boramae multirole combat aircraft was flown at Sacheon, Republic of Korea. The first flight lasted 35 mines and initiated the process of flight trials.

New underwater vehicle in the Remus family

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On November 7, Mission Technologies, headquartered in McLean, Virginia, owned by HII (Huntington Ingalls Idustries), unveiled the latest Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) classified as Remus 620.

US Army tests unmanned sapper vehicles

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On November 3, fresh information was published in the US media regarding the program of construction and investigating of M1150 ABV (Assault Breacher Vehicle) robotic sapper tanks carried out by the US Army. During the tests conducted on the occasi...

First S-MET 'vermin' for US Army

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On November 6, General Dynamics Land Systems announced the transportation of the first 16 S-MET unmanned transport vehicles to the U.S. Army. This is the first tranche of vehicles ordered in 2020. GDLS delivers under the contract concluded in the S-...

British E-7 Wedgetails are taking shape

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On November 4, Northrop Grumman corp made public a photograph of the assembly of the MESA radar station on a Boeing E-7 Wedgetail Mk1 early informing and command aircraft intended for the Royal Air Force.