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Damaged F-22 Raptor returns to service

defence24.pl 2 years ago A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor that was damaged in 2018 was repaired and returned to service after 5 years, the United States Air Force said in a statement.

IBCS is getting closer to the Polish shield

defence24.pl 2 years ago **Northrop Grumman has confirmed the transportation of key elements of the IBCS system, which is acquired by Poland under the Wisła programme.**

Further IBCS components for Polish provided by Nor...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On May 15, Northrop Grumman corp announced the transportation of key components of the IBCS command strategy ordered through the FMS procedure by Poland as part of the first phase of the Wisła program. The above step means that the strategy wil...

Romania terminates the operation of the MiG-21 Lan...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On May 15, a historical minute took place in Romania — the end of the operation of MiG-21 fighter aircraft. Machines of this kind were operated by Romanian military aviation for 61 years.

American MALE drones will not request airports

defence24.pl 2 years ago General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has published a computer-generated video with a imagination of utilizing the Mojave unmanned aerial vehicle (pronounced Mohawe). This device is capable of operating without airport infrastructure and has minimal...

Tracked HIMARS for modernization

defence24.pl 2 years ago The United States Department of defence has signed 3 contracts with Lockheed Martin, which cover the production, modernization and transportation of the M142 and M270 artillery rocket systems, mainly for the needs of the US Army, but not only.

The U.S. Navy has commissioned a fresh destroyer

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On May 13, the DDG 51-class destroyer USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee was commissioned in Key West, Florida. USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) is 1 of the last ships of the Flight IIA Technology Insertion series, and at the same time...

Colorado to buy second S-70i Firehawk helicopter

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On May 12, United Rotorcraft's Air Methods company signed a bill beginning the way for the State of Colorado to acquisition the second S-70 Firehawk multirole helicopter.

Second tranche of funds for MBDA to deliver CAMM m...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On May 10, the US Department of defence announced the launch of a second tranche of funds for the transportation of the rocket strategy to MMSC (Multi-Mission Surface Combatants) units being built for Saudi Arabia. The value of the signed contra...

Future USS Augusta transferred to the US Navy

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On May 12, at the Austal USA shipbuilding plant in Mobile, Alabama, a ceremony was held to formally hand over to the US Navy a multi-role ship for coastal operations, which will be named USS Augusta (LCS 34).

New anti-radiation rocket 1 step distant from m...

defence24.pl 2 years ago The AGM-88G AARGM-ER anti-radiation rocket has undergone another - already 5th - test - its maker Northrop Grumman announced. This armament is being developed at the request of the United States Navy and is intended to enable countering enemy...

MQ-9 Reaper lands on the highway

defence24.pl 2 years ago During the "Agile Chariot" exercise, the MQ-9 Reaper, MC-130J Commando II, and 2 A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft and 2 MH-6 small Birds helicopters landed on Highways 287 and 789 on April 30 and May 2, 2023, respectively, the 19th...

Another successful test of the AGM-88G AARGM-ER

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On May 8, Northrop Grumman corp announced that the United States Naval Air Force conducted another (fifth) test of the AGM-88G AARGM-ER air defence combat breakthrough missile. Like the erstwhile ones, it was a complete success.

New LCS in U.S. Navy service

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On 8 May, the U.S. Navy commissioned USS Cooperstown, a Freedom-class coastal combat ship. USS Cooperstown (LCS 23) is the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Cooperstown in Otsego County, fresh York, and honors 70...

Swedes choice up upgraded NHIndustries NH90TTH

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On May 3, the Swedish agency FMV reported that the NHIndustries consortium had supplied the Swedish Armed Forces with another copy of the NH90TTH multirole chopper in the mark standard of onboard equipment.

Lockheed Martin with backing for the F-35 Lightni...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On May 2, the U.S. Department of defence announced the signing of an agreement with Lockheed Martin on the continuation of the improvement of the F-35 Lightning II household of multirole combat aircraft.

New sonar strategy for Australian naval forces

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On May 4, the U.S. Department of State approved the sale of the AN/UQQ-2 SURTASS-E (Surveillance Towed Array Sensor strategy Expeditionary) towed hydrolocation strategy to Australia under the FMS program. The value of the offered equipment was es...

US Naval Aviation Orders Another CMV-22B Osprey

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On May 5, the U.S. Department of defence announced that it had signed an agreement with the Bell/Boeing consortium to acquisition another batch of CMV-22B Osprey vertical take-off and landing transport aircraft that would go to the country's naval ...

Thunderbolt planes on a mission in the mediate Ea...

defence24.pl 2 years ago A squadron of modified A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft has been sent to the mediate East to increase the U.S. Air Force (USAF) presence in the region amid tensions in Syria, defence 1 reported.

Trials of the anti-mine strategy for LCS have be...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On May 1, the US Navy officially announced that the Mine Countermeasures Mission Package (MCM) had achieved first operational capability (IOC) through the modular Mine Countermeasures Mission Package (MCM) mine detection and elimination system. Inte...

Americans Exercise on DOL

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On May 2, the United States Department of defence reported that on 29 April-2 May, an aerial exercise involving the usage of road airfield sections (DOL) took place in Wyoming.

Additional E-2D Hawkeye aircraft for the US Navy

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On May 3, the U.S. Department of defence announced the signing of an agreement with the Northrop Grumman corp to launch the production process of 2 additional E-2D Hawkeye early informing and command aircraft.

Norhtrop Grumman will modernize the MQ-4C Triton

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On May 1, the U.S. Department of defence announced the triumph of Northrop Grumman in the procedure for support in the redesign and modernization of MQ-4C Triton BAMS/BAR UAVs, ground stations, as well as test benches. The value of the contract amo...

U.S. Orders Drones for Taiwan

defence24.pl 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 ...