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The production of Fuchs transporters will be launc...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On May 20, president and CEO of the industrial group Rheinmetall AG Armin Papperger, in an interview for the online edition of the German paper “Bild”, stated that production of vehicles developed by Rheinmetall could start in Ukraine comparativel...

The future INS Vaghsheer has started sea trials

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On May 19, India's Ministry of Defence announced that the sixth Kalvari-class submarine (Project 75) had left Mumbai and began sea trials in Indian Ocean waters.

G7: China's biggest safety challenge

defence24.pl 1 year ago British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who is attending the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, described China as the biggest challenge to global security, Politico reported Sunday.

Romania: Green light for 'Orca' with French Scorpè...

defence24.pl 1 year ago The Romanian parliament approved the acquisition of 2 Scorpène submarines developed by the French Naval Group. Romania is besides to origin 2 second-hand mine warships from the UK as part of an intergovernmental agreement.

Return of the 2S18 Pat-S howitzer cannon?

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On May 20, the Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported, citing information provided by the management of the Kurganmashzavod company, about the resumption of the 2S18 Pat-S self-propelled howitzer program. There would be nothing different in this i...

Iran to send warships to Antarctica

defence24.pl 1 year ago Iran will send its warships to Antarctica in the “near future,” Iranian media reported Saturday. “Tehran is trying to show that it is capable of developing naval power distant from home, but it has a tiny navy,” commented the...

706th AGRS 4th USAF “aggressor” squadron

zbiam.pl 1 year ago From 14 May this year, the 706th Aggressor Squadron (AGRS) began operating at Nellis AFB Base in Nevada. It was formed on 5 May on the base of the 706th Fighter Squadron (FS) based at Nellis. Belonging to the command...

Monday media review; Alert strategy reform; Russ...

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

Funds for further work on XM1155-SC ammunition

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On 18 May, BAE Systems announced the conclusion of a three-year contract allowing further backing for the investigation and improvement program of 155 mm artillery ammunition XM1155-SC. The commissioning entity for the US Army is the Combat Capabi...

New versions of ASCOD in Spain

defence24.pl 1 year ago During FEINDEF 2023, GDELS-SBS presented fresh versions of the tracked ASCOD platform.

The Ministry of interior Affairs explains why th...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On May 14, on the pages of the Chancellery of the Sejm, the consequence of the Ministry of interior Affairs and Administration to the parliamentary interpellation concerning the expediency of purchasing universal device guns UKM 2020S for the Bor...

38th U.S. military aid package for Ukraine

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On May 21, the United States Department of defence announced that president Biden's administration approved another (38th) military aid package for Ukraine. It has a value of US$375m and the equipment comes from resources of the US armed forces.

IBKOL Sp. z o.o. will carry out the main repair of...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On 16 May, the Gdynia War Port office announced that it had signed an agreement with IBKOL Sp. z o.o. on the implementation of the main repair service of an integrated submarine simulator located on the premises of the Naval Academy.

New aid package for Ukraine will include ammunitio...

defence24.pl 1 year ago “The United States is doing everything in its power to strengthen Ukraine's defence capabilities in the country's war with Russia; we will hand over to the authorities in Kiev a fresh military aid package containing ammunition, artillery and armore...

Finnish Hawk Accident

defence24.pl 1 year ago The Defence Force of Finland's Hawk 51 aircraft crashed south of Keuruu during a school flight. The causes of the accident are not known for now.

Europe is betting on rocket artillery. Launchers l...

defence24.pl 1 year ago The armed forces of European countries are making expanding purchases of rocket artillery. Different systems are being put in place, the challenge will be to keep unification and compliance erstwhile it comes to utilizing ammunition.

Killer Robots, or How a 'Terminator' movie Could...

defence24.pl 1 year ago So far, no 1 and nothing stops the race in the field of lethal, unmanned, autonomous weapons systems. So there is simply a chance that within a fewer years in conflicts there will be drones hunting circumstantial people or vehicles...

First mill MQ-9A ER delivered to the US Marine Co...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On May 16, General Atomics announced the transportation of 2 MQ-9A ER Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles to the US Marine Corps. The above event begins the process of supplying equipment that was contracted in July last year.

Weekly Brief 13–19.05.2023

strategyandfuture.org 1 year ago W Stanach Zjednoczonych dalej toczy się rozgrywka polityczna pomiędzy Białym Domem Bidena a republikanami, dotycząca podniesienia limitu zadłużenia rządu federalnego.

Italian destroyer provides anti-missile shield ove...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On May 20, at the Navy quay in the IX basin of the Port of Gdynia, the Italian destroyer Caio Duilio (D 554) of the Orizzonte class, in Italy referred to as the Andrea Doria class, moored. This is not the first visit of this ship in the port of Gdyni...

Joint US-Philippine Patrols Getting Closer

defence24.pl 1 year ago Joint U.S.-Philippine patrols in the disputed South China Sea could begin later this year. It is estimated that this will happen no later than the 3rd 4th of this year, Reuters reports.

Turkey unveils fresh BWP in Spain

defence24.pl 1 year ago During the FEINDEF 2023 arms fair in Madrid, Turkey's Otokar presented its infantry fighting vehicle.

The next comers for the C-390 Millennium?

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On May 19, South American media, based on unofficial information from Embraer, reported that representatives of 8 countries of the planet are holding talks that could consequence in the export sale of the C-390 Millennium average transport aircra...

Lightning shot down a Russian maneuvering missile....

defence24.pl 1 year ago “We besides have reports about the achievements of the Lightning rocket. It was designed to destruct slow-flying targets, specified as helicopters or flying at low ceilings, and it turns out that there are confirmed knocks of combat aircraft and.....

F-16s built in Europe will defend Ukraine? [PHOTO]...

defence24.pl 1 year ago **The Netherlands and Denmark are named among the countries that can hand over F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. Most interestingly, these machines were created as part of a multinational program, with production lines not in the United States but...

PULS rocket strategy for the Royal Netherlands ...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On May 18, the Israeli company Elbit Systems announced that it had concluded a contract for the supply of field-based multi-guide PULS rocket systems for the Royal Netherlands Army. The contract has a value of $305 million and was concluded in an in...

A fresh batch of VIS 100 pistols and MSBS Grot ty...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On May 19, the Ministry of National defence announced that the Armament Agency signed a contract with Fabryka Broni "Łucznik"-Radom Sp. z o.o. regarding the order of another batch of VIS 100 military pistols and MSBS Grot typical carbines.

Another batch of K2 Black Panther tanks in Poland

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On May 19, the Ministry of National defence announced that a ship with a burden of 7 more Hyundai Rotem K2 Black Panther tanks intended for the Polish Army arrived in Gdynia. This means that the South Korean side delivered a full of 22 vehicles....

More Abrams on the east flank and who shot down t...

defence24.pl 1 year ago What about sixth-generation fighters? Why is Romania betting on Abrams and imitating Poland? Reactivation of the brigade close Opole? Who shot down Russian planes over Belgorod? - these and another questions are answered in the next episode of the....

Norway rules out sending F-16s to Ukraine

defence24.pl 1 year ago “Norway has no plans to send F-16 aircraft to Ukraine, I do not want to speculate on possible future donations,” Norwegian defence Minister Bjoern Arild Gram said on Thursday, erstwhile asked by journalists about the anticipation of transferring...

Wydatki na wojsko w Polsce będą w 2023 roku najwyż...

obserwatorgospodarczy.pl 1 year ago Wydatki na wojsko w Polsce znacznie urosną. W 2023 roku będziemy wydawać na obronę najwięcej procent PKB. Planowany wzrost jest olbrzymi i wynosi więcej, niż niektóre kraje wydają. Dlaczego i na co zamierzamy wydawać tyle pieniędzy? Wydatki na wojsko...

Estonia invests in circulating ammunition

defence24.pl 1 year ago Advanced Israeli long-range circulating munitions were purchased by Estonia. 1 of NATO's smallest and most susceptible countries has concluded a deal with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).

More K2 tanks in Poland

defence24.pl 1 year ago Another batch of K2 Black Panther tanks reached Poland.

Anti-aircraft CAMM from IBCS in the Polish shield....

defence24.pl 1 year ago Integration of CAMM household missiles and iLauncher launchers with IBCS air defence management strategy were the main subject of the trilateral Polish-British-American talks held on 18-19 May 2023 in Warsaw. The organizers of the gathering wer...

Poland welcomes China's declarations on strengthen...

defence24.pl 1 year ago Poland is afraid about Beijing's declarations to search closer bilateral relations with Russia, the abroad Ministry said. Vice abroad Minister Wojciech Gerwel, in a conversation with Chinese government envoy for Eurasia, Li Hui, spoke positively ...

BBN meeting: Preparation for the NATO Summit and t...

defence24.pl 1 year ago Preparation for the NATO summit and the functioning of Poland's air defence were the topics of the gathering at the BBN; the experience, besides in terms of communication, of the rocket that fell close Bydgoszcz will be used; the...

Hensoldt will supply Ukraine with more TRML-4D rad...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On 16 May Hensoldt announced the signing of a fresh contract covering the transportation of six more TRML-4D air surveillance radiolocation stations to Ukraine. As indicated by the manufacturer, deliveries will begin in the second half of this year...

The NATO summit in Vilnius will force defence spen...

defence24.pl 1 year ago The associate states of the North Atlantic Alliance should commit to spending 2 per cent of their GDP on armed forces at the next summit in Vilnius, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced in Lisbon on Thursday.

US preparing plan if war in Ukraine becomes years-...

defence24.pl 1 year ago Washington is preparing plans in case the war in Ukraine becomes a long-standing frozen conflict, lasting years or decades, just like the war on the Korean peninsula, Politico said Thursday, citing representatives of the US administration.

The keel of another destroyer DDG 51 Flight III wa...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On 16 May, the U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer, the future USS Louis H. Wilson Jr., was laid down at the General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine. It will be the 4th DDG 51 class destroyer of the latest Flight III series, and at ...

The Netherlands chose an Israeli launcher. She won...

defence24.pl 1 year ago The Ministry of Defence of the Netherlands has concluded an agreement with Elbit Systems for the supply of 20 artillery rocket systems PULS (Precise & Universal Launching System) within 5 years. The value of the contract was estimated $305...

UK to send aircraft carrier to Pacific in 2025

defence24.pl 1 year ago Visiting Japan ahead of the G7 summit, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that London will send an aircraft carrier to the Pacific as part of an aircraft carrier strike group in 2025 and double the number of troops...

USA won't rent F-16s to Bulgaria. gain Bydgoszcz?...

defence24.pl 1 year ago The United States will not supply Bulgaria with utilized F-16 aircraft for temporary use, reports the Bulgarianmilitary portal, quoting the message of Dimitar Stoyanov, Bulgaria's acting defence minister.

Specials are looking for a site for their MRAPs

defence24.pl 1 year ago Military Unit No. 4724 (NIL) published an order announcement for the performance of service consisting in the maintenance and repair of mine-resistant vehicles (MRAP) Oshkosh M-ATV.

Completing Philippine Patrol Ships Getting Closer

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On May 17, Hanwha Systems, a company of the South Korean corp Hanwha Group, signed a contract to supply a combat command strategy to the presently under construction HDP-2200+ (2400) patrol ships for the Maritime Forces of the Philippines The agr...

U.S. Fleet and NATO States Exercise in Atlantic

defence24.pl 1 year ago 6.The US Fleet and NATO Maritime Strike and Support Force (STRIKFORNATO) launched Formidable Shield 2023 exercises in the Far North and North Atlantic on May 8, 2023, according to a NATO release.

American skepticism grows about training Ukrainian...

defence24.pl 1 year ago The United States not only does not agree to hand over F-16 multirole aircraft to Ukraine, it besides opposes training Ukrainian pilots to operate these machines that could be carried out on F-16s belonging to European NATO countries, the...

Another component of the kind 31 frigate armamen...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On 17 May, during the two-day First Sea Lord's Sea Power Conference 2023 in London, First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Benjamin John Key confirmed that the recently built kind 31 Inspiration frigates would receive Mk 41 VLS vertical launchers. This...

Brazilian army tested Chinese tanks

defence24.pl 1 year ago According to the China defence service, the Brazilian army was expected to test Chinese VT-4 tanks with a revised main armament in the form of a cannon of 125 mm, but 120 mm caliber in fresh months. All due...

What electronic warfare equipment does the Navy us...

defence24.pl 1 year ago By announcing in accordance with current regulations what companies will deal with the logistics safety of land and ship electronic warfare equipment (WRE), the military reveals all 3 years what the Navy truly has in this area and whether...