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Elbit Systems has received an order worth $150 mil...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On July 18, 2023, Elbit Systems announced that it had entered into a US$150 million contract to supply PULS (Precise and Universal Launching Systems) rocket launchers and a suite of long-range precision guided missiles to a abroad customer. The con...

Germany buys ammunition for billions

defence24.pl 2 years ago Rheinmetall will supply the German Armed Forces with 155 mm artillery ammunition, including the DM121 and 120 mm tank caliber, with a full value of more than €5 billion.

Jakie jest rzeczywiste znaczenie szczytu NATO w Wi...

strategyandfuture.org 2 years ago Oceny dotyczące wyników szczytu NATO w Wilnie, koncentrują się, co zrozumiałe, na politycznych efektach spotkania państw NATO, mniej uwagi poświęcając wymiarowi wojskowemu...

US increases F-15EX purchases but besides wants F...

defence24.pl 2 years ago A committee in the home of Representatives passed a budget amendment for fiscal year 2024, which increases the acquisition of F-15EX Eagle II aircraft from 110 to 112. 1 besides seriously thinks of reducing the F-15E Strike Eagle fleet.

“New” Vietnamese corvette

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On 12 July, the Vietnam Maritime Force (Hải quân nhân dân Việt Nam) enriched itself with a fresh strike unit. On this date, the corvette INS Kirpan (P 44) of the Khukri kind was seized (although inactive informally) from India. Transmission by the...

Collins Aerospace has completed the flight test ph...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On July 14, the RTX corp reported that the flight test phase of the MS-110 MARS reconnaissance tank, which was being developed on the order of an undisclosed abroad user, had been completed. The flight test phase lasted a year and now paves the way...

Spanish chassis for Filipino tanks already on thei...

defence24.pl 2 years ago Spanish chassis for Filipino tanks are already sailing to the Philippines for integration with Israeli turret systems. In addition to tanks, a method safety vehicle will besides be provided.

Warrior Infantry Fighting Vector Modification

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On 10 July, the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom of large Britain and Northern Ireland published an announcement regarding the tender for the acquisition of rear-view cameras for Warrior infantry fighting vehicles. The estimated value of t...

Swedish anti-aircraft artillery in Ukraine

defence24.pl 2 years ago Swedish anti-aircraft cannons Bofors L70 already in Ukraine.

Romanians buy American light vehicles

defence24.pl 2 years ago The American manufacturer, Polaris Government and Defense, was awarded a contract to supply DAGOR (Deployable Advanced Ground Off-Road) ultralight tactical vehicles for Romania's armed forces. More than 50 off-road vehicles adapted for air transport ...

U.S. Conventional Armaments and Exports [REPORT]

defence24.pl 2 years ago In fresh days, the United Nations Conventional Weapons Registry (UNROCA) has published data provided by the US for the years 2021 and 2022. The list is very interesting, due to the fact that the exports of American weapons are presented in them qui...

The Americans supply further elements of equipmen...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On July 17, the Armament Agency announced that further elements of the Northrop Grumman IBCS command and fire control system, which had been contracted under the first phase of the Wisła program, had been delivered to Polish.

Singapore has integrated Rafael Python 5 missiles ...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On 16 July, Asian media, based on the authoritative release of the Singapore Air Force, reported that as part of the program to upgrade Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Fighting Falcon multirole warplanes to the F-16V standard, their integration with Rafael ...

Active armour for British tanks

defence24.pl 2 years ago The Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom announced further advancement on upgrading Challenger 2 tanks to Challenger 3 standard.

Third Greek frigate FDI HN under construction

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On 12 July, sheet metallic cutting began at the Naval Group shipyard in Lorient for the production of the Formion frigate section, the 3rd FDI HN-type unit for the Republic of Greece Navy. Greece has bought 3 FDI HN (Frigates for Defence and Inter...

Dr Phil Karber and Albert Świdziński discuss evolu...

strategyandfuture.org 2 years ago

Indian BrahMos missiles for Russia. An act of desp...

defence24.pl 2 years ago Indian arms company BrahMos Aerospace said it wants to sale its BrahMOS “cruise missiles” to Russia. It would be unusual for the Russians to buy this kind of missiles that in the Russian Federation itself produces these types of...

Eight willing in bid to buy assault rifles for JWK...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On July 14, the Commando Military Unit announced the closing, on July 7, of the deadline for applications for entities curious in the supply of fresh assault rifles to the operators of the above unit. Eventually, 8 suppliers expressed interest in ...

France: the problems of the armored Jaguars?

defence24.pl 2 years ago France is slow implementing fresh EBRC Jaguar combat reconnaissance wagons into service. These are very modern machines with advanced capacities, but in the French media there has been information suggesting that the presently produced variant la...

Germany: a divided in strategy towards China

defence24.pl 2 years ago The German government has published its first strategy on cooperation and conduct towards China. The paper points to Berlin's divided as it wants to keep economical contacts but notes the threat posed by Beijing. However, the strategy is grou...

Italians celebrate half-century of operation of CH...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On July 13, the Ministry of defence of Italy reported that the country's ground troop aviation was celebrating half a century of operating dense transport helicopters of the CH-47 Chinook family. Over the years, the structure has become known as an...

Testing the Trophy strategy on the Challenger 3

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On 13 July, the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom of large Britain and Northern Ireland signed a contract with Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) to test the Trophy active protection strategy on the Challenger 3. It did not say what versi...

Beginning of Boxer MIV Armored Carrier Receiving T...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On 10 July, a joint venture RBSL (Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land) announced that the reception trials of the Boxer MIV wheeled armored personnel carrier had begun. According to the release, the first training tests active investigating the explosion-...

Italy buys Leopard tanks

defence24.pl 2 years ago The Italian government has decided to acquisition the fresh Leopard 2 tanks, to be a bridging solution until a fresh generation tank is acquired and complementary to the presently operating fleet of C1 Ariete vehicles.

'Lithuanian hawk' looks to Indo-Pacific

defence24.pl 2 years ago Lithuania has published a strategy towards the Indo-Pacific. It is the first paper of its kind, organizing Lithuanian policy towards the region. The publication of the strategy raises the question, erstwhile will Poland make specified a doc...

American combat wagons will see further

defence24.pl 2 years ago RTX, known until late as Raytheon Technologies, won a tender to produce electro-optics for the US Army.

C-IED teacher Pilot Course at CSWOT

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On 10-14 July this year, a pilot course of instructors counteracting improvised explosive devices C-IED took place at the Training Center of the Territorial defence Forces. The five-day training organized in cooperation with the Engineering and Chem...

Turkey to deliver fresh aviation equipment to Cha...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On July 10, at the Adji Kossei Air Base located close the capital of the Republic of Chad, N'Djamena, a presentation of fresh equipment acquisitions of the country's military aviation, which were purchased and delivered by the Turkish concern TAI, ...

Weekly Brief 8–14.07.2023

strategyandfuture.org 2 years ago Berlin będzie więc dążył nie tyle do zmiany postępowania Pekinu, ile do lepszej implementacji zasady wzajemności, której przestrzegania zamierza się domagać, w tej chwili bowiem relacje Niemiec z Chinami „cechują się wieloma asymetriami”...

Britons launch work on extending life of AW101 hel...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On July 10, the UK Ministry of Defence announced the signing of agreements with Leonardo and Lockheed Martin UK on analytical work on the anticipation of extending the operation of the AW101 Merlin multirole helicopters until 2040.

USAF Plans to Reduce F-15E Strike Eagle Fleet

zbiam.pl 2 years ago The United States Air Force (USAF) plans to reduce its fleet of McDonnell Douglas (now: Boeing) F-15E Strike Eagle fighter-bomber aircraft. The Air Force owns 218 F-15E aircraft. They are equipped with, among others, 3 linear fighter wings based in:...

As a partner in the improvement of road safety sy...

wbgroup.pl 2 years ago PolCam Systems, which is the competence center of the WB GROUP in the field of road safety, has signed an agreement on cooperation with the city of Raciąż in the Masovian Voivodeship. As part of the agreement, innovative monitoring systems in Poland ...

Increase the F-15EX pool to 112 units

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On July 12, the Armed Forces Committee of the United States home of Representatives voted another amendment to the Pentagon's budget for fiscal year 2024 (2024 NDAA). It assumes, among another things, an increase in the full acquisition pool of ...

Production of light tanks for the US Army is set t...

defence24.pl 2 years ago General Dynamics Land Systems, a maker of many types of armored fighting vehicles, specified as M1 Abrams tanks and Stryker wheeled armored personnel carriers, begins production of fresh fire support vehicles (light tanks) for the US Army - the......

Legendary Scottish firm to deliver periscopes for ...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On 13 July, based in Glasgow, Scotland, Thales Optronics Ltd., a division of the global arms concern Thales, announced that it had signed a contract for the supply of optronic masts for British strategical Dreadnought submarines. Thales Optronics i...

Swordfish with an annex means we know more, but no...

defence24.pl 2 years ago On Friday, representatives of the PGZ-Smiecznik Consortium informed about the state of implementation of the programme. quite a few fresh information has been presented, but unfortunately, the current price, nor the expected final price, of the cons...

Polish Army. A historical day for Krakow's soldie...

cyberdefence24.pl 2 years ago It was a historical minute for the soldiers of the Regional Centre for Informatics Krakow. During an authoritative ceremony on the Main marketplace Square in the capital of Małopolska, the RCI was presented with a banner, which is the...

China and Thailand on joint air exercises

defence24.pl 2 years ago China and Thailand launched “Falcon Strike 2023" air exercises on July 9 to strengthen military cooperation between the countries, the Chinese Global Times reported.

American reservists to go to Europe

defence24.pl 2 years ago President Joe Biden signed an ordinance Thursday to appoint 3,000 reservists to active work so they can participate in Operation Atlantic Resolve in Europe, the White home said. According to the Pentagon, this is to let “access to more...

Parade in Paris — cohesion of the Nation with the ...

defence24.pl 2 years ago According to tradition, on the day of the National Day of France, on July 14, a military parade took place in Paris. Unlike what happened on May 9, 2023 in Moscow's Red Square, the Paris Champs-Elysees shows not the...

FUTURE WAR [ANALYSIS]

krzysztofwojczal.pl 2 years ago To say that generals are gearing up for wars that have already taken place has become very fashionable again. Especially in Poland, where we fear that a future conflict

Consultation of Polish experiments to the global ...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago By the end of July this year, companies and technological entities may submit proposals to the Polish Space Agency for experiments to be conducted on the global Space Station (ISS). Their intent should be to verify technology in space conditions a...

India bets on Rafale M

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On 14 July, during the visit of the Prime Minister of India to Paris, an authoritative decision was made regarding the selection of Dassault Rafale M multirole combat aircraft for the maritime aviation of the Asian country.

Overhaul of British 'boomer'

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On July 13, Babcock global announced that it had concluded an agreement with the Submarine transportation Agency (SDA) to complete the overhaul of the nuclear-powered submarine carrier of the HMS Victorious (S 29) Vanguard kind ballistic missile. ...

Suicide Drone Combat Test

defence24.pl 2 years ago **During a fresh operation against terrorist groups in Jhenin, the Israeli armed forces utilized for the first time a miniature Spike FireFly circulating ammunition developed by Rafael. **

Britain has no strategy to prevent threat from C...

defence24.pl 2 years ago The British government has no strategy to tackle the increasing threat from China, and its short-term approach leaves Britain seriously imperilled, MPs on the intelligence and safety committee said in a study released on Thursday.

Leopardy 2 for Italy confirmed

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On 13 July, information was published in the Italian media confirming the intention of acquiring Leopard 2 tanks by the Italian Republic. The origin of information is the consequence to the parliamentary interpellation given by the Undersecretary o...

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