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55 years of operation of Mi-8 helicopters in the C...

zbiam.pl 3 years ago On March 3, the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic presented images of the multi-role transport chopper Mil Mi-171Š belonging to the country's armed forces. The device received a commemorative painting associated with the 55th anniversary of...

Lithuania buys ammunition for Carl-Gustaf grenade ...

zbiam.pl 3 years ago On March 3, Saab announced that it had signed an agreement with the Ministry of defence of Lithuania on the production and supply of ammunition for Carl-Gustaf grenade launchers.

A simple trick utilized by soldiers will let you...

genialne.pl 3 years ago After a long and hard day at work, there is nothing better than lying down in your comfortable bed and falling into a deep sleep. However, sometimes falling asleep is not as easy as it seems! Even erstwhile we are very tired,...

China: Facts, Events, Opinions (13/2023/265)

chiny24.com 3 years ago Plan, not plan On the anniversary of Russia's attack on Ukraine, on February 24, 2023, the Chinese abroad ministry published a paper under the title: “China's position on a political solution to the crisis in Ukraine” (China. 1 The 12 points presen...

Sixth Daegu-class frigate for the Republic of Kore...

zbiam.pl 3 years ago On 28 February, the frigate Pohang, built for the Republic of Korea Navy, was handed over to the recipient at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in Okpo. ROKS Pohang (FFG 825) was launched on September 8, 2021. She is the sixth Daegu (Incheon B...

Contract has been signed for the refurbishment of ...

zbiam.pl 3 years ago On February 27, BAE Systems entered into a contract for the overhaul of the Arleigh Burke Flight IIA class guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94). The cost of implementing the provisions of the signed agreement was estimated at $145 million, wit...

Germany tries again to buy back Swiss Leopards 2

zbiam.pl 3 years ago On March 3, Reuters reported that the government of the national Republic of Germany had again requested an authoritative request from the authorities of the Swiss Confederation for approval to sale back to Germany parts from the stored Leopard 2...

Americans order guided Excalibur missiles

zbiam.pl 3 years ago On February 28, the United States Department of defence announced that it had signed a contract with the Raytheon corp to order another batch of M982 Excalibur Increment Ib guided artillery shells.

Dragon Army: Modern Destroyers of China's MW [REPO...

defence24.pl 3 years ago During the first decades of the existence of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the People's Liberation Army of China (Chal-w), its warships were alternatively tiny and intended for coastal operations. The full heyday of naval oceanic forces...

Russia will receive artillery shells from China? W...

defence24.pl 3 years ago The United States is one more time informing that it has information that China is considering sending Russia artillery shells, the reason is Moscow's fast consumption of ammunition stocks, the Washington Post reported.

UN accuses Nicaraguan government of 'crimes agains...

defence24.pl 3 years ago A group of independent U.N. experts announced a study Thursday accusing the country's president Daniel Ortega and his spouse Vice president Rosario Murillo of “crimes against humanity,” including executions without court and torture against poli...

Iran hosts air defence drills

defence24.pl 3 years ago Iran's armed forces launched large-scale air defence exercises in the northwestern, western and central areas of the country on Tuesday to show their readiness to defend strategical targets in the country, Xinhua reported

Beginning of trials of Rolls-Royce F130 engines fo...

zbiam.pl 3 years ago On March 1, Rolls-Royce announced that trials of F130 jets in the configuration designed for Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bombers had begun at the mill experimental facility located at the NASA Space Center in Mississippi.

First Hainan chopper Mission Completed

zbiam.pl 3 years ago On March 3, the first always expeditionary mission of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy ship squad formed around the newest landing chopper was completed. The expedition squad of the MW ChalW ships, referred to by the Chinese side as a sc...

Elbit Systems to deliver weapons to Romanian Piran...

zbiam.pl 3 years ago Israeli company Elbit Systems said on March 2 that its Romanian subsidiary Elmet global SRL had signed a $120 million contract with General Dynamics European Land Systems. This is another agreement for the supply of unmanned turrets, remote-controll...

Germany wants to buy Leopardy from Switzerland

defence24.pl 3 years ago “We have received a request from our German partners to let the German defence manufacture company Rheinmetall, the maker of Leopard 2 tanks, to buy back parts of the Leopards held by the Swiss army,” the Swiss defence ministry...

K2PL — an chance for Polish manufacture [ANALYSI...

defence24.pl 3 years ago **Starting production of K2PL tanks in Poland is simply a very ambitious and at the same time crucial task for the Polish defence industry. Tens of billions of zlotys are at stake, besides in export contracts. late announced decisions to...

Russia: The plane exploded at the factory. 5 vict...

defence24.pl 3 years ago “A tragic incidental occurred at Aviastar facilities during the investigating of the fuselage compartment of the manufactured aircraft. respective employees of the company were injured, 1 died,” the press service of the United Aircraft corp (UAC...

India orders fresh school ships

zbiam.pl 3 years ago On 1 March, the Government of India approved a contract for the construction of 3 fresh school ships. The ships will be built by Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) shipyard in Kattupalli, Madras. The cost of their construction was estimated at $375.5 mi...

Factory service of aircraft PZL-130 Orlik TC-II

zbiam.pl 3 years ago On March 3, the Department of Aviation Technology of the 3rd Regional Logistics Base in Kutno announced the signing of an agreement with Airbus Poland S.A. on the implementation of many years of service of turboprop training and training aircraft PZL...

Raytheon to Contract for Proliferated Warfighter S...

zbiam.pl 3 years ago Raytheon Technologies was awarded a contract valued at more than US$250 million to design, make and deliver a seven-element constellation of missile-tracking satellites, as well as support the launch and their ground operations. The contract was aw...

Finland in NATO without Sweden?

defence24.pl 3 years ago Nearly 90% of Finnish military members believe that Finland should join NATO without waiting for neighbouring Sweden to join the Alliance, according to a survey commissioned by the National Union of Officers.

Biggest exercise in decades. France is gearing up ...

defence24.pl 3 years ago “This is the biggest military exercise in France in decades,” French defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu said of the Orion 23 exercise launched at the end of January. Preparations began in 2021, with more than 20,000 soldiers from all types...

South Korea and the United States will carry out j...

defence24.pl 3 years ago US and South Korea military officials announced at a press conference on Friday that they will conduct yearly maneuvers on March 13-23, this time on an exceptionally large scale, despite threats from North Korea. Pyongyang has announced “unprecedent...

Further backing for Stand-In Attack Weapon progra...

zbiam.pl 3 years ago On February 27, the United States Department of defence announced that agreements were signed with 3 entities that are conducting work on the program to build a fresh kind of air-to-ground missile. It is called Stand-In Attack Weapon.

Saudi Arabia in 6th Generation Fighter Program?

defence24.pl 3 years ago The press service of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia said that under the fresh military partnership agreement with the United Kingdom, the Saudi state will be included in the Future Combat Air strategy (FCAS) program, which includes the Manned...

Drones, Starlinks, artillery. This is how the Ukra...

cyberdefence24.pl 3 years ago Ukrainian drone operators identify Russian forces and, thanks to Starlinks, connect with artillerymen who are shelling enemy positions. Sharing them with a live image from the battlefield is done utilizing popular messengers specified as Google Meet...

5 million hours of air raid by U.S. Army AH-64 hel...

zbiam.pl 3 years ago On March 2, Boeing reported that the fleet of AH-64 Apache/Guardian helicopters operated by the United States Army had flown more than 5 million hours. The largest user of rotor airframes of this kind has been operating them since 1984.

Taiwan to buy ammunition for F-16 from U.S.

defence24.pl 3 years ago The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of ammunition for F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan as part of a $619 million deal. The sale includes AGM-88 air-to-ground missiles, as well as air-to-air missiles and underwing beams and dummy...

Armament for Taiwan's F-16 Fighting Falcon

zbiam.pl 3 years ago On March 1, the US State Department announced that it had granted approval for the possible sale to Taiwan of a batch of aviation weapons intended for Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon multirole warplanes.

New tasks for the Military Automotive Plant

zbiam.pl 3 years ago During his visit on 2 March to Wojskowe Zakłady Motoryzacyjne S.A., belonging to the Polish Armaments Group, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Mariusz Błaszczak declared that a K2 tank service centre would be established in the P...

Armies of the World: Royal Armed Forces of Morocco...

defence24.pl 3 years ago Located on the north-west coast of Africa, Morocco is simply a country inhabited present by nearly 38 million people.

French weapons modules in fresh configurations

defence24.pl 3 years ago Hornet, which manufactures distant controlled weapons modules (ZSMU), appeared at IDEX 2023 in February, presenting a wide scope of its products. At the same time, the French maker celebrated on the occasion of delivering 500 ZSMU to its custome...

Boeing promotes T-7A Red Hawk in Australia

zbiam.pl 3 years ago The Avalon 2023 global Air and Space Show in Australia, taking place on February 28, is besides an chance for Boeing to advance the T-7A Red Hawk advanced training jet aircraft on the local market.

Shooting scope and virtual reality merge in conta...

defence24.pl 3 years ago The container shooting scope produced by ZM Tarnów is simply a well-known and proven solution. Recently, it has been expanded with an interactive 3D multimedia trainer and open space, which not only allows you to implement various scenarios of fire....

Depleted Uranium Penetrators for U.S. Tank Sub-Cal...

zbiam.pl 3 years ago On 28 February, the US Army reported the procurement of penetrators for subcaliber anti-tank missiles with discarded sabotage (APFSDFS-T) up to 120 mm tank cannons. Contract W15OKN-23-D-0018 was entered into with Aerojet Ordnance of Jonesborough of T...

Israeli Artillery for European Recipient

defence24.pl 3 years ago Elbit Systems reported that it had received 2 artillery supply contracts worth a full of US$252 million for 1 of the countries from Europe. Most likely, this undisclosed client is Denmark.

Ukraine: Leopards to join fresh brigade

defence24.pl 3 years ago “The first 14 Leopard 2 tanks from our brothers - Poles - arrived on the territory of Ukraine. Who do you think they will be coming to soon?” — we can read on social media of 88th Independent Mechanized...

Civilian-military landing craft for US Marines? RE...

defence24.pl 3 years ago The U.S. Marines are preparing to test an experimental landing vessel SLV (stern landing vessel), which can increase force projection capabilities at a tiny cost. Conceptually and structurally, the fresh unit derives from the civilian securing ve...

Elbit Systems has entered into 2 contracts totali...

zbiam.pl 3 years ago Haifa, Israel, March 2, 2023 - Elbit Systems Ltd. present announced the conclusion of 2 agreements totaling $252 million for the supply of artillery rocket systems to a European NATO associate country. As part of the first contract of value...

Americans will decision to Greece

defence24.pl 3 years ago The United States will send hundreds of troops to Greece. The goal is to facilitate the dispatch of more American soldiers, NATO weapons and personnel to countries in Central and east Europe, according to a Greek reporter.

China and Belarus strengthen cooperation

defence24.pl 3 years ago The leaders of Belarus and China, Alaksandr Lukashenko and Xi Jinping, signed a package of 16 papers in Beijing on Wednesday that could make it easier to bypass sanctions by delivering aid to Russia through Belarus, the American think...

Will India buy its Kryls?

defence24.pl 3 years ago The Ground Troops of India (Bhāratīyan Thalasēnā) announced the requirements that the wheeled artillery strategy it intended to get for its artillery units should meet. It is to be sourced from the offer of indigenous manufacture under the “made....

BAE Systems Australia and MBDA Collaboration

zbiam.pl 3 years ago On March 1, during the Australian global Airshow and Aerospace & Defence Exposition in Geelong, Victoria, during the Australian global Airshow and Aerospace & Defence Exposition, the Australian division of BAE Systems, BAE...

The US Air Force chose a successor to the E-3 Sent...

defence24.pl 3 years ago The U.S. Air Force Deparatament contracted to Boeing to supply the first 2 E-7A Wedgetail aircraft, selected by the U.S. Air Force as the successor to the celebrated E-3 Sentry. The value of the contract is $1.2 billion. Production...

Demonstrator of the Polish dense infantry fightin...

zbiam.pl 3 years ago In an interview with the Polsat News tv station on 1 March, the president of Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa S.A. Sebastian Chwałek informed that the first copy of a dense infantry fighting vehicle will be built later this year. president Chwałek descr...

7 million hours in the air of the global H145 chop...

zbiam.pl 3 years ago On March 1, Airbus announced that the global fleet of H145 multirole helicopters had spent more than 7 million hours in the air. The above consequence is due to more than 1850 copies, which are utilized by 330 operators in 70 countries of the world...

Another 2 AW139s will go to Australia Defence For...

zbiam.pl 3 years ago On March 1, Leonardo announced that it had signed an agreement with Toll Helicopters for the production and transportation of 2 AW139 multirole helicopters to the above customer. The mark user will be the Australian Defence Force.

Ukraine: prototype transporter on the front

defence24.pl 3 years ago The Ukrainians had been planning for a long time to modernize their fleet of BTR-60 transporters, which have long failed to meet the requirements of the battlefield. The consequence of these works is, among others, the BTR-60HM vehicle, in...

Australian companies will produce components for t...

zbiam.pl 3 years ago On March 1, during the Avalon 2023 global Air and Space Show taking place in Australia, representatives of Boeing announced the signing of agreements with the Australian manufacture for the production and supply of components that will be utilized ...