The NATO-Ukraine Council met for the second time on 26 July 2023) to address the serious security situation in the Black Sea region following Russia’s unilateral termination of the Black Sea Grain Initiative brokered by the United Nations and Turkey in July 2022. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg convened the meeting following a request for […]
Saab has received an order from the Polish Ministry of National Defence for two Saab Erieye airborne early warning (AEW) platforms, the company announced on 25 July 2023. The contract, which is worth around SEK 600 M (EUR 52.3 M), covers two Saab 340 twin-turboprop aircraft equipped with the dorsally mounted Erieye radar system as […]
US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) last month declared initial operational capability (IOC) with its new Dry Combat Submersible (DCS), the manufacturer of the vessel, Lockheed Martin, announced on 24 July 2023. TDCS allows special forces operatives to travel for extended distances below the surface of the ocean without the need for wetsuits or exposure to […]
The Hungarian Defence Forces have received the first two of 16 H225M multi-purpose helicopters according to schedule, manufacturer Airbus announced on 24 July 2023. The aircraft, which were ordered in December 2018, arrived at Szolnok Airbase from Marignane, France, on 18 July and were officially handed over by Bruno Even, CEO of Airbus Helicopters. Registered […]
Avon Protection has been awarded a three-year contract, with two optional one-year extensions, by the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) for CBRN protective boots and gloves, the company announced on 18 July 2023. The framework contract will allow NATO nations and partners to place orders for Avon Protection’s Exoskin-B1 boots and Exoskin-G1 gloves. Launched […]
July 2023 is seeing high-spec vehicle integrator Jankel celebrating the delivery of over 500 Jankel Fox tactical vehicles worldwide. The Jankel Fox product line is a family of tactical vehicles based on modified off-the-shelf Toyota base vehicles; either the Hilux or the 79 series pick-up (single and double cab), depending on each customer’s requirements. The […]
The US Department of Defense (DoD) announced an additional security assistance package for Ukraine worth up to USD 800 M (EUR 727.7 M) on 7 July 2023. The package, aimed at providing key capabilities to support Ukraine’s counter-offensive operations, includes additional munitions for US-provided Patriot air defence systems and High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) […]
BAE Systems has been awarded a USD 37 M (EUR 33.73 M) US Department of Defense Ordnance Technology Consortium (DOTC) contract to design the Next Generation Evolved SeaSparrow Missile Launch System (NGELS), the company announced on 6 July 2023. The company will support the NATO SeaSparrow Program Office (NSPO) to design and deliver prototype deck […]
A UK Royal Air Force (RAF) Airbus A400M Atlas transport aircraft has carried the type’s longest-ever non-stop flight, which took it from RAF Brize Norton to Guam for Exercise ‘Mobility Guardian 23’, the RAF announced on 5 July 2023. The A400M departed Brize Norton on 3 July and, during a flight that lasted for 20 […]
Finnish Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen has authorised the Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) to order 17 Jurmo-class landing craft with spare parts. According to a press release issued by the Finnish Ministry of Defence at the end of June 2023, the order, worth a total of EUR 25.5 M, was awarded to Marine AluTech Oy AB. […]
Former Norwegian prime minister Jens Stoltenberg has had his tenure as NATO secretary general extended by a further year, until 1 October 2024, the alliance announced on 4 July 2023. The decision is to be endorsed by NATO heads of state and government at the alliance’s 2023 Vilnius Summit, which takes place on 11-12 July. […]
BAE Systems has received a GBP 870 M (EUR 1.02 Bn) contract from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to continue development and integration work on the European Common Radar System (ECRS) Mk2 for installation on the Eurofighter Typhoon, the company announced on 4 July 2023. The majority of this funding will flow on to […]
The renewal of the Bundeswehr Technical Centre for Ships and Naval Weapons, Maritime Technology and Research (WTD 71) is progressing. On 30 June 2023 the first of two new sea trials measuring boats, built by Fassmer under a contract awarded in July 2021, was christened Kalkgrund by the mayor of Eckernförde, Iris Ploog, in Berne on the river […]
The UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) has completed a month-long redeployment of its permanent headquarters from Northwood in northwest London to Iceland, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 30 June 2023. It is the first time the JEF headquarters has deployed from London to a remote location to demonstrate its operational capability. The […]
Lockheed Martin’s Missiles and Fire Control (MFC) business area is absorbing the demand from the US military and allied countries for greater munitions stock in light of the war in Ukraine. Briefing journalists in London on 29 June 2023, Tim Cahill, executive vice president for the MFC business, noted that the war in Ukraine “is […]
Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for the maintenance and provision of resources for development and operational support of the Swedish Air Force’s (SwAF’s) Gripen fighters, the company announced on 30 June 2023. The total value of the order is SEK 345 M (EUR 29.31 M). The order from […]
Indra has had all of the proposals it has led or been involved in selected in the second call of the European Defence Fund (EDF), the Spanish company announced on 29 June 2023. With a total of 14 projects selected, a third of the 41 approved by the European Commission, Indra ranks among the leading […]
The French defence innovation agency Agence de l’Innovation de Défense – AID) has selected a consortium led by MBDA to address its Larinae project, MBDA announced on 30 June 2023. The Larinae initiative is intended to effect the rapid and collaborative development of a loitering munition capable of neutralising a hardened target out to a […]
The head of the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) issued a statement on 29 June 2023 accepting that previous RAF initiatives to increase the numbers of women and ethnic minorities in the force led to unlawful positive discrimination that penalised white male applicants. Air Chief Marshal Sir Rich Knighton, Chief of the Air Staff, accepted […]
The first flight of a Boeing/Saab T-7A Red Hawk advanced jet trainer (AJT) with a US Air Force (USAF) pilot has now taken place, the companies have announced. The flight, which took place on 28 June 2023 out of Boeing’s facility in St Louis, marks the start of the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase […]
The Bundeswehr has placed an order with Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV) for 367 protected and unprotected logistic vehicles, the company announced on 29 June 2023. The order is a further call-off from the framework contract for swap-body systems signed in June 2020. In addition to the vehicles, the order includes 1,830 swap-body platforms to […]
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