As Australia orders 211 Boxer CRV Wheeled Armored Vehicles Rheinmetall get their hands on a contract worth over €2 billion. After 52 weeks of comprehensive testing & evaluation the Australian… Continue reading "Australia orders 211 Boxer 8×8 Amored Vehicles"
The British defence company BAE Systems has won the $25 billion (£20 billion) contract to build Australia’s fleet of new navy frigates. The nine new frigates based on BAE’s Global Combat Ship will… Continue reading "Australia Selects BAE Frigate in $26 Billion Deal"
Australian Defence Magazine reports that Australian Army awarded three contracts with a total value of about $2.2 million to two domestic arms and equipment manufacturing companies. Here is how the publication… Continue reading "Australian Army Funds Domestic Development of a New Shotgun, Body Armor and Sights"
In recent weeks both Australia and the UK have confirmed that they will be procuring the ARTEC Boxer Armoured Fighting Vehicle. ARTEC is a joint venture between Rheinmetall & Krauss-Maffei Wegmann. In… Continue reading "UK & Australia To Procure Boxer Mechanised Infantry Vehicle"
Colt’s M5 Enhanced Carbine recently drew much interest and speculation at the formidable company’s latest entry into the AR15 market. However, we’ve recently learned more about the origins of the… Continue reading "Colt’s M5 Enhanced Carbine a Direct Result of Australian SOCOM Query"
BAE Systems has secured a $1.743 billion contract to produce up to 55,000 APKWS II (Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II) guided rockets. The contract includes full-rate production Lots 13–17… Continue reading "BAE Systems Awarded $1.743 Billion Contract for 55,000 APKWS II Guided Rockets"
Last Thursday the United States Air Force commenced its largest pacific exercise ever, known as Resolute Pacific 2025. The exercise consists of more than three hundred aircraft, over twelve thousand… Continue reading "United States Air Force Conducts its Largest Ever Exercise in the Pacific"
Earlier this week, it was announced that plans for Japan to export used Abukuma-class destroyers to the Philippines have been agreed upon, marking the first time that Japan has exported… Continue reading "Japan Explores ‘Possible Transfer’ of Six Used Destroyers to the Philippines"
On June 24 Japan test fired a Type 88 surface-to-ship missile from the Shizunai Firing Range on the island of Hokkaido. The target was an unmanned boat located 40km from… Continue reading "Japan Conducts the First Ever Live-fire Missile Test from its Territory"
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) collaborated with Boeing to conduct a unique manned-unmanned teaming demonstration involving an RAAF E-7A Wedgetail that took control of two MQ-28A Ghost Bat unmanned… Continue reading "RAAF and Boeing Collab to use E-7 as a Drone Mothership"