Taiwan will be receiving the first of its new F-16Vs a year behind schedule, with the arrival of the first batch of one single-seat and one twin-seat F-16V delayed from… Continue reading "Supply Chain Snarl Behind Year-Long Delay For Taiwan’s First New F-16Vs"
The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon Missiles & Defense and Lockheed Martin’s Javelin Joint Venture (JJV) an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity production contract for Javelin anti-tank guided missile systems. The contract has… Continue reading "US Army Signs $7.2 Billon Javelin Missile Contract"
Despite being one of the largest and best known defense companies in the world, at DSEI Japan 2023, Saab had only a modest stand when compared to companies like Lockheed… Continue reading "DSEI Japan 2023: A Look at Saab’s Cutting-Edge Live Training System"
Last week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shared a photo of himself in front of the Bayraktar Kızılelma Unmanned Combat Aircraft developed by Baykar at the Özdemir Bayraktar National Technology… Continue reading "Baykar Releases The First Images Of The Bayraktar TB3 With Foldable Wings"
The United States Air Force’s top acquisition official has said that the Air Force will end its AGM-183 Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon program after test flights of the last two… Continue reading "The US Air Force’s ARRW Hypersonic Weapon Won’t Proceed Past Testing"
The U.S. Army has selected Lockheed Martin and a pairing of Raytheon and Northrop Grumman to compete in the Long Range Maneuverable Fires (LRMF) program. Both teams will develop an… Continue reading "US Army Selects Two Teams for Long Range Maneuverable Fires Program"
General Atomics announced that it is making good progress on DARPA’s LongShot program which seeks to extend the range of air-to-air capabilities. Rather than design longer-range missiles the LongShot program… Continue reading "General Atomics is now the sole competitor in DARPA’s LongShot Program"
The United Kingdom has been cleared by the use Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) to procure up to 600 Javelin FGM-148F anti-tank guided missiles. The FGM-148F is the most advanced… Continue reading "UK Cleared to Order Latest Version of Javelin ATGM"
The AH-1Z program of record (POR) for the Kingdom of Bahrain has been completed, Bell Textron, a subsidiary of American Textron Inc., said on Monday, 20 February. The completion of… Continue reading "Bell Completes Production of AH-1Z Attack Helicopter For Bahrain Program"
On 15 February, the U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a modification contract for integrating the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic weapon system on the Zumwalt class. According to the press… Continue reading "Zumwalt-class Destroyers Move One Step Closer to Fielding Hypersonic Weapon Systems"