Over the final week of August at the Yuma Proving Grounds, the US Army conducted 5 test launches of the Spike-NLOS missile from an AH-64E Apache. This was the final… Continue reading "Spike-NLOS Test-fired by US Army Apache, Other Services Interested"
The Army has handed out two large contracts for the development and production of it’s upcoming Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW). On August 30th Dynetics was awarded a $352 million… Continue reading "Lockheed Martin, Dynetics, and Raytheon together will produce the US Army Long Range Hypersonic Weapon"
The Tempest program started the show off right with the announcement that Italy would be joining the program. Now both Italy and Sweden have signed on to collaborate with the… Continue reading "DSEI 2019: Tempest Shown Off with New Family of Weapons"
At DSEI 2019 the Estonian UGV THeMIS, produced by Milrem, is being shown off in 4 different configurations. The most radical of these is the installation of a 6 round… Continue reading "DSEI 2019: THeMIS equipped with Brimstone"
With over 1,600 exhibitors this year’s Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) expo is one of the biggest ever. Tempest drew a lot of attention with the display of a… Continue reading "DSEI 2019 Day 1 Highlights"
In his statement regarding the US withdrawal from the INF Treaty, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said the US had been doing “treaty-complaint” research on mobile land-based conventionally armed ballistic… Continue reading "Mobile Medium Range Missile, the Army’s post-INF Weapon"
Poland is seeking to replace its Soviet-era Osa missile systems through the Narew short-range air defense program. This calls for the procurement of 19 batteries with 7 to be delivered… Continue reading "Raytheon and MBDA Compete for Polish Narew SHORAD Missile Contract"
Lithuania has been cleared by the DSCA for the purchase of up to 500 JLTVs and associated equipment. This includes armor kits, remote weapon stations (CROWS), and Boomerang III acoustic… Continue reading "JLTV Cleared for Export to Lithuania"
At the MAKS 2019 airshow, the Russian aerospace industry revealed a medium altitude long endurance (MALE) drone for the civilian market. Known as Sirius, the drone is being developed by… Continue reading "Russia Reveals MALE Drone for the Civilian Market at MAKS 2019"
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense has issued an 82.3 million UAH ($3.3 million) fine to the defense conglomerate Ukrobonprom (UOP) for its failure to deliver BTR-4E vehicles. The original contract… Continue reading "BTR-4E Manufacturer Fined as Ukrainian MoD Clamps Down on Industry Negligence"