The Polish Ministry of Defense (MoN) has approved the purchase of 48 additional Krab Self-propelled cannon artillery systems and 36 accompanying support vehicles. The total value of this contract amount… Continue reading "Poland Orders 48 Additional Krab Artillery Systems"
At the end of March Sikorsky Aircraft won a contract worth $100 million for the delivery of 25 UH-60M Blackhawk helicopters that will be delivered to the Saudi Arabian National… Continue reading "Saudi Arabia Wants More Blackhawks"
It has been another busy week full of defense news, in this new series of Weekend Briefings we’ll round up all of the latest, most important and interesting defense stories… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing"
On Wednesday, President Biden signed a new executive order calling for a 100 day review of critical US supply chains in order to find vulnerabilities. This primarily includes items relevant… Continue reading "Biden Orders Review of Key US Supply Chains"
In July, the Defence Secretary – Ben Wallace – announced the contract for the first three Protector ‘Remotely Piloted Air System’ (RPAS) whilst at the Air and Space Power Conference.… Continue reading "UK Signs Contract for First Protector Drones"
When the UK announced its ban of the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles from 2040, one of the first questions raised was ‘what about the military?’ The announcement on… Continue reading "Hybrid Armoured Vehicles for the UK"
Back in 2017, JCB announced that the US Army had placed a $142 million contract for the provision of 1,600 ‘light capacity rough terrain forklifts’ that were adapted from their… Continue reading "JCB to Provide US Army With Additional New Machines"
With the announcement of the new uniform, insignia and equipment of the Royal Marines Commandos, there are some immediate acquisition-related questions that arise. With comments about it being the first… Continue reading "The New Future Commando Force Uniform – Acquisition Nightmare Or a Step In the Right Direction?"
One of the challenges when discussing the defence industry is how to identify what that phrase actually means. The ‘arms industry’ of the 1930s was distorted by the requirement for… Continue reading "Defence Industries: Some of Their Characteristics"
In our previous article, I identified two basic, but fundamental, models that are used in the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) procurement systems. The first was ‘CADMID’ that describes… Continue reading "Capability Management and the Defence Lines of Development"