Elbit Systems has won a $150 million contract to supply PULS (Precise and Universal Launching Systems) rocket launchers and a package of precision-guided long-range rockets to an international customer. The contract will be performed over a period of three years
The German Bundeswehr awarded Rheinmetall a €1.3 billion order for service and practice artillery ammunition
Raytheon and Northrop Grumman have won a follow-on contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to reduce risk for future air breathing hypersonic systems. Under the agreement, the Raytheon-led team will build and fly additional Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) flight vehicles
Frances Safran Helicopter Engines and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) have decided to establish a helicopter engine plant in Bangalore, India. It will be intended for the design, development, production, sale and support of helicopter engines, with the primary objective of the most suitable propulsion system for the future IMRH (Indian Multi-Role Helicopter) helicopter of 13t of the Indian Ministry of Defense (MoD) and its naval version DBMRH (Deck Based Multi-Role Helicopter)
Turkeys Otokar has won $4.4 billion to supply Kazakh military with 834 ARMA armored combat vehicles
The Kerch bridge was hit by a drone attack Monday night, making it the second attack on the Crimean bridge since the war began. The National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) confirmed a ‘Ukrainian attack on the bridge
Argentina has completed the technical evaluation of its modernized medium tank (TAM) to its 2CA2 version clearing the way for its serial production. The modernization was conducted by the Israeli company Elbit Systems together with an Argentinas Industrias Metalúrgicas Pescarmona Sociedad Anónima (IMPSA)
Turkeys Aselsan will unveil laser-based YILDIRIM-100 Directed Infrared Countermeasure System (DIRCM) for helicopters at the upcoming IDEF 2023 exhibition (July 25-28) in Istanbul. DIRCM are a class of anti-missile systems produced to protect aircraft from infrared homing missiles, primarily MANPADS and similar simple systems
Russia has substantially accelerated production of drones - that of Orlan reconnaissance drones has gone up 53 times compared to last year while a new factory has been set up to meet exponential demand for Lancet loitering munitions. Kalashnikov concern said in a recent statement that it will multiply the production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
Indonesian Minister of Defense Prabowo Subianto received the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Hakan Fidan in Jakarta on July 15 where the two leaders discussed measures to deepen cooperation in the field of defense. "I see that there is still a lot of space and areas of defense cooperation that can be utilized by the two countries in the future," said Defense Minister Prabowo in an official release