The United Kingdom will transfer armor piercing rounds containing depleted uranium (DU) as part its Challenger 2 tanks giveaway to Ukraine. Annabel Goldie, British Deputy Minister of Defense, confirmed the transfer of DU shells to Ukraine while answering questions on the government website of the UK Parliament
Northrop Grumman will enter into production of the Multi-role Electronically Scanned Array (MESA) sensor for the U.S
The Hellenic army could acquire Assault Amphibious Vehicles (AAVs) for $268 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today
The Iranian Navy said it has outfitted its new homegrown Shahid Mahdavi warship with different kinds of drones, including the kamikaze ones. “The Shahid Mahdavi combat support vessel has been equipped with cruise missiles with a range of 300 to 750km, Sepehr-7 vertical launch drones with a flight duration of 8 hours and a range of 200km, and kamikaze drones with a range of 1,300km, and it can also carry 5 helicopters,” Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, the commander of Irans Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy, was quoted as saying by Iranian state-owned media
Argentina has expressed interest in procuring Chinese-Pakistani JF-17 combat jets and 8x8 armored vehicles produced by Chinese arms firm NORINCO. Argentine Ambassador to China Sabino Vaca Narvaja recently held a work meeting with the countrys Defense Minister Jorge Taiana and his team in Buenos Aires to promote cooperation with China in the field of national defense
A metal cutting ceremony, marking the start of the construction of the second Ada-class corvette for the Ukrainian Navy, was reportedly held recently. It is unknown exactly when the ceremony took place,
Israels Elbit Systems has been tapped to provide Electronic Warfare (EW) self-protection suites for a fighter aircraft that is being supplied to a NATO member country in Europe. As part of the contract, Elbit Systems will equip the aircraft with its EW self-protection suite, including Radar Warning Receivers (RWR) and Countermeasure Dispensing Systems (CMDS)
The Pentagons national defense budget pegged at $886.3 billion is "the most strategy aligned budget in history” and is aimed at “strategic competition with China," a top defense official has said
US Airforce Airmen have received a new analysis tool called the China toolkit, which is expected to act as a supplemental resource for commanders to tailor training specifically oriented to the United States pacing challenge. The toolkit is expected to help Airmen and Guardians make informed decisions and determine limitations, opportunities and challenges in competition
Lockheed Martin (LM) and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) are developing the TF-50, the most advanced version of the latter's FA-50 Light FIghter-Trainer aircraft.Lockheed Martin recently submitted the TF-50A variant in response to the U