Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) collaborated with the Navy on a research and development effort that advanced the launch and recovery of a large size unmanned undersea vehicle, using an amphibious ship and HIIs Pharos system. Building on the success of a June 2022 demonstration where HII launched and recovered its large diameter UUV Proteus with its Pharos system, HII entered into two separate Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADA) to further advance the capability to deploy unmanned vehicles from ships
The French General Directorate for Armament (DGA) has awarded to Dassault Aviation, Airbus, Indra, EUMET and their industrial partners € 3.2 billion for the Demonstrator Phase 1B of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS)
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German defence minister Christine Lambrecht took official delivery of the first items of military clothing, combat helmets and personal equipment ordered by the Bundeswehr on December 6. The equipment were ordered “in response to the abruptly changed security situation in Europe,” Rheinmetall said
Finlands Ministry of Defence authorised the Defence Forces to order SPIKE SR, LR2 and ER2 missile systems from Israeli firm Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. The overall value of the procurement, without value added tax, is €223
Germanys Bundeswehr, Airbus, the German Aerospace Center DLR, and German companies SFL and Geradts jointly carried out the worlds first successful launch and operation of a Remote Carrier flight test demonstrator from a flying A400M on December 12. Multiplying the force and extending the range of unmanned systems will be one of the future roles of Airbus military transport aircraft in the Future Combat Air System (FCAS)
The Ministry of Defence of Slovak Republic has inked a $1.37 billion agreement for the delivery of 152 CV9035 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) produced by BAE Systems
The first ever export of China's Type 071E landing platform dock built for Thailand recently completed its sea trial and delivery of the vessel is expected soon.Developed by the No
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Poland could soon place an order for Abrams tanks worth $3.75 billion, now that it has received the go-ahead from the U