The UK Ministry of Defence officially launched a competition to build three Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships for the Royal Navy today. These crucial Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels will provide munitions, food, stores and provisions to support carrier and amphibious based Task Groups at sea
The German Bundeswehr has awarded Rheinmetall an order worth €295 million for new combat engineer systems. On 14 April 2021, the Budget Committee of the German Parliament approved the project
The Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command received the final quotations for the HX Programme from five fighter manufacturers: Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet (U.S
Indonesia is likely to send back its engineers to South Korea for participation in the KF-X fighter jet project in a sign that the two countries are close to an agreement on the former re-joining the program. Indonesia has asked Seoul to help its engineers “catch up with the technological progress made while they were away back home over coronavirus concerns,” the defense ministry said Wednesday, according to
The U.K
The Norwegian government has decided to block the potential sale of Norway- registered Bergen Engines AG, a part of the Rolls Royce group, to the Russia based Transmashholding. The Minister of Justice and Public Security of Norway, Monica Meland, speaking at a hearing in the Norwegian parliament, Storting, said on March 23, "the sale would strengthen Russia's military capabilities in a way that would clearly be contrary to the security interests of Norway and its allies," Meland said
Australias ambitious $50 billion project to build a dozen Attack-class submarines with French company Naval Group has reportedly been shelved. Pierre Eric Pommellet, head of Naval Group, is currently in Australia to meet federal ministers in an attempt to rescue the contract,
The Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command sent the Request for Best and Final Offer (BFO) for the HX Fighter Programme today to replace its ageing F-18 Hornet aircraft. The Request for BFO concerns the following multi-role fighters and their related systems and weapons: Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet (United States), Dassault Rafale (France), Eurofighter Typhoon (Great Britain), Lockheed Martin F-35 (United States) and Saab Gripen (Sweden)
Iran has told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that it plans to enrich Uranium to up to 20% purity at Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP). “Iran has informed the Agency that in order to comply with a legal act recently passed by the countrys parliament, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran intends to produce Low-Enriched Uranium (LEU) up to 20% at the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant,” the IAEA, United Nations nuclear watchdog, said in a statement
The Dutch Ministry of Defence awarded Elbit Systems $50 million to supply the Royal Netherlands Army (RNLA) with additional digital soldier and vehicular systems. Under the contract, Elbit Systems will supply digital soldier systems and vehicular integration of improved combat network capabilities including TORCH-X Dismounted Command and Control systems and E-LynX Software Defines Radio systems