The UK Ministry of Defence awarded a £4.2 billion ($5 billion) contract to BAE Systems to manufacture the next five City-class Type 26 frigates for the Royal Navy in Glasgow
Czech citizens are collecting funds to buy mobile anti-aircraft machine guns to help Ukraines army shoot down Iran-produce Shahed-136 drones that the West claims is being used by the Russians. The campaign “
Ukraines intelligence agency has confirmed that a draft agreement is being prepared by Russia and Iran on the transfer of ballistic missiles. “We understand the threat of using ballistic missiles against our state, so today our diplomacy, military intelligence and other structures are very active, which are working hard to prove to the world community how dangerous Irans arms supplies to Russia are,” spokesman for the Main Intelligence Agency, Vadym Skybytsky, was quoted as saying by
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Russia is reportedly planning to top up its drone fleet for $200 million with a fresh Iranian contract, after several imported drones were destroyed in the ongoing Ukraine war, reports say. Moscow secretly flew $141 million in cash and Western weapons seized in Ukraine to Iran in exchange for 166 drones around two months ago,
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) said all component-level tests are complete on Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program and the on-orbit demonstration mission is on schedule for launch in 2024. The RSGS goal is to enable inspection and servicing of satellites in geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO), where hundreds of satellites provide communications, meteorological, national security, and other vital functions
Ukraines armed forces performed 147 missiles hitting a number of Russian targets, including drone control point and ammunition depots. "The situation in the operational zones of our area of responsibility is consistently tense but under control
Traditionally neutral Switzerland has yet again blocked Germany from sending Swiss-made munitions to warn-torn Ukraine, which may force Germany to reduce its "dependency" on importing weapons, even from the “neutral” country. “There is no reason to reply favorably to the German request to transmit Swiss military equipment to Ukraine,” Economic Affairs Minister Guy Parmelin explained in a letter to German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht last week
The United States is likely to approve the sale of F-16 combat aircraft to Turkey – a deal which has been in troubled waters since its purchase of Russian S-400 missile systems – in about two months. After being denied Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II jets, Turkey sought new F-16s and 80 modernization kits for old jets
Chinas H-6K bomber has made an appearance with new weapons – possibly new hypersonic air-launched ballistic missiles similar to Russias Kinzhal – for the first time, ahead of the upcoming Airshow China 2022. The H-6K carried one such missile on each wing