Fincantieri said today it will sign a contract with OCCAR (Organisation Conjointe de Cooperation en matiere dArmement, the international organization for joint armament cooperation) for the construction of 2 new-generation submarines for the Italian Navy. The contract envisages an option for 2 additional units and is part of the new U212NFS (Near Future Submarine) acquisition program of the Italian Navy
Israels Rafael Advanced Defense Systems said today it completed the development of the ground-based Air Defense version of the I-Derby ER (Extended Range) air-to-air missile. During the test series concluded earlier this week in southern Israel, Rafael performed a ground launch to test the missiles command and control, navigation, and flight trajectory capabilities
Israels Rafael Advanced Systems will provide Trophy tank protection systems to Germany for equipping them on the armys Leopard 2 tanks. The contract signed between Israel's Ministry of Defense and the German Federal Ministry of Defense also includes tank equipment, interceptors, spares parts and operational and technical training
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MBDA today Launched its ‘Sky Warden counter unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) at IDEX 2021. Eric Béranger, CEO of MBDA, said in a release: “Sky Warden embodies MBDAs deep knowledge of the engagement process, systems integration, of all categories of effectors and their next evolutions, and of effects management in the air defence domain
RBSL and Rheinmetall Landsysteme have jointly awarded a contract, worth £180 million ($252.3 million), to Thales UK to supply PROTECTOR RS4 Remote Weapon Station (RWS) and Acusonic Shot Detection System – for the British Armys new Boxer vehicles
The Turkish security forces on Wednesday started receiving ATAK Phase-2 rotorcraft, an upgraded version of the T129 ATAK helicopter. The ATAK Phase-2 made its maiden flight in November 2019
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IDEX 2021 in Abu Dhabi from February 21-25 will see the first presentation abroad of the Antey-4000 air defense missile system (ADMS), the export version of Russias S-300V4 system. The system will be demonstrated at the Rosoboronexport exposition