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Lockheed Martin is being awarded a $1,002,700,000 in support of missile and launching platform production for Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS), the Pentagon name for the Naval conventional hypersonic missile. The contract includes program management, engineering development, systems integration, long lead material, and special tooling and equipment in support of missile and launching platform production for Conventional Prompt Strike, a Pentagon contract award said Friday
The first centre fuselage assembly for the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mk1A was handed over to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) an Indian firm, VEM Technologies in Hyderabad yesterday. The Tejas MK1A is an advanced version of the LCA Tejas boasting features such as an AESA radar
Indra has successfully tested its NEMUS radar for active protection against drones and projectiles on Leopard battle tanks at the Spanish Armys Armored Units Instruction Center (CENAD) in Zaragoza. The purpose of the tests was to check that the Nemus radar can be integrated into the Leopard platform
A new Cyber and Electromagnetic Command will also be established to put the UK at the forefront of cyber operations as part of the Strategic Defence Review (SDR), ab announcement was made by Defence Secretary, John Healey MP on a visit to the UK militarys cyber HQ. The Ministry of Defence will develop a new Digital Targeting Web Investing More than £1 billion to better connect Armed Forces weapons systems and allow battlefield decisions for targeting enemy threats to be made and executed faster
Twelve Russian soldiers involved in shooting down the first US F-16 fighter jet in Ukraine last month have been rewarded 15 million rubles ($195,000) by a Russian firm, Fores. "Fores has delivered on its earlier promise to transfer 15 million rubles to members of the Russian Armed Forces for downing the first F-16 in the special military operation zone," the company said in a statement
A South Korean Navys P-3CK maritime patrol aircraft crashed into a mountain near a naval base in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, on Thursday killing Two of the four crew members while two others are missing. The Korean Navy confirmed that the bodies of two of the four crew members were discovered and retrieved
During the fighting against Hezbollah in Lebanon last year, the Israeli Air Force used a new laser air defense system that had not previously been publicly disclosed. The new system is a smaller version of the Iron Beam high-powered laser interception system, which is set to be given to the IDF later this year
Germany plans to provide funding to Ukraine for the development and mass production of cruise missiles with a range of up to 2,500 kilometers. During Wednesday's meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin, new military assistance to Ukraine will be announced Including technical components that will allow Ukraine to create cruise missiles
France is highly concerned about the performance of the Rafale fighter and is maintaining close communication with India to obtain first-hand information regarding its reported downing during an India-Pakistan air duel on May 7. A spokesman of the French Ministry of Defense's Armed Forces Staff said during a briefing in Paris yesterday that if the relevant information is true, this will be the first time that a Rafale fighter jet has been damaged in actual combat in its 20 years of service