The United States Navy has awarded Raytheon, an RTX Business, an $80 million contract to prototype Advanced Electronic Warfare (ADVEW) for the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet. The award follows a down select process and positions ADVEW as a potential replacement for the existing AN/ALQ-214 integrated defensive electronic countermeasure and AN/ALR-67(V)3 radar warning receiver
German and Lithuanian defense ministers, Boris Pistorius and Arvydas Anušauskas, signed a historic agreement in Vilnius on December 18, laying the foundation for the first-ever permanent deployment of a Bundeswehr brigade in Lithuania to strengthen NATO's eastern flank and deter potential Russian aggression. The decision to station approximately 5,000 Bundeswehr personnel in Lithuania by 2025 underscores Germany's commitment to solidarity with its NATO allies and the defense of alliance territory
Polands Ministry of National Defense announced today the decision to dissolve the Subcommittee for the re-examination of the Tu-154 plane crash that occurred near Smolensk on April 10, 2010. Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense, signed the decisive document, with Deputy Minister Cezary Tomczyk endorsing the decision
A coalition of nations led by Germany and France is making strides in formulating plans for the development of a NATO-compatible ground-based air defense system aimed at safeguarding Ukraine's future. The inaugural meeting of the Capability Coalition Integrated Air and Missile Defense (
China has donated a substantial quantity of armored vehicles, trucks, boats, and weapons to Zimbabwe, according to an announcement by President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa. Large quantities of armored vehicles, trucks, boats & weapons have been donated by China to Zimbabwe, Mnangagwa confirmed
Raytheon NORSS, a space domain awareness specialist under RTX, has secured a contract to deliver Space Surveillance and Tracking Services Data (SST) for Resident Space Objects (RSO) in low-Earth orbit (LEO) to the UK Space Agency. Under the terms of the contract, Raytheon NORSS will leverage its ground-based Low-Earth Orbit Camera Installation (LOCI) sensors, to gather observation data on objects in LEO
Azerbaijan could be the mystery customer that has reportedly purchased 48 Nora B52 self-propelled howitzers from Serbia. Local media reports around November 20 indicated that Serbia is selling these wheeled self-propelled howitzers to an unnamed country for €311 million
Raytheon, a division of RTX, has secured a $10 million contract from DARPA to develop a wireless airborne relay system as part of the Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program, aimed at enhancing energy distribution for unmanned systems, sensors, and other military applications in contested environments. The initiative aims to enhance energy distribution using power beaming for quick energy transport within a resilient, multi-path network
A lieutenant colonel from Taiwan Armys Aviation and Special Forces Command has been arrested by prosecutors for allegedly planning to defect to China by flying a CH-47F Chinook helicopter to a Chinese aircraft carrier near the median line of the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense announced on December 11 that proactive measures have been implemented to thwart Chinese espionage activities
In a significant move to aid Ukraine in overcoming the impacts of the Russian blockade in the Black Sea, the United Kingdom is set to transfer two Royal Navy mine-hunting ships to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). The announcement was made by Defense Secretary Grant Shapps during the launch of the new Maritime Capability Coalition alongside his Norwegian counterpart