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Hanwha Aerospace has secured a new long-term production contract for South Korea’s next-generation Long-range Surface-to-Air Missile system. According to a press release from Hanwha Aerospace, the company signed a KRW 705.4 billion (approximately $482 million) agreement with the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) to begin mass production of L-SAM launchers and anti-ballistic missiles through 2030. […]View the full article

Sometime, hundreds of thousands of years ago during the Early or Middle Paleolithic Era in a coastal area, lake, or river system, our primitive ancestors discovered the use of a dugout canoe to fish and transport what they could hunt or gather from the surrounding forest. At some point, they discovered that another band of humans were harvesting from their best fig tree and were fishing from their river. They were barely holding on as it was; they could not afford to let others come in and take one of their most reliable food sources. Two of the younger men found out where the outsiders were camped. It was half a day upriver, but impossible to get to by land. So, a wis…

The United States has approved a possible $9.0 billion Foreign Military Sale to Saudi Arabia for Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement missiles, with the Defense Security Cooperation Agency formally notifying Congress on January 30. According to the State Department determination, Saudi Arabia has requested the purchase of 730 PAC-3 MSE interceptor missiles along with […]View the full article

Ukrainian defense manufacturer Fire Point has conducted test launches of its new FP-7 ballistic missile, with footage of the launches published on February 27 by company co-founder Denys Shtilerman. The video shows the missile being launched from a ground-based platform, marking the first public demonstration of the system’s flight testing. The test comes as Ukrainian […]View the full article

Latvia’s Air Force detected and tracked a foreign unmanned aerial vehicle entering the country’s airspace from Russia before it crashed in the Krāslava region, the Latvian Ministry of Defense said. The incident occurred early March 25, with authorities confirming the drone detonated after entering Latvian territory. According to the Latvian Ministry of Defense, early warning […]View the full article

A Norwegian passenger jet from the airline Norwegian was placed in a holding pattern on the evening of 15 April while two Norwegian Air Force F-35 fighters scrambled from Evenes Air Station to intercept an unidentified aircraft approaching Norwegian airspace. The military alert took priority over civil air traffic as the fighters launched on a […]View the full article

The U.S. Army has evaluated CX2’s Wraith, an autonomous airborne electronic warfare drone capable of geolocating and identifying radio frequency threats without GPS, during Exercise Ivy Mass at Fort Carson, Colorado, with an EW platoon from the 4th Infantry Division executing nearly a dozen autonomous missions over two weeks of operational testing. Apache Company’s Electronic […]View the full article

The U.S. Army has selected a European-pedigreed precision artillery shell capable of hitting targets 70 kilometers away, awarding General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems a contract to develop an American version of a munition already in service with Germany, Italy, and other allied nations. General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, a business unit of General […]View the full article

The combat jet that is supposed to replace an aging fighter fleet on the front lines of the Pacific flew back into Okinawa this week, months after the Air Force quietly admitted its permanent arrival has slipped by a year. An F-15EX Eagle II, escorted by two F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft, landed at Kadena Air […]View the full article

DRS Network and Imaging Systems LLC, based in Melbourne, Florida, has been awarded a $55.7 million contract to provide engineering services for the Improved Bradley Acquisition Subsystem, known as IBAS, the sighting, targeting and missile control system that lets Bradley Fighting Vehicle crews spot, track and engage enemy targets, according to a federal contract award […]View the full article

Raytheon has completed a 17,000-square-foot (1,579 square meter) expansion of its manufacturing facility in Forest, Mississippi, the company said Thursday. The $50 million project is expected to create 100 high-skill jobs by 2028, according to Raytheon, an RTX business. The expansion will serve as a production, test and integration hub for Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band […]View the full article

Americas Southeastern Computer Consultants won a $43 million task order, which shall provide Tactical Tomahawk Weapon Control System (TTWCS) Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) products and services in support of Training Support Activity responsibilities at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division. This is a single award, five-year, cost-plus-fixed-fee term level of effort task order that consists of one base year with four option years, which, if all line item quantities are ordered, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $42,989,767. The Tomahawk missile is a long-range, all-weather, jet-powered, subsonic cruise missile that is primarily used by…

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Americas Sikorsky Aircraft won a $26.9 million contract modification for UH-60M Foreign Military Sales green aircraft. UH-60 Black Hawk is a multi-mission helicopter developed by Sikorsky that has been operational in the US Army since 1978. Work will take place in Connecticut. Estimated completion date is June 30, 2022. Raytheon/Lockheed Martin Javelin JV won an $8.6 million modification to support Javelin engineering services. The Javelin is a man-portable anti tank missile. Raytheon is responsible for the command launch unit (CLU), missile guidance electronic unit, system software and system engineering management. Lockheed Martin is responsible for the missile seeker,…

Assuming you know what kind of war you are in, (not always known at the time) at the Strategic Level victory is achieved when there is a cascading series of Operational Level victories that brings your enemy to the point of combat ineffectiveness or collapse. At the Operational Level, victories are had when a series of Tactical Level victories achieve Decisive Points along various lines of Operations in support of Objectives and End States and undermining the enemy's Center of Gravity. Some victories are more important than others ... and the smallest thing can make all the difference, even something as simple as listening through the fog for an outboard motor. One day t…

Americas The US Air Force has started phasing out one of its oldest and most reliable assets, the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter. This move comes as the Air Force’s 55th RQS (Rescue Squadron) has just returned from a successful deployment, during which the Pave Hawk fleet played a crucial role in a variety of missions, […]View the full article

F-15C over DC (click to view full) “Array of Aging American Aircraft Attracting Attention” discusses the issues that accompany an air force whose fighters have an average age of over 23.5 years – vs. an average of 8.5 years in 1967. One of the most obvious consequences is the potential for fleet groundings due to […]View the full article

New images of the USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001), a Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyer, have reignited scrutiny across social media over the operational condition and long-term viability of the U.S. Navy’s most advanced surface combatant. Photos taken during a recent port visit to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka in Japan show extensive discoloration, corrosion streaks, and visible […] The post U.S. stealth destroyer’s condition shocks social media first appeared on Defence Blog.View the full article

U.S. Central Command and the Egyptian armed forces held Bright Star 25, a multinational exercise widely recognized as one of the largest in the world. The event began with a formal ceremony at Mohamed Naguib Military Base, Egypt, on August 28, and has since advanced into full-scale drills involving forces from across the globe. According […] The post U.S. and Egypt lead one of world’s largest military exercises first appeared on Defence Blog.View the full article

At Defence Blog, we asked armored vehicle expert and lead analyst Serhiy Berezutskiy, an analyst at the Ukrainian Strategic Initiative Center, to share his view on China’s newest tank concept and the future of armored warfare. The Russian-Ukrainian war has convincingly shown that the classical tank paradigm, which has dominated military thought since the Second […] The post Expert: China turns tanks into combat systems first appeared on Defence Blog.View the full article