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The U.S. Marine Corps is moving forward with full-rate production of its new Amphibious Combat Vehicle armed variant, the ACV-30, awarding nearly $300 million in contracts to BAE Systems and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace. According to recent announcements from the Department of Defense, the Marine Corps has placed firm orders for 31 ACV-30 vehicles from […] The post U.S. Marines buy more ACV-30 combat vehicles first appeared on Defence Blog.View the full article

China is preparing to equip its navy’s submarines with a new scramjet-powered hypersonic cruise missile, known as the YJ-19. Mockups of the YJ-19 hypersonic missile, publicly displayed for the first time during the parade in Beijing attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, point to […] The post China to arm submarines with new hypersonic missile first appeared on Defence Blog.View the full article

Russia’s once-deep reserves of armored vehicles are shrinking rapidly, with new open-source assessments showing dramatic reductions in stored tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and artillery systems since the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine. Yet analysts caution that the data should not be interpreted as evidence that Moscow has run out of equipment altogether. OSINT […] The post OSINT data shows Russia’s tank reserves shrinking but far from exhausted first appeared on Defence Blog.View the full article

A U.S. Army intelligence aircraft was tracked flying over the Black Sea on Sunday, conducting a surveillance mission in support of U.S. defense operations, according to publicly available flight data. Data from Flightradar24 showed the aircraft, operating under the call sign BRIO66, flying racetrack patterns off the coast of Romania near Constanța before heading southeast […]View the full article

Delphinus Engineering Inc., based in Newtown, Pennsylvania, has been awarded a $14.5 million contract to develop, fabricate, produce, integrate, and test a new sonar array and lift system for Canada’s Victoria-class submarines. According to a Department of War contract announcement, the award includes Foreign Military Sales (FMS) funds fully allocated to Canada and may grow […]View the full article

The Pakistan Air Force on January 3 conducted a successful flight test of the indigenously developed Taimoor Weapon System, confirming the missile’s performance during an air-launched trial, according to an official statement. The service said the Taimoor Air-Launched Cruise Missile is designed to engage land and sea targets with precision at a range of up […]View the full article

A drone strike attributed to Iran struck Kuwait International Airport, damaging part of a passenger facility and injuring several workers, according to regional media reports citing airport and security sources. The incident occurred at Kuwait’s main civilian aviation hub, where airport operations were briefly disrupted following the impact. According to initial media reporting, the unmanned […]View the full article

The United States Air Force, in partnership with Northrop Grumman and Bechtel, is accelerating development of the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile system by prototyping a new launch silo tube, the companies announced on Friday. According to Northrop Grumman, the launch silo tube serves as the central element of a new modular infrastructure concept that is […]View the full article

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has completed the initial flight series of a new J85 engine-powered variant of its Firejet unmanned aerial system, the company said. Developed in coordination with the U.S. Army’s Target Systems Management Office, the new configuration — designated Mk1 Firejet — represents the second major variant of the Firejet platform and […]View the full article

A man’s man, a man of God, and someone who really knew, “What would Jesus do?“ ... Kapaun defied orders to evacuate, knowing it meant he would most certainly be captured. He pleaded with an injured Chinese officer to call out to his fellow Chinese to stop shooting, an act that spared the lives of wounded Americans. As Kapaun was being led away, he came across another wounded American in a ditch and an enemy soldier standing over Sgt. Herbert Miller, ready to shoot. Kapaun pushed the enemy aside and helped Miller as they were taken captive. They arrived days later, by foot, at the village in Pyoktong, where a POW camp eventually was established. “This is the valor we hon…

Ukraine’s commander-in-chief has approved a formal development concept for the country’s rocket forces and artillery through 2030, setting out a blueprint that prioritizes domestic weapons production, targets strike capability reaching 2,000 kilometers (1,243 miles), and commits to phasing out Soviet-era artillery systems that can no longer be repaired or modernized. General Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of […]View the full article

A Russian fighter jet parked on a runway in occupied Crimea burst into flames overnight, and Ukraine’s military intelligence agency says its drone operators are responsible. Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence, known by its Ukrainian abbreviation GUR and distinct from the country’s domestic security service, announced Saturday morning that its Department of Unmanned Systems struck […]View the full article

A British-made uncrewed helicopter has flown faster than 100 miles per hour while carrying real cargo, and the company behind it says that single test run marks the opening move in a summer packed with flight trials meant to prove the aircraft is ready for military logistics work. Certo Aerospace, a UK aerospace company developing […]View the full article

Ukrainian company Drone Fight Group has deployed an HMMWV, known popularly as “Humvee”, converted into a remotely operated vehicle using its Kaban system, delivering three units to Ukrainian military formations, the company said. The vehicles went to the 3rd Army Corps, the 429th Separate Unmanned Systems Regiment “Achilles” and the 49th Brigade of Ukraine’s Armed […]View the full article

The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded Norway’s Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace a contract worth up to $404.4 million for full-rate production and support of Naval Strike Missile launchers and the fire control system that aims them, the U.S. Department of War announced Sept. 25. The firm-fixed-price contract covers the Naval Strike Missile Launcher Unit, its […]View the full article

Taiwan is paying General Atomics Aeronautical Systems $38.8 million to keep its new MQ-9B SkyGuardian drones flying, under a contractor logistics support deal that runs through August 2029, the U.S. Department of War said. The award, announced on Oct. 15 in the Pentagon’s daily contract list and signed on Oct. 1, covers sustainment services and […]View the full article

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Learn from it. On the list of things future historians will blow-torch early 21st Century US Navy leadership over will be the almost criminal mismanagement of their battle fleet - and it's cruiser fleet most of all. Building off the least worst compromise of making a cruiser from a Spruance Class destroyer in the last quarter of the 20th Century, we coasted in the "peace dividend" 1990s by ignoring a century of shipbuilding experience by not having the replacement class of warship building as the last of the previous class was finishing up. A bit more than a decade and a half later, the absolute Monty Python skit that was CG(X) blew up the second best option. That…

Americas Kihomac won an $18 million deal for A-10 universal rudders. This contract provides for the acquisition of a maximum of 330 rudders. The A-10 is Air Force’s primary low-altitude close air support aircraft. Work will take place in Layton, Utah. Expected completion date is May 18, 2027. According to a news report, a team from Argentina has evaluated the JF-17 fighter in Chengdu, China. The team was later received by Argentine ambassador to China, Sabino Vaca Narvaja, in Beijing. DangDai confirmed the visit of the Argentine delegation to the CATIC (China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation) facilities, located in the city of Chengdu. There, the …

Americas General Dynamics won a $21.6 million modification for additional hours of Abrams system technical support. Work will be performed in Sterling Heights, Michigan, with an estimated completion date of September 22, 2023. M1A1/2 Abrams main battle tank is manufactured by General Dynamics Land Systems. The first M1 tank was produced in 1978, the M1A1 in 1985 and the M1A2 in 1986. The Navy awarded Insitu a $191.8 million modification, which procures 13 RQ-21A Blackjack air vehicles, 25 ScanEagle air vehicles, 48 RQ-21A and ScanEagle payloads and turrets, support equipment, spares and sustainment spares and tools in support of RQ-21A Blackjack and ScanEagle unmanned ai…