Monthly Archive: Maggio 2022

Sweden Awards Nammo Contract for 12.7mm Ammunition

Sweden Awards Nammo Contract for 12.7mm Ammunition

The week before Easter, FMV and the supplier Nammo signed a framework agreement for the delivery of small-caliber ammunition. The contract pertains to different types of 12.7 millimeter ammunition and extends to the year 2029.

“This enables us to procure the amount of 12.7 mm of ammunition that t…

Nammo to Supply Ariane 6 Space Launcher with Rocket Motors

Nammo to Supply Ariane 6 Space Launcher with Rocket Motors

A6 DR_SR is actually a heritage product initially developed for the A5 launch vehicle, which over the last 30 years has performed flawlessly separating the P241 boosters from its main stage.

For the newly developed Ariane6 launch vehicle, the Nammo rocket motor has seen several modifications and…

Trying to Understand the Price of Australian Military Equipment

Trying to Understand the Price of Australian Military Equipment

Confusion reigns in discussions about the cost of the Department of Defence’s equipment projects. Whether we’re talking about media articles, parliamentary committee hearings, letters to the editor, duelling internet commentators or any other forms of discourse that address Defence acquisitions, the…
Congressional Review Process for Arms Sales: CRS Report

Congressional Review Process for Arms Sales: CRS Report

This report reviews the process and procedures that apply to congressional consideration of foreign arms sales proposed by the President. This includes consideration of proposals to sell major defense equipment, defense articles and services, or the retransfer to third-party states of such items.
Curtiss-Wright to Supply Challenger 3 Tank Stabilization System

Curtiss-Wright to Supply Challenger 3 Tank Stabilization System

DAVIDSON, N.C. — Curtiss-Wright Corporation today announced that it has been awarded a contract by Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) to provide its turret drive stabilization technology for use in the weapons system on the British Army’s Challenger 3 Main Battle Tank.

Under the contract, valu…

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