Monthly Archive: Agosto 2022

WILMINGTON, MA — Textron Systems Corporation, a Textron Inc. company, announced today that it received a five-year contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command – New Jersey which was executed in support of the U.S. Army Project Manager Close Combat Systems.

The contract is valued up to $353…

ARLINGTON, Va. — Boeing and Norwegian defense and aerospace company Nammo have successfully test-fired a ramjet-powered artillery projectile, further demonstrating the viability of one of the U.S. Army’s modernization priorities – long-range precision fires.

During the June 28 test at the Andøy…

OSHKOSH, Wis. — Oshkosh Defense, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Oshkosh Corporation, delivered the first Stryker Double-V Hull Infantry Carrier Vehicle (ICVVA1) upgraded with the 30 mm Medium Caliber Weapon System (MCWS) to the U.S. Army’s Aberdeen Test Center (ATC) in Aberdeen, Maryland, where…

Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur discussed Estonian-Latvian cooperation opportunities with his Latvian colleague Artis Pabriks on his first foreign visit to Riga today. In strengthening the defense capability of the region, the focus is on the joint procurement of medium-range air defense, the capabili…

Rolls-Royce will deliver a total of 523 MTU Series 199 engines for the Boxer Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV) for the British Armed Forces. The engines will be assembled, acceptance-tested and painted in the UK.

Rolls-Royce will deliver a total of 523 MTU Series 199 engines for the Boxer Mechani…

NAPLES, Italy — On Aug. 3, the U.S. Navy successfully recovered the F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW 1), embarked aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) that blew overboard due to unexpected heavy weather in the Mediterranean Sea July 8, 2022.

The aircraft was recove…