Yearly Archive: 2022

PRAGUE — European Union ministers on Tuesday debated ways to ramp up weapons production, boost military training for the Ukrainian armed forces and inflict heavier costs on Russia, with no end in sight to a war that has ground on since February.

“We are depleting our stocks. We are providing so…

Lockheed Martin Corp., Owego, New York, is awarded a $503,718,672 firm-fixed-price order (N0001922F2291) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001921G0017).

This order provides for the production and delivery of 12 MH-60R aircraft for the Commonwealth of Australia.

Work wil…

Russia is desperately trying to fill its ranks depleted by its poor showing in its unprovoked war on Ukraine, a senior defense official said speaking on background today.

Russia is seeking to increase the size of its military by 137,000 to 1.15 million. U.S. officials have said that Russia has lo…

WASHINGTON — The war in Ukraine has depleted American stocks of some types of ammunition and the Pentagon has been slow to replenish its arsenal, sparking concerns among U.S. officials that American military readiness could be jeopardized by the shortage.

The U.S. has over the past six months s…

Senior Defence officials have downplayed the possibility of acquiring new Spanish built destroyers, as the shipbuilder behind the troubled $45 billion future frigate project says it has clawed back a year’s worth of delays and will start construction of the first parts of the ship in May next year.
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