Yearly Archive: 2022

PT Pindad, UAE to Jointly Develop 8×8 Armored Vehicle

PT Pindad, UAE to Jointly Develop 8×8 Armored Vehicle

President Director of PT Pindad, Abraham Mose and Chairman of Calidus LLC, Faris Al Mazrouei signed a memorandum of understanding in the defense sector, specifically related to the joint development of 8×8 combat vehicle products on Thursday, June 30, 2022 at the Ministry of Defense Office of the Un…
Textron to Supply Eight T-6C Turboprop Trainers to Tunisia

Textron to Supply Eight T-6C Turboprop Trainers to Tunisia

Textron Aviation Defense, Wichita, Kansas, has been awarded a $90,686,042, bilateral modification (PZ0011) to previously awarded FA8617-C-21-6235 for the Tunisia T-6C aircraft procurement effort.

The contract modification is for procurement of eight T-6C aircraft, spare parts, spare engines, air…

US Army Tests Laser Weapon to Counter Small UAVs

US Army Tests Laser Weapon to Counter Small UAVs

YUMA PROVING GROUND, Ariz. — With Army modernization at the forefront of the service’s priorities, U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground, known as YPG, serves as a hot spot for on-going high energy laser tests that can cook small, unmanned aircraft systems out of the sky.

The Army Rapid Capabilities an…

NATO Update on Air-Defense Posture on Eastern Flank

NATO Update on Air-Defense Posture on Eastern Flank

RAMSTEIN, Germany –– With the deployment of a surface-to-air missile defence system to Romania, France has further increased its forward footprint in support of NATO’s enhanced vigilance towards potential threat from the East.

The deployment of the French state-of-the-art MAMBA weapons system a…

Rheinmetall to Develop 30mm X 173 Airburst Ammo for US Navy

Rheinmetall to Develop 30mm X 173 Airburst Ammo for US Navy

The Group’s subsidiary American Rheinmetall Munitions, Inc. based in Stafford, VA has been awarded a $14.3 million (€13.5 million) contract under a U.S. Navy other transaction agreement (OTA) to prototype a low-cost engagement capability that increases the effectiveness of existing and future Naval …
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