Yearly Archive: 2022

A flight test of a hypersonic missile system in Hawaii ended in failure due to a problem that took place after ignition, the Department of Defense said, delivering a fresh blow to a program that has suffered stumbles.

It didn’t provide further details of what took place in the Wednesday test, but…

LONDON — The UK will provide another £1 billion of military support to Ukraine, the Prime Minister has announced at the NATO Leaders’ Summit today (Thursday 30th June).

This uplift to funding will herald a new phase in the international community’s support to Ukraine. It will go towards capabil…

FMV has signed a contract with Saab AB for the purchase of two reconnaissance and control aircraft. S106, which becomes the Armed Forces’ designation, is a further development of Saab’s GlobalEye, which means that it is adapted for Swedish defense tasks and international cooperation.

WASHINGTON — Celeste Wallander, assistant secretary of defense for United States’ international security affairs, voiced the Pentagon’s support for Turkey’s modernization plans for its F-16 fighter jet fleet on Wednesday.

Speaking on a call with National Security Council Coordinator for Strateg…

WARTON, U.K. — The launch of Team Tempest and the UK’s Combat Air Strategy delivered big defence headlines at the last Farnborough air show – but what impact have factors such as the Covid-19 pandemic had in the four years since then?

Now in its £250 million ($313 million) concept and assessmen…

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. — The U.S. Army, through a competitive process, has chosen General Dynamics Land Systems’ offering for the Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) program to provide enhanced firepower for Infantry Brigade Combat Teams (IBCTs). The Low-Rate Initial Production award is valued at $1…