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France Qualifies Fardier Vehicle for Paras, Special Forces

France Qualifies Fardier Vehicle for Paras, Special Forces

PARIS — On June 10, 2022, the General Directorate of Armaments (DGA) qualified the Fardier vehicle intended for the airborne troops of the Army, as well as for the special forces. The first eight vehicles should be delivered to the forces by the end of the year.

A small air-transportable, air-d…

Lockheed Wins $130M Order for Eight ARTS-V2 Radars

Lockheed Wins $130M Order for Eight ARTS-V2 Radars

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Grand Prairie, Texas, has been awarded a $130,527,339, contract modification (P00032) to previously awarded contract FA8210-17-C-0001 for the Advanced Radar Threat System – Variant 2 (ARTS-V2).

The contract modification is to provide for the exercise of…

Bayraktar’s Latest Akıncı UCAV Hits Target with New Ammo

Bayraktar’s Latest Akıncı UCAV Hits Target with New Ammo

Turkey’s most advanced and sophisticated drone, the Bayraktar Akıncı unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), has successfully completed another important stage in the ammunition integration process.

The developing company, Baykar, said the drone has completed a firing test with the domestically de…

Hawaii-Based F-22 Fighters Deploy to Japan for Exercise

Hawaii-Based F-22 Fighters Deploy to Japan for Exercise

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan — The skies over the Keystone of the Pacific recently featured unique guests, as several visiting F-22 Raptors and Airmen from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, conducted a series of missions at Kadena Air Base, Japan.

While at Kadena AB, the fifth-generation air do…

BAE Wins US Army $699M Supercomputing Contract

BAE Wins US Army $699M Supercomputing Contract

BAE Systems and Technology Solutions & Services Inc., Rockville, Maryland, was awarded a $698,967,197 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Defense Supercomputing Resource Center operations, maintenance, and management services, including program-wide services for high-performance computer users.

Bid…

Aero Vodochody Strengthens Cooperation with Brazil’s Embraer

Aero Vodochody Strengthens Cooperation with Brazil’s Embraer

PRAGUE — A memorandum was signed between representatives from Aero and Embraer, which strengthens the cooperation between the two entities. Aero has been producing significant parts of the C-390 aircraft since 2016. The signing was also attended by Mr. Tomáš Kopečný, Deputy minister for industrial…
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