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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…

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…

German Military Vehicle Service Facility Opens in Lithuania

German Military Vehicle Service Facility Opens in Lithuania

A German manufacturer company, Lithuania Defense Services (LDS), has been established in Jonava: it will provide logistical and technical maintenance for Lithuanian Armed Forces and NATO Allies’ military vehicles at a new service facility.

The company is set to primarily provide services for th…

NATO Launches Innovation Fund

NATO Launches Innovation Fund

On Thursday (30 June 2022), at a signing ceremony hosted by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Leaders and Ministers from 22 Allied countries* launched NATO’s Innovation Fund, the world’s first multi-sovereign venture capital fund.

“This fund is unique”, the Secretary General said, “with 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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