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Brussels Wants to Enforce Arms Cooperation in the EU

Brussels Wants to Enforce Arms Cooperation in the EU

BRUSSELS — The EU Commission wants to create additional incentives for joint armaments investments and is proposing a “solidarity mechanism” for this purpose. States that help Ukraine “most in containing Russian aggression” should be able to “replenish their own supplies.” “This could take the for…
India Successfully Tests Helicopter-Launched Anti-Ship Missile

India Successfully Tests Helicopter-Launched Anti-Ship Missile

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Navy successfully conducted maiden flight-test of indigenously-developed Naval Anti-Ship Missile launched from a naval helicopter from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha on May 18, 2022. The mission met all i…
Turkey’s Defense, Aerospace Industry Turnover Tops $10B

Turkey’s Defense, Aerospace Industry Turnover Tops $10B

ISTANBUL — Turkey’s defense and aerospace industry sector turnover exceeded the $10 billion threshold in 2021 and returned to pre-pandemic figures, Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB) head Ismail Demir said Tuesday.

Demir was speaking at the 4th Defense Industry Meetings organized by the Ist…

Raytheon Wins $103M for Over-the-Horizon Weapon System

Raytheon Wins $103M for Over-the-Horizon Weapon System

Raytheon Missiles & Defense, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $102,699,507 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract N00024-18-C-5432.

This option exercise is for Raytheon Missiles & Defense to manufacture and deliver the Over-the-Horizon Weapon System (OTH-WS), which consists of…

NZ Frigate Sails Home After Eight Year Refit in Canada

NZ Frigate Sails Home After Eight Year Refit in Canada

The second of the country’s two naval frigates is due to leave Canada, eight years after an upgrade project began. The costs to upgrade the ship Te Mana, and before it Te Kaha, have blown out to between NZ$600 million and NZ$700m, due in part to project management mistakes.

Main contractor Lockhe…

Iran Inaugurates Drone-Manufacturing Plant in Tajikistan

Iran Inaugurates Drone-Manufacturing Plant in Tajikistan

TEHRAN — Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri and Tajik Defense Minister General Sherali Mirzo inaugurated a plant in Tajikistan to manufacture Iran-made Ababil 2 drones in the Central Asian country.

The Ababil 2 UAV production plant was inaugurated i…

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