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South Korea’s Hanwha Bids for UK Artillery Program

South Korea’s Hanwha Bids for UK Artillery Program

LONDON — Hanwha Defense has formed a unique international partnership with leading defence manufacturers in the UK to develop a local variant of the world’s most popular self-propelled howitzer, K9 Thunder, for the British Army.

The companies have come together as “Team Thunder” to bid to manuf…

Babcock Cuts First Steel for Type 31 Frigate Program

Babcock Cuts First Steel for Type 31 Frigate Program

LONDON — Steel was today cut for HMS Venturer, the first vessel of the Royal Navy’s Type 31 frigates that will be at the centre of its surface fleet.

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace officially cut steel for the UK’s newest warship, during a ceremony held at Rosyth dockyard. The event marks a sig…

US Navy Carrier Group Returns to South China Sea

US Navy Carrier Group Returns to South China Sea

SOUTH CHINA SEA — The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is operating in the South China Sea for the second time during its 2021 deployment, Sept. 24.

The U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) steams through international waters.

The carrier strike gro…

Rostec Launches Production of New Defense System

Rostec Launches Production of New Defense System

The Central Scientific – Research Institute for Precision Machine Engineering (TSNIITOCHMASH) of Rostec State Corporation has launched the mass production of unified precision weaponry defense systems for advanced military vehicles. The product is designed to protect the TOS-2 heavy flamethrower sys…
Lockheed Wins $51M for Malaysia Radar Contract

Lockheed Wins $51M for Malaysia Radar Contract

Lockheed Martin, Liverpool, New York, has been awarded a $25,111,798 firm-fixed-price contract for the Malaysia Ground Based Radar System.

This contract provides a standalone radar system, ancillary equipment, spares, training, and an interim contract support option.

This contract includes o…

Italian Navy Begins Sea Trials of Third PPA Frigate

Italian Navy Begins Sea Trials of Third PPA Frigate

On the first day of autumn, the third ship of the PPA Programme, named “Raimondo Montecuccoli”, sailed for the first time in the blue waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea.

PPA3 is the first PPA in LIGHT PLUS configuration and just three years after the First Steel Cutting ceremony, successfully conducted…

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