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BAE Tests Guided APKWS Rockets in Counter-UAV Role

BAE Tests Guided APKWS Rockets in Counter-UAV Role

BAE Systems, Inc. has successfully tested APKWS laser-guided rockets in precision strike tests against Class 2 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) at Yuma Proving Grounds. The 2.75” test rockets combined standard M151 warheads and Mk66 motors with APKWS precision guidance kits and a newly developed proxim…
Navantia to Build Diver Support Ship for Spanish Navy

Navantia to Build Diver Support Ship for Spanish Navy

MADRID — The Council of Ministers has authorized the Ministry of Defense to enter into a construction contract for an underwater intervention vessel (BAM-IS) for an estimated value of 166,460,000.00 euros. The contract includes both the construction of the ship, as well as the acquisition and inte…
House of Commons Analysis of AUKUS Agreement

House of Commons Analysis of AUKUS Agreement

On 15 September 2021 Prime Minister Boris Johnson, US President Joseph Biden and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison issued a joint statement announcing the creation of an “enhanced trilateral security partnership” called AUKUS (Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States).

The most …

Russia to Open New Drone Production Facility

Russia to Open New Drone Production Facility

MOSCOW — A new production facility that the hi-tech company Kronshtadt will open in Dubna near Moscow by the end of 2021 will be able to roll out tens of drones annually, Company CEO Sergey Bogatikov told TASS on Monday.

“The capacities of our factory in Dubna will make it possible to produce t…

Archer 155mm Wheeled Howitzer Completes US Army Evaluation

Archer 155mm Wheeled Howitzer Completes US Army Evaluation

WASHINGTON — BAE Systems, Inc.’s 155mm ARCHER wheeled howitzer system successfully completed testing during the U.S. Army’s “shoot-off” evaluation, as the service evaluates whether to add a wheeled capability to its arsenal. ARCHER is a fully automated mobile weapon system that provides highly res…
GD’s New Rocket-Assisted Projectile Exceeds 70-Km Range

GD’s New Rocket-Assisted Projectile Exceeds 70-Km Range

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (OTS) successfully tested four XM1210 (XM1113ER) High Explosive Rocket-Assisted Projectiles that demonstrated a range capability in excess of 70 kilometers for the Army’s future Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) system.

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