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Sweden Tests Gripen In-Flight Refueling from German A400M

Sweden Tests Gripen In-Flight Refueling from German A400M

The Swedish Defense Materiel Agency, FMV, together with the German Air Force, is conducting in-flight refueling tests with Swedish Air Force JAS-39 C/D Gripen fighters from the German Air Force’s A400M tanker aircraft. The purpose is to validate the air refueling function by performing a flight test…
BAE Details Support of UK Carrier Group During Asian Mission

BAE Details Support of UK Carrier Group During Asian Mission

BAE Systems has successfully completed the management and delivery of planned overseas support for the UK’s Carrier Strike Group 21 (CSG21). The carrier group sailed from the UK in May and has been supported by BAE Systems throughout its deployment.

BAE Systems engineers and technicians have over…

BAE Wins 10-Year, $872M US Army Support Contract

BAE Wins 10-Year, $872M US Army Support Contract

The U.S. Army, on Aug. 24, 2021, has awarded BAE Systems an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide life-cycle sustainment and technical support to the Limited Interim Missile Warning System (LIMWS) program. The 10-year contract has a ceiling value of $872 million.

BAE …

Russia Downplays Performance, Significance of US Hypersonic Test

Russia Downplays Performance, Significance of US Hypersonic Test

MOSCOW — The US hypersonic missile, which was tested on Monday to develop a speed of Mach 5, is not a breakthrough weapon, polled military experts told TASS.

The development director of the Foundation for the Promotion of Technologies of the 21st Century, Ivan Konovalov, told TASS that the resu…

Baghdad to Buy S-300s from Russia, Says Iraqi Lawmaker

Baghdad to Buy S-300s from Russia, Says Iraqi Lawmaker

MOSCOW — Iraqi authorities plan to ink a contract with Russia on the shipment of the S-300 missile air defense system, says head of the Iraqi Parliamentary Committee on Defense and Security Mohammad Rida al-Haider.

“The Iraqi delegation, led by the air defense commander, visited Russia, where i…

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