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Elbit Exhibits Smart Guidance Kit for Iron Bombs

Elbit Exhibits Smart Guidance Kit for Iron Bombs

Elbit System will showcase the Range Extension & Smart Tail (REST) kit for air-to-surface warheads during the Eurosatory 2022 (Hall 6, booth D567), as part of its portfolio of precision munitions. Already ordered for several warhead types, REST transforms almost any type of air-to-surface warhead in…
Keel Laid for First Dutch Minehunter

Keel Laid for First Dutch Minehunter

Today, with the welding of a coin, the construction of the first new Dutch minehunter has started ceremonially. After the keel laying in Lanester, France, Zr.Ms. Vlissingen will continue to take shape in the coming period.

First, the hull of the ship is built in several parts. These pieces are th…

DARPA Thinks Laser-Equipped Tankers Could Recharge Drones

DARPA Thinks Laser-Equipped Tankers Could Recharge Drones

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking to explore the potential of turning existing tankers into so-called “airborne energy wells” that can use laser beams to send power to drones.

Agency officials want industry feedback on the possibility of retrofitting aerial refueling aircra…

French Navy Kicks Off “Squale” ASW Exercise in Toulon

French Navy Kicks Off “Squale” ASW Exercise in Toulon

TOULON, France — On June 13th, 2022, the SQUALE exercise was launched off the coast of Toulon. Dedicated to anti-submarine warfare, this annual exercise brings together French and allied surface ships, a submarine and aircraft from the French Navy and the French Air Force, in the midst of a realis…
House of Commons Report on UK Defence Procurement Reform

House of Commons Report on UK Defence Procurement Reform

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) spends billions each year buying new equipment and supporting existing equipment for the armed forces. It has allocated £238 billion on equipment procurement and support over the ten years from 2021 to 2031.

However, successive governments have struggled to deliver k…

EDA Kicks Off Bison Counter Counter-IED Exercises

EDA Kicks Off Bison Counter Counter-IED Exercises

Bison Counter, the largest and most relevant European Counter Improvised Explosive Devices (C-IED) exercise, will in the future be organised directly under the auspices of EDA instead of only benefitting from the Agency’s support, as in the past.

To that end, a new EDA ‘Cat B’ project – the Biso…


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