In 2009, Australia’s government decided that it would replace eight Anzac-class frigates with nine ships optimised for antisubmarine warfare (ASW). There was no justification in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) capstone doctrine for acquiring and optimising a frigate for ASW, which it regarded as amo…

Bad news for Pentagon’s newest warbirds

It came as supersonic sticker shock to official Washington and taxpayers alike back in 1988 when the Pentagon rolled out its new B-2 bomber with its breath-taking $450 million price tag. But it shouldn’t have: its final price, including floor mats, w…

“Today, I participated on the range of the Plopeni Mechanical Plant in the testing of the thermobaric perforating warhead for AG-9, in order to approve the industrial prototype. This stage is part of the implementation of the project for the manufacture, at industrial level, of ammunition with therm…

Saab has received an order from the Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) for the multi-role, man-portable Carl-Gustaf M4 weapon, making Denmark the 15th customer for the M4 version. Deliveries will take place in 2022.

The recoilless Carl-Gustaf M4 weapon increa…

Martin Defense Group, Honolulu, Hawaii, is awarded a $54,435,390 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the development of low-cost littoral Unmanned Surface Vessels for Mobility Enhancement (USVME).

Technologies to sustain Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO) in austere and remote environmen…

The Boeing Co., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has been awarded a $16,315,421 definitization contract for the E-3 Replacement Studies and Analysis.

This contract provides for studies and analysis for the replacement of the E-3. Work will be performed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and is expected to be c…