Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Navy successfully conducted maiden flight-test of indigenously-developed Naval Anti-Ship Missile launched from a naval helicopter from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha on May 18, 2022. The mission met all i…

BRUSSELS — The EU Commission wants to create additional incentives for joint armaments investments and is proposing a “solidarity mechanism” for this purpose. States that help Ukraine “most in containing Russian aggression” should be able to “replenish their own supplies.” “This could take the for…

LUXEMBOURG — On 16 May 2022, the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) awarded an Outline Agreement to COMLOG for the provision of depot level maintenance support for PATRIOT surface-to-air guided missile systems deployed in Europe.

The contract will be running for the next five years and …

TEHRAN — Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri and Tajik Defense Minister General Sherali Mirzo inaugurated a plant in Tajikistan to manufacture Iran-made Ababil 2 drones in the Central Asian country.

The Ababil 2 UAV production plant was inaugurated i…

The second of the country’s two naval frigates is due to leave Canada, eight years after an upgrade project began. The costs to upgrade the ship Te Mana, and before it Te Kaha, have blown out to between NZ$600 million and NZ$700m, due in part to project management mistakes.

Main contractor Lockhe…

Raytheon Missiles & Defense, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $102,699,507 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract N00024-18-C-5432.

This option exercise is for Raytheon Missiles & Defense to manufacture and deliver the Over-the-Horizon Weapon System (OTH-WS), which consists of…