The Secretary of the Department of National Defence (DND) of the Philippines, Delfin Lorenzana, hopes that the state would be able to sign further armament procurement deals by the end of the month. In particular, he was referring to two procurement projects: six OPVs and 32 S-70i helicopters, manuf…

The Navy’s DDG(X) program envisages procuring a class of next-generation guided-missile destroyers (DDGs) to replace the Navy’s Ticonderoga (CG-47) class Aegis cruisers and its older Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class Aegis destroyers. The Navy wants to procure the first DDG(X) in FY2028. The Navy’s propo…

ROME — Leonardo, which leads the development and delivery of the Typhoon’s ECRS Mk0 and ECRS Mk2 radars, will also deliver R&D work as well as key antenna, processor and APSC components for the Hensoldt-led ECRS Mk1

Leonardo has announced that it has signed over €260M of contracts with Hensoldt…

TAUFKIRCHEN/OBERKOCHEN, Germany — Sensor solutions provider Hensoldt is equipping the German-Norwegian submarine project U212 CD with a fully digital sensor suite. The optronics division of Hensoldt has now received a corresponding order worth over 50 million euros from kta naval systems, a consor…

Today, the Department of State released a Limits in the Seas study on the PRC’s maritime claims in the South China Sea. The Department’s Limits in the Seas studies are a longstanding legal and technical series that examine national maritime claims and boundaries and assess their consistency with in…

TOULOUSE, France — Airbus has been contracted to supply space start-up Loft Orbital with more than fifteen satellite platforms derived from the Airbus Arrow platform. Arrow is the foundational satellite platform of the OneWeb constellation.

There are 394 Airbus Arrow platforms in orbit for th…