Arianespace and Australian operator SingTel Optus signed the launch contract for the Optus-11 communications satellite. The launch, scheduled for the second half of 2023, will use the Ariane 64 version of the Ariane 6 launcher, with four solid boosters.

Optus-11 is a Ku-band communications satell…

DALLAS — Last year, in response to a request from the U.S. Government, Lockheed Martin accelerated efforts to produce more of the world’s most advanced air defense missile than ever before and recently completed production of its 1000th PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor.

“We c…

CANNES — Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced that it has signed an agreement with the Hungarian Government concerning a cooperation to contribute to the development of the space industry sector in Hungary.

The agreement has been signed today d…

BELGRADE — Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said during his tour of the armaments exhibition on the occasion of Army Day that he was grateful to Russia for the delivery of military hardware to the republic, in particular, T-72MS tanks.

“We have received this from Russians. [Russian Defense Mi…

GOTLAND, Sweden — A Wisconsin Army National Guard field artillery unit became the first high-mobility rocket artillery system (HIMARS) to launch in Sweden, as part of a special operations training event to demonstrate the ability to rapidly deploy HIMARS in the Baltic Sea area.

The 1st Battalio…

The US Navy is taking parts from an aircraft carrier currently under construction and placing them on USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) so the lead ship is ready to deploy next year, USNI News has learned.

The parts are coming from the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), the second ship in the Ford cl…