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Russia Says S-500 Could Be ‘Antidote’ to Hypersonic Weapons

Russia Says S-500 Could Be ‘Antidote’ to Hypersonic Weapons

MOSCOW — Russian military experts named the S-500 surface-to-air missile/anti-ballistic missile system and a modernized interceptor missile as a possible ‘antidote’ against an enemy’s hypersonic weapons mentioned by Russian President Vladimir Putin during his annual press conference.

Russia is …

Russia to Complete Trials of Next-Gen AFV in Summer 2021

Russia to Complete Trials of Next-Gen AFV in Summer 2021

MOSCOW — State trials of Russia’s latest armored vehicle, Atlet, will begin in the spring of 2021 and continue until late summer, Military Industrial Company CEO Alexander Krasovitsky told TASS on Friday.

“By now, Altet has fully completed preliminary trials and is about to enter state trials. …

New Indra Air-Defense Radar Delivered to UK

New Indra Air-Defense Radar Delivered to UK

A new state-of-the art long-range air defence radar that can be deployed in support of worldwide operations or used to cover gaps in coverage on home shores has been delivered to the UK.

Last year, the DE&S Air Defence and Electronic Warfare Systems (ADEWS) team based at RAF Henlow awarded a £13….

Pentagon Officials Discuss Special Ops, Irregular Warfare

Pentagon Officials Discuss Special Ops, Irregular Warfare

This year, the Defense Department released a declassified summary of its Irregular Warfare Annex to the 2018 National Defense Strategy. The annex details how the department seeks to institutionalize and operationalize this form of warfare amid the ongoing recalibration of its focus on peer and near-…
Honeywell Wins $1.1Bn for M-1 Tank Gas Turbine Engines

Honeywell Wins $1.1Bn for M-1 Tank Gas Turbine Engines

Honeywell International, Phoenix, Arizona, was awarded a $1,105,100,580 modification (P00002) to contract W56HZV-20-D-0062 for the Automotive Gas Turbine 1500 engine program.

Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2025.

Ultra Electronics Wins $268M for Towed Torpedo Countermeasures

Ultra Electronics Wins $268M for Towed Torpedo Countermeasures

Ultra Electronics Ocean Systems Inc., Braintree, Massachusetts, is awarded a $186,411,242 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable, indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract for the AN/SLQ-25E ‘NIXIE’ electro-acoustic towed torpedo countermeasure system.

This contract includes options whic…


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