The strong progress on Australia’s biggest surface shipbuilding project continued today with the Australian Government announcing the start of prototyping on the Hunter Class Frigate Program. At the world-class Osborne shipyard in South Australia, Minister […]
A fifth attack submarine at Barrow has been officially named with a bottle of cider and without the usual crowd. The new Astute-class vessel Anson, was blessed by the Venerable Martyn Gough, Archdeacon for the […]
The tender process for the Australian Army’s new fleet of combat reconnaissance vehicles totalling nearly $4.28 billion was only “partly effective”, learned GDC citing Canberra Times. The Auditor-General’s report into a 2018 Department of Defence […]
Airbus and the Federal Republic of Germany submitted their official offer to the Swiss Federal Office of Armaments armasuisse for the sale of Eurofighter aircraft to Switzerland seeking 36 combat aircraft and ground-based air defenses […]
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The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) released the latest details on the configuration of its next generation frigates: the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC). They will be heavily armed, featuring Naval Strike Missiles, Tomahawk and both ESSM […]
The German Parliament has announced its commitment for the acquisition of 38 new Eurofighter jets for the country’s airforce. A budget of €5.5bn has been released for the contract award, which is expected to be […]
The German parliament today approved a 5.4 billion euro contract to buy 38 Eurofighter jets from Airbus. The Parliament’s budget committee allocated the funds to form the initial block of aircraft out of the 93 […]
Japan has named Mitsubishi Heavy Industries as the prime contractor to build its next-generation fighter jet, with the Defense Ministry announcing earlier Friday that it signed a contract with the company. “We will steadily proceed with […]
The US Army is on the hunt for a new 155 mm wheeled gun system and BAE Systems has submitted its Archer howitzer design, which is currently fielded by the Swedish Army. Company representatives fielded […]
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