Defence`s Feeds

A French Senate working committee on foreign influence in academia heard testimony on 7 September from James Paterson, chair of

Ahead of the 17-19 September elections for all 450 seats in the Duma, the Kremlin has been experimenting with remote

When he founded Hakluyt, Christopher James, a former Special Air Service (SAS) officer who went on to join the Secret

Americas

Alliant Techsystems won a $41.2 million deal, which procures low rate initial production Lot One of the AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range (AARGM-ER). This contract provides for the production and delivery of 16 AGM-88G AARGM-ER All Up Rounds, six AGM-88G AARGM-ER Captive Air Training Missiles, four Common Munitions BIT Reprogramming Equipment Plus interface devices, initial spares, and required supplies and support. Work will take place in California and West Virginia. Estimated completion will be in March 2024.

Northrop Grumman won a $12.9 million contract modification, which provides for the retrofit of Airborne Electronic Attack Weapons Replacement Assembly with 100 production kits required for the modification of ALQ-218 avionics in support of EA-18G upgrades, to include 64 kits for the Navy, and 36 kits for the government of Australia. Work will take place in Connecticut and New York. Estimated completion will be in November 2023.

Middle East & Africa

The Greek defense ministry held a send off ceremony for the soldiers who are heading to Saudi Arabia to operate a Patriot air defense missile system. The ceremony was held at Tanagra air base.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is integrating Barak MX interceptors on the Navy’s Sa’ar 6 corvettes. IAI’s Barak MX interceptors along with IAI’s complete naval combat suite will provide advanced defense systems to the Sa’ar 6 corvettes. The systems will be used to protect Israel’s exclusive economic zone and strategic facilities that face diversified threats in the marine arena. The Barak MX system was chosen after it was demonstrated to meet the operational requirements and future challenges faced by the Israeli Navy.

Europe

The UK Ministry of Defense awarded BAE Systems contracts valued at more than $305 million to deliver advanced synthetic training for pilots training to fly the Typhoon jet. Under the Typhoon Future Synthetic Training (TFST) contracts, BAE Systems is leading work to deliver ten simulators, together with training facilities at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire and RAF Lossiemouth in Moray. The new training environments will be linked together providing an integrated environment for pilots to train and carry out complex combined training exercises using real world mission software and tactics.

Asia-Pacific

India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) signed an agreement with Rolls-Royce for Make-in-India Adour engine parts to support the latter’s international defence customer base. India’s Jaguar aircraft are powered by two Adour MK 804 / MK 811 Engines. MK 811 Engines are manufactured from 1981 under license from RR/TM [Rolls Royce Turbomeca].

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Watch: Naval BARAK MX System

Leaders from the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia detailed a new security partnership on 15 September called AUKUS, for which the first initiative will be to...

Check out this cool clip showing F-117s operations at Fresno Airport, California. No, the one you can find below is not a video filmed some time in the past, when the F-117 Nighthawks were still [...]

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As developments are awaited following the decision of Mount Lebanon prosecutor Ghada Aoun to prosecute Riad Salamé on 31 August, another less well-known incident involving the Bank of Lebanon governor has come to light in Paris. Salamé travelled to the French capital on

The French cyber security company Serenicity made a big impression at France's recent Forum International de la Cybersécurité with its

Haifa's new port, which was built and will be operated by Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) until at least 2046,

For its second year of existence, the intelligence master's degree, set up at Sciences Po Aix-en-Provence by former Direction du Renseignement Militaire (DRM) operations

At a forum on 4 September during the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), which is led by

France's national private security council, the CNAPS, intends to ensure that the regulations governing the activities of security agents are respected

As developments are awaited following the decision of Mount Lebanon prosecutor Ghada Aoun to prosecute Riad Salamé on 31 August, another less well-known incident involving the Bank of Lebanon governor has come to light in Paris. Salamé travelled to the French capital on

The French cyber security company Serenicity made a big impression at France's recent Forum International de la Cybersécurité with its

Haifa's new port, which was built and will be operated by Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) until at least 2046,

For its second year of existence, the intelligence master's degree, set up at Sciences Po Aix-en-Provence by former Direction du Renseignement Militaire (DRM) operations

At a forum on 4 September during the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), which is led by

France's national private security council, the CNAPS, intends to ensure that the regulations governing the activities of security agents are respected

Americas

Lockheed Martin won a $2 billion contract, which provides logistics support, to include ground maintenance activities, action request resolution, depot activities, automatic logistics information system operations and maintenance, reliability and maintainability, supply chain management, pilot training, maintainer training, and training system sustainment in support of delivered F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter air systems for the Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Foreign Military Sales customers and non-US Department of Defense participants. Work will take place in Texas, Florida, South Carolina and the UK. Estimated completion will be in December 2021.

Crowley Government Services won a $192.4 million deal for services and related contractor-owned, contractor-operated fuel storage facilities with capabilities to receive, store, protect and ship aviation grade JP-5 turbine fuel and commercial grade Jet A-1 fuel. This was a competitive acquisition with five responses received. Work will take place in Florida and Australia. Estimated completion date is September 12, 2025.

Middle East & Africa

Contrack Watts won a $26.9 million deal for design and construction of a non-permanent modular billeting facility at Prince Sultan Air Base. Work will take place in Saudi Arabia. Estimated completion date is September 11, 2023. Bids were solicited via the internet with six received.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has unveiled a multi-mission unmanned land vehicle REX MK II to aid and protect ground forces in the field of battle. The multi-mission REX MK II is a hybrid electric platform with all wheel drive and has the ability to carry a load of 1.3 tons. It is intended to support infantry ground forces in various stages of fighting. This includes providing logistical assistance to troops by carrying munition supplies, critical medical equipment, water, and food, as well as evacuating injured personnel on stretchers.

Europe

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko revealed that plans are being formulated to purchase more than $1 billion worth of weapons from Russia. He added that potential supplies of S-400 missile systems to the country are being discussed.

Asia-Pacific

Elbit Systems has won contracts valued $56 million to supply Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) capabilities to the Navy of a country in Asia-Pacific. The contracts will be performed over a 12-month period. Elbit Systems will provide the Seagull USVs (Unmanned Surface Vessels) configured to perform ASW missions and the Towed Reelable Active Passive Sonar (TRAPS) systems.

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Watch: IAI Unveils REX MK II Multi-Mission Unmanned Land Vehicle…

The two F-117 Nighthawk jets, arrived at Fresno Airport, where they are guests of the 144th Fighter Wing. On Sept. 13, 2021, two F-117 Nighthawk stealth jets made a surprise visit to Fresno Yosemite International [...]

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