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US Quantum Navigation System to Be Developed by Lockheed

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to develop a quantum-enabled inertial navigation system prototype. The QuINS system determines the position, speed, and orientation of a...

Northrop Secures $267M Contract to Provide US Navy with MQ-4C Triton Drones

The US Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a $267 million contract to manufacture two more MQ-4C Triton drones. The agreement is a component of the service’s strategy to increase...

US Army Simulations Will Use Laser Technology from a Ukrainian Company

The Ukrainian defense solutions company Skiftech has been given a contract by the US Department of Defense to manufacture laser-based simulation equipment for the army. The agreement is a...

March 13, 2025
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Bulgaria Considers Using French Caesar in Place of Soviet Artillery

Bulgaria is thinking of replacing the Soviet 2S1 “Gvozdika” 122-mm self-propelled artillery systems with the Caesar self-propelled 155mm howitzer. Along with the IRIS-T air defense system, the French system...

Pilatus’ PC-7 MKX aircraft is purchased by France for military pilot training.

The French Air and Space Force will now use Pilatus’ PC-7 MKX as their new training system. 22 aircraft and ground-based training equipment that were partially created in partnership...

The US Verifies $91M Precision-Guided Munitions Sale to Australia

A possible $91.2 million sale of precision-guided munitions to Australia has been approved by the US State Department. 54 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems-Alternate Warhead (GMLRS-AW) rounds, telemetry kits,...

Final Awaji Minesweeper Commissioned by the Japanese Navy

In Tsurumi-ki, Yokohama, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force put its fourth and last Awaji-class minesweeping ship into service. Following its delivery by Japan Marine United Corporation, situated in Kanagawa,...

De Haas will send 13 interceptors and special operations crafts to the Netherlands.

The Fast Raiding Interception and Special Forces Craft (FRISC) of the Netherlands Armed Forces will be replaced by 13 ships built by De Haas Shipyards. Compared to their predecessors,...

Baltic Sea States Choose the Coastline Surveillance Network for Persistent Systems

Several Baltic Sea governments have awarded contracts worth $29 million to Persistent equipment to supply them with coastline monitoring network equipment.The company’s Wave Relay MANET network technology will be...

March 12, 2025
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Russia to Provide Indian Army T-72 Soviet Battle Tanks with New Engines

Rosoboronexport has been given a $248 million contract by the Indian Ministry of Defense to supply the army’s T-72 Ural main combat tanks with new engines. The agreement calls...