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March 20, 2025
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Air Platforms

KBR Secures $229M Contract for Modernization Support for CH-47 Chinook Helicopters

A $229 million contract has been given to KBR to find and create possible upgrades for the transport chopper CH-47 Chinook.As per the deal, the Houston-based company will conduct...

March 19, 2025
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Weapons and Munition

The Colombian Navy will get Bofors 40 Mk4 naval guns from BAE Systems.

Damen Naval has awarded BAE Systems a contract to supply a Bofors 40 Mk4 naval gun system for the PES frigate of the Colombian Navy.By 2029, the gun is...

PM Carney of Canada Announces Agreement With Australia to Increase Arctic Radar

Prime Minister Mark Carney warned that as US priorities change, Canada must assume greater responsibility for its military when he announced a $6 billion Canadian dollar ($4.2 billion) agreement...

March 19, 2025
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Missile & Missile Defence

Swedish Gripen Fighter Jets Will Receive Meteor Missiles from MBDA

MBDA UK has been contracted by Sweden to supply Meteor active radar-guided missiles for the JAS 39 Gripen C/D supersonic combat aircraft used by the armed forces.The Gripen, Rafale,...

March 19, 2025
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Naval Platforms

The Northrop Autonomous Undersea Sensing Project is awarded by the US Navy.

Northrop Grumman has been given a $24.9 million contract by the US Department of Defense to conduct research and development for a new autonomous undersea sensing program. Enhancing the...

The Multi-Mission/Multi-Sensor Suite from ELTA will be installed on US combat vehicles.

The Multi-Mission/Multi-Sensor Suite (M3S2) for US military combat vehicles will be supplied by ELTA North America.A vital part of the Combat Vehicle Protection System, the M3S2 provides sophisticated ground...

March 18, 2025
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Naval Platforms

Thales’s AI-Powered Autonomous Minehunter Is Accepted by the British Navy

Thales UK has delivered the first of the Royal Navy’s four end-to-end autonomous minehunting systems. With artificial intelligence for automatic target recognition and the ability to operate remotely or...

For the Next-Gen Cyber Hunt Kit Prototype, the Pentagon Chooses Contractors

Three companies have been chosen by the US Defense Innovation Unit to create prototypes of the Joint Cyber Hunt Kit for the US Cyber Command. By the summer of 2025,...

March 17, 2025
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Naval Platforms

Navantia Starts Building the Seventh Avante 2200 Corvette for Saudi Arabia

At its shipyard in San Fernando, Spanish defense contractor Navantia has cut the steel of the seventh Avante 2200-class corvette for the Royal Saudi Naval Force. Three months after...

March 17, 2025
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Land Platforms

BAE Systems CV90 Vehicles Will Receive Cybersecurity Components from MilDef

MilDef, a military technology company, has been awarded a contract to supply ruggedized cybersecurity equipment for the CV90 tracked armored combat vehicles manufactured by BAE Systems Hägglunds. The project,...