Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp. was awarded a contract from the U.S. Army for additional 11,000 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rockets, the company announced March 30. This contract, with an estimated value of $1.1 billion, calls for the production of more than 9,000 GMLRS Unitary and Alternative-Warhead (AW) rockets, more than […]

Airbus Helicopters, the world’s largest commercial helicopter maker, on Tuesday announced that Japan Coast Guard (JCG) will expand its fleet with two new H225 helicopters, taking its total Super Puma fleet up to 17, comprising two AS332s and 15 H225s. According to a company news release, the largest Super Puma operator in Japan received its […]

German defense conglomerate Rheinmetall has assembled a team with Diehl Defence GmbH & Co. KG of Überlingen and Hensoldt Sensors GmbH of Taufkirchen to cooperate in a special partnership known as an “Arbeitsgemeinschaft” (ARGE). Under the framework of ARGE NNbS, the three companies will submit a tender for the future German short-range and very short-range […]

U.S. defense contractor Stratom said on Tuesday that it has won a contract for developing a robotic refueling system for the U.S. Army. Stratom announced it has been awarded a contract with the U.S. Army’s DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) to develop an autonomous ground vehicle refueling (AGVR) prototype system to integrate onto a […]

Swedish aerospace and defense company Saab announced on Tuesday that it has successfully conducted the trial which marked the first time an exterior 3D-printed part has been flown on a Gripen aircraft, rather than internal 3D-printed components. As noted by the company, the purpose of the trial was to test how additive manufacturing could be […]

The U.S. Navy conducted a formal decommissioning ceremony for the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry at Naval Station Mayport, Florida on March 27 before its inactivation which will occur in April. According to a recent service news release, USS Fort McHenry has spent the past 33 years as an amphibious warfare ship with […]

North Carolina National Guard has announced that its Soldiers start fielding the newest configuration of Paladin self-propelled howitzer. The National Guard press release said that Soldiers began trained on the new M109A7 Paladin Self-Propelled Howitzer System at Maneuver Area Training Equipment Site at Fort Bragg on March 17. Experts from Program Manager Self-Propelled Howitzers Systems […]

The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command announced that the U.S. Navy received its first Block V Tomahawk cruise missile on 25 March. According to a recent Naval Air Systems Command news release, the Navy received its first Block V configured missile from Raytheon, paving the way to provide the fleet with an upgraded warfighting capability. […]

Just this week, the F-35 Joint Program Office has confirmed that it has delivered a flight clearance recommendation to the Italian Navy for the safe operation of fifth-generation F-35B fighter aircraft on the upgraded Italian Navy flagship aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550). As noted by the F-35 Joint Program Office, to develop the recommendation, […]

The U.S. Air Force successfully integrate quad-legged Unmanned Ground Vehicles, known popularly as “robot dogs,” to add an extra level of protection to bases. According to a recent service news release, the first official quad-legged Unmanned Ground Vehicles were delivered to Tyndall on March 22 for integration into the 325th Security Forces Squadron. The purpose […]