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December 26, 2024
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Unmanned Systems
Procurement & Contracts

PDW Secures Deal to Equip U.S. Army with C100 Drones

Performance Drone Works (PDW) has been awarded over $15.3 million in contracts to supply its exclusive C100 small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) to the US Army. The Alabama-based company...

December 23, 2024
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Air Platforms
Procurement & Contracts

The MoD of the Russian Federation has received the new Su-57 and Su-34 from UAC.

The next tactical aircraft manufactured by the United Aircraft Corporation have been delivered to the Russian Federation’s Ministry of Defence. Under the state defense procurement program, the new Su-57...

December 23, 2024
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Naval Platforms
Procurement & Contracts

The US Navy receives the future USS Iowa.

The future USS Iowa (SSN 797), the newest attack submarine in the U.S. Navy’s Submarine Force, was turned over to the Navy on December 22, 2024, making it the...

December 23, 2024
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Air Platforms
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Italy Orders as Many as 24 Eurofighter Typhoon Fighter Jets

In Rome today, the agreement for up to 24 Italian Air Force Eurofighters was signed by the heads of Eurofighter and NETMA (the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency)....

December 23, 2024
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Air Platforms
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Spain Orders 25 More Eurofighter Planes

The Spanish government has agreed to buy 25 Eurofighter aircraft from the Munich-based, Germany, NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency (NETMA). Known as the Halcon II program, the order...

December 23, 2024
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Missile and Missile Defense
Mergers & JV

Su-30 MKIs Being Upgraded for Astra Missile Trials

In a significant stride towards enhancing its air combat capabilities and promoting self-reliance in defense technology, the Indian Air Force (IAF), in collaboration with the Defence Research and Development...

December 23, 2024
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Land Platforms
Financial Announcements, Procurement & Contracts

Digital Dominance: How the M1A2 SEP is Reinventing the Abrams

General Dynamics Land Systems has been awarded an $18.9 million contract modification to provide technical support for the Abrams system. The work will be performed in Sterling Heights, Michigan,...

December 20, 2024
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Land Platforms
Procurement & Contracts

KNDS supplies Lithuania with its LEOPARD 2 A8 main battle tanks.

KNDS Deutschland has signed a contract with the Lithuanian Defence Materiel Agency for the supply of 44 LEOPARD 2 A8 tanks to the Lithuanian Army. Lithuania becomes the 23rd...

December 20, 2024
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Land Platforms
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Rheinmetall and KNDS Secure Contract to Deliver Digital Radio Equipment for 10,000 Bundeswehr Platforms

The ArGe D-LBO (Working Group for the Digitalization of Land-Based Operations), a joint venture between KNDS Deutschland and Rheinmetall, has been awarded a significant EUR 1.98 billion contract by...

December 20, 2024
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Land Platforms
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Lithuania Buys Leopard 2A8 Tanks

Lithuania’s Defence Materiel Agency (DMA), operating under the Ministry of National Defence, has finalized a significant EUR 950 million contract with Germany’s Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology,...