UK Royal Navy’s (RN’s) Type 26 City-class frigate
Glasgow
arriving in Scotstoun on 3 December 2022 following its launch. The ship is planned to enter service in the late 2020s.
(BAE Systems)
Work on the UK Royal Navy’s (RN’s) Type 26 City-class frigate
Glasgow
has resumed at defence prime BAE Systems’ Scotstoun shipyard on the River Clyde in Scotland, while it investigates the cause of damage to ship cables.
JFD’s US-based strategic partner BTM is pursuing potential opportunities for Shadow Seal with US Special Operations Command, the US Navy, and other government agencies. (JFD)
A new hybrid multimission swimmer delivery vehicle developed by UK-based JFD has commenced sea trials ahead of delivery to US partner Blue Tide Marine (BTM) later in 2023.
Rheinmetall, the Dusseldorf-based defence company, has received another significant order worth double-digit million euros from a European customer for artillery ammunition.
Substantial artillery ammunition order
Rheinmetall has announced the acquisition of a substantial order valued at double-digit million euros from a European customer for artillery ammunition. This latest contract adds to the recent ammunition orders for infantry fighting vehicles and main battle tanks.
The delivery of the artillery ammunition is scheduled to take place between 2023 and 2024.
‘Drones’, or unmanned aerial vehicles, have been central to Ukraine’s war effort, as evidenced in this screenshot of an operator’s view of a TB2 strike against a Russian position. The UK is now promising to deliver to Kyiv new long-range attack drones of an unspecified type. (Ukrainian General Staff)
The United Kingdom is to deliver to Ukraine “new long-range attack drones with a range of over 200 km”, the British government announced on 15 May.
The Hill
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Al-Monitor
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J. Phillips & P.
German military vehicle manufacturers Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and Rheinmetall were awarded a €1.1bn contract on May 15 to produce an additional 50 Puma infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) conforming to the latest S1 standard for the German armed services. The dispatch of the project is anticipated to begin in December 2025 and conclude at the beginning of 2027.
