The Ukrainian military is putting up fierce resistance, and Russian forces are reporting brutal fighting for every house.
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Rheinmetall has laid the foundation stone for its new factory in Várpalota, Hungary, to support the production of ammunition for various land-based military platforms.
The ammunition production at this unit will be carried out by the joint venture company Rheinmetall Hungary Munitions, in collaboration with the Hungarian state.
Initially, the new factory will manufacture 30mm-medium-calibre ammunition for the Lynx infantry fighting vehicles, which are presently being produced by Rheinmetall at its Zalaegerszeg facility.
This work is expected to commence from 2024.
John Grady, USNI News
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The Pentagon is looking into the possibility of back pay for former service members discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, which was formally canceled last…
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The FBI raided a suspected outpost of Chinese police tucked away in New York City’s Chinatown last fall, seizing materials from one of the secretive…
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“America without her soldiers would be like God without his angels.” – Claudia Pemberton
The 1940s were trying times.
Australia-based firearms, weapons, and ammunition supplier NIOA has acquired the US-based rifle manufacturing company Barrett Firearms for an undisclosed amount.
The 100% acquisition of Barrett Firearms marks the entry of NIOA into the US market, further expanding NIOA’s global reach.
Financial terms of the deal have not been divulged.
Following this deal, Barrett Firearms will continue to operate with its own brand name as a separate division within NIOA Group, alongside its other entities NIOA Australia, Australian Missile, NIOA New Zealand, and Rheinmetall NIOA Munitions.
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded a contract to a QinetiQ-led team of industry partners to provide mission data for various military platforms.
The estimated value of the mission data partnership contract is approximately £80m and will be valid for a period of ten years.
Among the team of industry partners, called Team Pegasus, involved in this contract include Metrea Mission Data, Northrop Grumman, Inzpire, SRC UK, CGI, Mercury EW, Warner McCall, the University of Lincoln, and Cranfield University.
Will President Vladimir Putin’s regime implode? Unfortunately, the media’s fixation with this question — understandable as it might be — has prevented us from gaining a more holistic understanding of how Russian politics are working right now. While fully in the grips of a new form of bellicose, authoritarian rule, Russia has not fallen down […]
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