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Teledyne FLIR Defense has received a contract to expand the capabilities of the R80D SkyRaider uncrewed aerial system (UAS) in support of the US Army’s missions.
The contract has been awarded by the US Department of Defense (DoD) and is valued at approximately $13.3m.
Under this contract, the company will work to integrate new flight control software with the R80D platform, allowing the forces to autonomously operate the UAS for conducting chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) reconnaissance missions.
According to BAE Systems, Italy may be considering additional Eurofighters to offset the retirement of the Panavia Tornado and to replace older model Tranche 1 aircraft. (Janes/Gareth Jennings)
Italy may be considering the procurement of additional Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft, consortium partner BAE Systems disclosed in late January.
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The UK has announced a new training initiative to ensure that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have the capability to fly Nato-standard combat aircraft in the future.
The announcement was issued by the British Prime Minister’s Office. It comes after a bilateral meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on 8 February.
India’s state-run Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited unveiled the Dhanush 155 mm/52 calibre towed howitzer (pictured above) at Defexpo 2022, held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The company has proposed Dhanush for the Indian Army’s requirement of 155 mm/52 calibre towed guns. (Janes/Kapil Kajal)
India’s state-run Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited (AWEIL) has proposed Dhanush 155 mm/52 calibre towed gun systems and mounted gun systems (MGSs) armed with Dhanush for the Indian Army, Rajeev Sharma, AWEIL’s general manager, told Janes.
Wars are much like Russian author Leo Tolstoy’s unhappy families. They are each wars in their own way. Historical comparisons can be simplistic and lead to false assumptions resulting from myopic thinking. There is no seamlessly transferrable model, but it would be foolish to discard history entirely. If probed carefully, history raises important questions for […]
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The skies over Ukraine resemble an aerial version of the World War I Battle of the Somme. In contrast to the first frenzied days over Kyiv, neither side is attempting to penetrate deep into the other’s airspace. Much like the machine guns in the French and German trenches, an array of surface-to-air missiles and defensive […]
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A Bayraktar TB2 UAV carrying Roketsan’s MAM-L and smaller MAM-C laser-guided bombs. Indonesia has shown interest in acquiring similar UCAVs and weapons for its requirements and is seeking foreign lenders to finance the purchase. (Baykar)
The Indonesian Ministry of Finance (MoF) has approved a request from the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) to procure unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) with foreign loans, and the country is evaluating suitable lenders for this.
The US State Department has approved a possible sale of High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) M142 launchers to Poland for an estimated price of $10 billion.
The price would include 18 HIMARS launchers and 468 launcher magazine module kits to be mounted on Polish trucks, according to Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak.
Iran’s secret underground air force installation, codenamed “Eagle 44,” was made public on Tuesday. According to IRNA, Iran’s state-run news agency, the first such site will house fighter jets equipped with long-range cruise missiles.
The photos show Iranian personnel and US-made F-4E Phantom II fighter bombers purchased before the 1979 revolution inside the facility.
Iran had already revealed its subterranean sites equipped with armed drones and ballistic missiles in official movies and photographs.