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AUSA 2022: Lightweight Javelin launchers begin LRIP, missile manufacturing to ramp up by 2026
The Lockheed Martin-Raytheon Javelin Joint Venture (JJV) is preparing to enter low-rate initial production (LRIP) for a new Light Weight Command Launch Unit (LWCLU) for...Full story -
AUSA 2022: XTEND to supply autonomous UAS kits to Pentagon Irregular Warfare Directorate
The Pentagon's Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate (IWTSD) awarded XTEND, via its US defence entity XTEND Reality Inc, an USD8.9 million contract to develop...Full story -
AUSA 2022: Smart Shooter awarded contract for new SMASH 2000L rifle-mounted fire control
Smart Shooter's US subsidiary was awarded a contract, via Atlantic Diving Supply (ADS), to provide its SMASH 2000L weapon-mounted fire-control system to the US Army for...Full story -
Israeli MoD looking at petrol-engine quadcopter UAVs to lift heavier loads
The Israel Ministry of Defense's Directorate of Defense Research & Development (DDR&D) and the Aerotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) company are jointly developing a...Full story -
AUSA 2022: Cummins 1,000 hp Advanced Combat Engine to be demonstrated in October
Cummins Advanced Combat Engine (ACE), an opposed-piston 1,000 hp engine,is to be demonstrated at Camp Grayling, Michigan, on 27 October, during a US Army Ground Vehicle...Full story -
AUSA 2022: SOCOM testing Elbit Systems of America's 120 mm Sling mobile mortar system
The US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has purchased one of Elbit Systems of America's Sling mobile mortar systems and is testing the weapon, company officials told...Full story -
AUSA 2022: Sierra Nevada buys drone maker Volansi
US-based aerospace company Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has expanded its unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) portfolio by acquiring the assets and intellectual property of...Full story -
North Korean warplanes conduct rare mass drill
North Korea has conducted an unprecedented series of live-fire drills using warplanes. This includes what Pyongyang describes as one of its largest air combat exercises.Full story -
Boeing completes development of final capabilities under Project Currawong
Boeing has completed development of the final components of the integrated battlefield telecommunications network (I-BTN) system that it has been developing for the...Full story -
AUSA 2022: Boeing unveils Modernized Apache concept
Boeing has developed a concept for a modernised version of its Apache AH-64E Version 6 (v6) attack helicopter, the aerospace manufacturer revealed on 10 October at the...Full story -
AUSA 2022: Elbit Systems contracted for new US Army mortar barrels
The US Army in September 2022 awarded Elbit Systems of America an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract to produce M121 120 mm Carrier Mounted Mortar...Full story -
Austria eyes F-35 for future Eurofighter replacement
Austria is considering the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) as a potential replacement for its fleet of Eurofighter Typhoons in the post-2030...Full story -
AUSA 2022: US Army developing medical resupply kits for UAS
US Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC) is developing a device to deliver whole blood and other medical supplies via an unmanned aircraft system...Full story -
AUSA 2022: General Atomics unveils new Gray Eagle variant
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) unveiled a new variant of its venerable Gray Eagle unmanned aerial system (UAS) at the annual Association of the US...Full story -
AUSA 2022: PrSM missile tests slated for second half of 2023
Lockheed Martin‘s Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) is to undergo more flight tests in the second half of 2023 and is on schedule to provide early operational capability...Full story -
Bulgaria receives first interim fighter offers
Bulgaria has begun to receive offers for the supply of interim combat aircraft as it struggles to maintain the airworthiness of its MiG-29s at the same time as managing...Full story -
AUSA 2022: Lack of US Army Arctic progress questioned
With the establishment in late September of the Pentagon Arctic Strategy and Global Resilience Office and continued investment by the US Navy, Marine Corps, and Air...Full story -
France to order large number of Satcom stations in 2023 for Syracuse IV
The French military will procure a large number of satellite communication (Satcom) ground stations for the Syracuse IV constellation in 2023.Full story -
AUSA 2022: Hellfires find life-support as US Navy surface-ship weapon
As the US Army moves away from its stalwart AGM-114 Longbow Hellfire missile to make way for the Lockheed Martin AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM), the Hellfire...Full story -
AUSA 2022: Textron Systems unveils the smaller Ripsaw M3
Textron Systems is showcasing its new, smaller Ripsaw M3 technology demonstrator at the Association of the US Army (AUSA) 2022 conference, its potential bid for the...Full story