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Pentagon budget 2024: US DoD seeks USD315 billion to modernise equipment
The US Department of Defense's (DoD's) newly unveiled fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget request includes USD315 billion for procurement and research, development, test, and...Full story -
Pentagon budget 2024: US Army slows some legacy platform upgrades
If enacted, the US Army's budget request would cut ground vehicles out of enduring programmes and reinvest in procurement and research, development, test, and evaluation...Full story -
Pentagon Budget 2024: US Navy requests funding to procure 88 aircraft
The US Navy (USN) in its fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget requested USD17.3 billion to purchase 88 aircraft and helicopters, including spare parts, support equipment, and...Full story -
Pentagon budget 2024: US Navy requests USD3.9 billion for major aircraft carrier work
The US Navy (USN) fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget request includes USD3.9 billion for Ford-class aircraft carrier construction and Nimitz-class Refueling Complex Overhaul...Full story -
Pentagon budget 2024: MDA seeks USD3.076 billion for strategic missile defence
The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is requesting about USD3.076 billion to improve its strategic missile defence system, known as the Ground-based Midcourse Defense...Full story -
Pentagon budget 2024: MDA seeks USD484.7 million for THAAD, 8th battery
The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has requested USD484.7 million for the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) programme in fiscal year (FY 2024).Full story -
Pentagon budget 2024: C4ISR spending levels see overall increase
The US Department of Defense (DoD) is seeking a USD1.7 billion increase in proposed funding for command, control, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and...Full story -
Pentagon budget 2024: Submarines anchor shipbuilding request
The US Navy (USN) is requesting about USD48.1 billion for shipbuilding and marine systems in its fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget proposal, released on 13 March.Full story -
Pentagon budget 2024: Navy requests USD11.1 billion budget increase
The US Navy (USN) department is requesting about USD255.8 billion for fiscal year (FY) 2024, or about 4.5% more than the USD244.7 billion in funding enacted for FY 2023,...Full story -
India, US explore development of enhanced M777 howitzers
India and the US are exploring the development of an extended-range, longer barrel variant of the M777 155 mm/39 calibre ultra lightweight howitzer (ULH), manufacturer...Full story -
Lockheed Martin rolls out first F-16 Block 70 for Bahrain
Lockheed Martin rolled out the first F-16 Block 70 Fighting Falcon for Bahrain during a ceremony at the company's Greenville production facility in South Carolina on 10...Full story -
Australia re-forming squadron to operate Tritons
Australia has said that it will re-form a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) squadron to operate the country's MQ-4C Triton fleet, which is scheduled to be delivered from...Full story -
Dutch navy air defence and command frigate HNLMS De Ruyter gears up for post-refit trials
The Royal Netherlands Navy's (RNLN's) third De Zeven Provinciën-class air defence and command frigate (luchtverdedigings en commandofregatten - LCF) HNLMS De Ruyter (F...Full story -
Ukraine conflict: EU seeks to increase and speed up production of artillery ammunition
European Union (EU) defence ministers meeting informally in Stockholm on 7–8 March discussed a plan for increasing and accelerating the production of artillery shells....Full story -
IRGCN receives new vessels
Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) formally took delivery of over 80 vessels on 9 March, including the converted container ship Shahid Mahdavi (110-3)...Full story -
Control system: Indian firm delivers C2 capability to armed forces
Hyderabad-based Grene Robotics has developed a command-and-control (C2) system that it says leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to co-ordinate with military systems,...Full story -
Thales eyes UK Dismounted Situational Awareness programme
Thales intends to pitch its tactical radios for the UK Dismounted Situational Awareness (DSA) Tactical Radio Sub-Lot competition.Full story -
Brunei to induct ex-Singapore Fearless-class patrol boats
The Royal Brunei Navy (RBN) will soon operate two ex-Singapore Fearless-class patrol vessels that were formerly in service with the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN).Full story -
Clearing the air: India progresses counter-UAV capability
The proliferation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and the ways in which these platforms are leveraged by India's adversaries, has pushed the country to prioritise...Full story -
12 Squadron to continue as joint UK-Qatari Typhoon unit
The Qatari and UK governments are to continue 12 Squadron as a joint Eurofighter Typhoon, overturning an earlier decision to revert it to being a Royal Air Force...Full story