Hanwha Defense has begun formal discussions with UK partners to arrange for a ‘Made in the UK’ variant of its K9 Self-Propelled Howitzer. The K9 is operationally proven and will be put forward by HanwhaDefense for the UK’s Mobile Fires Platform programme to equipthe British Army with a world-leading artillery …
Read More »UK: £1.4 Billion modernized Chinook fleet
The order for the new aircraft signals the commitment made in the recent Defence Command Paper to invest over £85-billion on military equipment over the next four years to reform and renew our Armed Forces. Proven in battle and operated in every major conflict since the Falklands War, the Chinook …
Read More »Major order from Her Majesty’s Armed Forces: Rheinmetall modernizing the UK’s main battle tank Challenger 2 fleet – order volume is around €770 million
Rheinmetall has won a pioneering land forces order of pan-European and NATO-wide significance. The British Ministry of Defence has contracted with the Düsseldorf-based technology group to modernize the British Army’s main battle tank fleet. In all, 148 Challenger 2 main battle tanks will be upgraded with the 120mm smoothbore main …
Read More »RBSL to build Next-Generation Challenger 3 Tanks in major boost for UK prosperity
Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) has been awarded the UK MOD contract to upgrade 148 British Army Challenger 3 Main Battle Tanks. Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic this contract award, worth £800m (incl. VAT), marks a significant boost for UK prosperity and economic recovery. The programme will make …
Read More »UK and Qatar expand defence partnership
The new agreement builds on existing the partnership signed in October 2020. As part of the agreement, RAF Teeming in North Yorkshire will become the British base for the new UK-Qatar joint Hawk training squadron, utilizing Qatar’s recently acquired fleet of nine Hawk T2 variant aircraft. The decision to base …
Read More »Thales in the UK to support AERALIS in development of training & simulation for an Advanced Modular Aircraft
AERALIS, the British military jet developer, has entered into a Teaming Agreement with Thales in the UK to develop innovative philosophies, processes, devices & systems to operate the transformational AERALIS platforms. The development from Thales will take place alongside AERALIS’ contract with the RAF’s Rapid Capabilities Office to deliver research …
Read More »UK orders production of MBDA’s SPEAR mini-cruise missile
MBDA has received a contract valued at £550 million for production of the SPEAR missile system from the UK Ministry of Defence. SPEAR (known in UK service as SPEAR3) is a first-of-class network enabled miniature cruise missile. SPEAR will be the main medium-to-long-range strike weapon of the UK F-35 combat aircraft, …
Read More »Leonardo demonstrates helicopter-UAV teaming in the UK with its AW159 Wildcat
Leonardo successfully demonstrated unique integrated capabilities between a manned aircraft and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). This took place in the UK during Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUMT) trials between a Leonardo AW159 Wildcat helicopter and a semi-autonomous UAV from Callen-Lenz Associates. In this instance, MUMT is when a helicopter crew controls …
Read More »Second Joint RAF & Qatari Air Force Squadron Intended for UK
The joint Royal Air Force & Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) Typhoon squadron was officially opened yesterday at RAF Coningsby. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace hosted his Qatari counterpart as they opened 12 Squadron and signed a Statement of Intent to establish an additional joint squadron. The UK has offered to …
Read More »General Dynamics Electric Boat Wins $215M for US and UK Submarine Program
General Dynamics is awarded a $215,655,632 modification to previously awarded contract N00024-19-C-2125 for engineering, technical, design agent and planning yard support for operational strategic and attack submarines. This contract combines purchases for the Navy (42%); and the country of Great Britain (58%), under the Foreign Military Sales program. Work will …
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