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Latvia with first Black Hawks

defence24.pl 2 years ago Latvia picked up the first UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters ordered on 11 December. The helicopters arrived in the hold of the US C17 aircraft, the Latvian abroad Ministry said. Black Hawk helicopters are to replace the presently utilized Soviet...

First 2 UH-60M Black Hawk delivered to Latvia

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On 12 December, Latvia's Defence Minister, Artis Pabriks, reported that a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III dense transport aircraft had landed at Lielvārde Air Base. Its payload was the first 2 Lockheed Martin UH-60M Black Hawk multi-role helicopters in...

GCAP is coming

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On December 9, a tripartite agreement on the implementation of the GCAP (Global Combat Air Programme) was signed, aimed at building a 6th generation multi-purpose platform. The participants of the project, at this stage, are the United Kingdom, Italy...

$2.2bn for F-35 Lightning II aircraft logistics su...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On December 8, the United States Department of defence announced that it had signed an agreement with Lockheed Martin to supply logistics support services for its increasing fleet of F-35 Lightning II multirole combat aircraft.

USS Kearsarge to be upgraded

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On December 9, the US Department of defence announced the signing of a contract with BAE Systems for the overhaul and modernization of the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) landing craft helicopter.

Fourth firing of a fresh anti-radar missile

defence24.pl 2 years ago Northrop Grumman announced the successful 4th flight test of the AGM-88G AARGM-ER guided anti-radiation missile. The rocket was fired from a US Navy Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet. This is crucial due to the fact that the company has already received...

UH-72 Lakota Logistic Support

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On December 8, the United States Department of defence announced that it had signed an agreement with Airbus Space & defence for the logistics support service of the fleet of UH-72 Lakota multirole helicopters operated in the US armed forces.

Successful AGM-88G AARGM-ER Trial

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On December 8, Northrop Grumman announced that another, fourth, test of the AGM-88G AARGM-ER anti-aircraft defence breach rocket was conducted.

Contract for 2 S-70i Black Hawk helicopters for P...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago Polskie Zakłady Lotnicze Mielec, a company belonging to the Lockheed Martin concern, signed a contract with the Police office for the acquisition of 2 additional S-70i Black Hawk helicopters during a ceremony held present at Warsaw-Babice Airport...

New Black Hawks will be introduced to Polish publi...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On 9 December, at the Babice Airport in Warsaw, in the part occupied by the Police Aviation Board GSP KGP, a contract was signed for the acquisition of 2 Lockheed Martin S-70i Black Hawk multi-role helicopters.

New Zealand has received its first P-8A Poseidon a...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On December 7, at the Boeing plant in Seattle, Washington, a ceremony was held to deliver the first aircraft of the P-8A Poseidon land-based patrol aircraft to a fresh user — fresh Zealand.

U.S. Department of defence announces settlement o...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On December 6, the day after the Bell Textron Communication, the United States Department of defence announced the first details of the agreement with the above entity on the implementation of the FLRAA program, the successor to the UH-60 Black Hawk...

Another Black Hawk delivered to Croatia

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On December 3, the Croatian Ministry of defence announced that a ceremony was held at Zagreb global Airport for the formal transportation of 2 multi-role Lockheed Martin UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters.

The US Army has chosen the chopper of the future

defence24.pl 2 years ago The United States Army selected the winner in the competition for a next-generation manned vertical take-off and landing platform, a first in the comprehensive Future Vertical Lift program. In the proceedings at FLRAA (Future Long-Range Assault Aircr...

Zielonka enters the IBCS system. Contract with Nor...

defence24.pl 2 years ago **Wojskowe Zakłady Elektroniczne S.A. from Zielonka has concluded an agreement with Northrop Grumman regarding cooperation in the construction of command cabins for the IBCS system. This is simply a step to make the mark configuration of the Wisła ...

Bell Textron is the winner of FLRAA

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On December 5, the United States Department of defence settled the FLRAA (Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft) program to choice a successor to the Lockheed Martin UH-60 Black Hawk multi-role transport helicopters. The decision of the authorities is...

Polish firefighters will "get" Black Hawks [NEWS I...

infosecurity24.pl 2 years ago According to the information reached by InfoSecurity24.pl, Polish firefighters will shortly have 2 Black Hawk helicopters at their disposal. The machines are to be purchased by the National Fund for Environmental Protection.

Destroyer Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee delivered to the ...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On 1 December, the American shipbuilding company Hutington Ingalls Industries announced the transportation of the guided-missile destroyer Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) to the US Navy.

First C-130 Hercules of Indonesia flown

defence24.pl 2 years ago The first of 5 C-130J-30s ordered by Lockheed Martin for the Indonesian Air Force has conducted its first test flight, the aircraft is being prepared for transportation in 2023.

Americans present B-21A Raider

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On December 2, at the Northrop Grumman plant in Palmdale, California, the ceremony of presenting the first copy of the B-21A Raider strategical bomber took place. It is the first plan of this class developed in the United States in over 30 years.

BAE Systems presents fresh IFV in OMFV programme

defence24.pl 2 years ago BAE Systems on November 30 unveiled a 3D model of its proposal in the program of the fresh infantry fighting vehicle OMFV (Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle), which is part of the wider NGCV (Next Generation Combat Vehicle) program, which...

Will the Greeks buy the UH-60M Black Hawk?

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On November 28, Greek media revealed that the General Staff of the Greek Armed Forces approved an application for the acquisition of 38 Lockheed Martin UH-60M Black Hawk multirole transport helicopters. The machines are to play an crucial function ...

Austria will usage option for additional AW169

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On 28 November, Austrian media reported that the government in Vienna had decided to usage the contract option to order a further eighteen multi-role Leonardo AW169 helicopters.

China claims to have driven off US ship in South C...

defence24.pl 2 years ago The Chinese army announced Tuesday that it had driven off a US rocket cruiser that had “illegally intruded” into waters close the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. Beijing considers most of this sea as its own territory...

Thailand is considering the acquisition of F-35.....

defence24.pl 2 years ago Thailand is seriously considering buying U.S. F-35 multirole combat aircraft, continuing earlier talks with the U.S., but only 2 for financial reasons, according to Thai PBS World, who interviewed Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) Commander-in-Chief Air C...

Defense Department's 5th Negative Audit

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On November 22, the American political portal “The Hill” reported the results of the yearly Pentagon audit. Like the erstwhile four, the 1 for last year was negative. The cost of the audit, which de facto failed, was $218 million. Portal “The...

Facebook information operation. Meta: The US Army ...

cyberdefence24.pl 2 years ago Meta (Facebook) in its latest study confirmed that 1 of the information operations in social media was the US military. People associated with the US military created 39 fake Facebook accounts, 16 pages, 2 groups and 26 fake Instagram...

Patriot "freed" from... own radar

defence24.pl 2 years ago **Northrop Grumman present announced tests of the IBCS integrated Patriot air defence system, which did not usage the standard Patriot fire control radar at all.**

Media: CPK a solution to the deficiency of logist...

defence24.pl 2 years ago The Polish CPK will improve military logistics in Central Europe in a situation where, according to erstwhile US army commander in Europe, Gen. Ben Hodges, “there is simply a deficiency of transport capacity and infrastructure that would let NATO ...

Lockheed Martin With fresh Export Successes in Ra...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On November 17 and 18, Lockheed Martin corp and the United States Department of defence announced fresh successes of the American maker in the export section of sales of radio stations.

Another contract under the ACV program

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On November 16, the United States Marine Corps Systems Command entered into another contract with BAE Systems as part of the 8×8 ACV wheeled floating combat vehicles program. It is about another executive agreement under the framework agreement M6785...

IBCS fresh Capability Tests

defence24.pl 2 years ago **Northrop Grumman present announced a number of tests of fresh capabilities of the IBCS air defence management strategy as part of the U.S. Army's task Convergence 22 exercise.**

UH-72B Lakota went to another user

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On November 16, the U.S. Department of defence reported 2 major events related to the Airbus UH-72 Lakota program — the continuation of deliveries of already contracted machines and the expansion of the logistics support agreement.

U.S. military in partner networks. That's how ...

cyberdefence24.pl 2 years ago The U.S. military has conducted more than 20 operations in partner nation networks in the last 4 years. Activities were carried out, among others in Ukraine. Effect? More than 90 malware samples have been made available and the level...

U.S. Department of defence orders another UH-60M ...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On November 15, the U.S. Department of defence announced the signing of an annex to a long-term agreement concluded with Lockheed Martin on the order of further UH-60M Black Hawk multirole helicopters.

Second prototype KF-21 Boramae flown

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On November 10, the second prototype of the KAI KF-21 Boramae multirole combat aircraft was flown at Sacheon, Republic of Korea. The first flight lasted 35 mines and initiated the process of flight trials.

New underwater vehicle in the Remus family

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On November 7, Mission Technologies, headquartered in McLean, Virginia, owned by HII (Huntington Ingalls Idustries), unveiled the latest Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) classified as Remus 620.

US Army tests unmanned sapper vehicles

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On November 3, fresh information was published in the US media regarding the program of construction and investigating of M1150 ABV (Assault Breacher Vehicle) robotic sapper tanks carried out by the US Army. During the tests conducted on the occasi...

First S-MET 'vermin' for US Army

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On November 6, General Dynamics Land Systems announced the transportation of the first 16 S-MET unmanned transport vehicles to the U.S. Army. This is the first tranche of vehicles ordered in 2020. GDLS delivers under the contract concluded in the S-...

British E-7 Wedgetails are taking shape

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On November 4, Northrop Grumman corp made public a photograph of the assembly of the MESA radar station on a Boeing E-7 Wedgetail Mk1 early informing and command aircraft intended for the Royal Air Force.

Indonesia upgrades its C-130H Hercules

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On November 3, Collins Aerospace announced that it had signed an agreement with PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) to cooperate in the modernization of the Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules average transport aircraft of the Indonesian Air Force.

Firehawks to hit firefighters in Orange County

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On November 4, U.S. media reported that on October 27, the board of emergency services of California's Orange region approved the acquisition of 2 multi-role S-70i Firehawk fire helicopters.

The next E-2D Hawkeye will undergo the process of ...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On November 4, the U.S. Department of defence announced the signing of an agreement with the Northrop Grumman corp on the continuation of the process of modifying the fuel strategy of the E-2D Hawkeye on-board early informing and command aircraf...

The first missions of the autonomous Black Hawk

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On November 2, at the US Army Yuma Proving Ground, located about 48 km north-east of Yuma, Arizona, the usage of the UH-60A Black Hawk multirole chopper adapted for autonomous flights was presented for the first time. The show was made by...

USD Billion for F414 Engine Service

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On October 31, the United States Department of defence announced the signing of a (multi-year) framework agreement with General electrical for the implementation of the service support contract for the F414 household engines operated by the naval ...

Oshkosh defence Offer in OMFV Program

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On November 1, US company Oshkosh defence announced that it had submitted its bid in consequence to the U.S. Army's RFP for Phases 3 and 4 of the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) program, the successor to the Bradley Infantry Combat Vehicl...

Green light on sales of fresh C-130J-30 Super Her...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On November 2, the U.S. Department of State announced approval for the possible sale of fresh Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Super Hercules average transport aircraft to Australia. Interestingly, the decision of the American side was made a day after t...

Last Viper delivered to Marines

defence24.pl 2 years ago The last AH-1Z Viper combat chopper produced for the Marine Corps left the Bell plant in Amarillo. This marks the end of the H-1 tandem chopper program (UH-1Y Venom and AH-1Z Viper transport helicopters) for the Marines, and the...

Another remote-controlled Kongsberg weapon station...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On October 31, Kongsberg defence & Aerospace announced the conclusion of a framework agreement with the US Army for the supply of remotely controlled weapon stations for combat vehicles. This is an IDIQ (Indefinite transportation Indefinite Qua...

President Biden: U.S. troops will be in Poland for...

defence24.pl 2 years ago U.S. troops in Poland and another NATO countries will stay there for a long time, president Joe Biden said Wednesday. Earlier, the White home said an additional 20,000 U.S. troops in Europe would stay there "for the foreseeable future."