Kraken Technology Group has been awarded a 49 million dollar cap Other Transaction Authority agreement by the United States Special Operations Command to accelerate the development of uncrewed surface and subsurface vessels.
After years of uninterrupted cost growth and mounting implementation problems, the programme to modernise the avionics of Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft to the TR-3/Block 4 standard has already exceeded its planned budget by more than six billion US dollars and is five years behind schedule.
The War Department has set six technology priorities to ensure US warfighters receive critical capabilities quickly, with directed energy, hypersonics and artificial intelligence among the focus areas.
The Estonian Defence Forces launched an operation on 14 November to improve conditions for a fast reaction to potential air threats, with the effort led by the Estonian Air Force.
Germany is negotiating with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)for additional Arrow 3 interceptor missiles and for an extension of the Heron TP drone agreement.
The United States Department of War announced on 20 November that it had signed another contract with Boeing to continue the delivery programme for MH-47G Chinook Block II heavy helicopters.
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Lockheed Martin announced on 21 November that the German state secretary visited the company’s Fort Worth facilities.
L3Harris Technologies and Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders have broken ground on the Arkansas Advanced Propulsion Facilities, a new solid rocket motor production campus in Camden.
Lockheed Martin has introduced the Sniper Networked Targeting Pod, a new variant of its long-serving Sniper pod designed to add high speed communications and processing at the edge of operations.
HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has completed the final round of sea trials for the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Ted Stevens (DDG 128).
The UK and Indonesia have confirmed a £4 billion Maritime Partnership Programme that will secure 1,000 jobs in Britain and expand maritime capability across Indonesia.
The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Massachusetts (SSN 798) on 21 November from HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia.
