Saab is offering to build Gripen fighters in Canada as it tries to win political support for a mixed fleet that would see the aircraft fly alongside the country’s F-35s, Chief Executive Micael Johansson said.
Quantum Systems has completed a two-week exercise coordinating unmanned air, land and maritime systems through its MOSAIC UXS software.
Italy has ordered 30 Panther-based main battle tanks and 48 Lynx infantry fighting vehicles from Leonardo Rheinmetall Military Vehicles, according to Milano Finanza.
EDGE has integrated a range of autonomous systems for a UAE Navy demonstration in which the US Navy also took part.
Canada has taken delivery of its first two F-35A Lightning II fighters at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona, where the aircraft will support military personnel training.
RAF Typhoons have taken part in a French nuclear air exercise for the first time, escorting French Air and Space Force Rafales on a simulated nuclear strike mission over the Mediterranean.
Retired Gen. David Petraeus, a former director of the CIA, has warned that the United States’ dependence on foreign primary aluminum is a national security risk, and called for the country to produce more of the materials its military and wider economy rely on.
The guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul returned to Naval Station Norfolk on Oct. 23, ending an 11-month deployment to Europe and the Middle East.
Switzerland’s government has accepted changes to defense procurement after a dispute over the promised fixed price for its F-35A fighters.
L3Harris Technologies has received a three-year contract worth up to $60 million to advance a long-range drone interceptor for the U.S. Army.
Ukraine has joined a NATO procurement partnership that gives it a new route to buy military equipment and support services.
Saab plans to increase GlobalEye deliveries from two to six aircraft a year as it pursues further orders and negotiates a potential six-aircraft sale to Canada.
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