Israel and Germany move forward with Arrow 3 missile system deployment
Israel's Ministry of Defense is moving forward with the deployment of the Arrow 3 missile interception system on German soil…
11 Nov 2024
US Army awards Repkon $435m contract for TNT production facility
Repkon USA - Defense has won a contract action with a ceiling of $435m for domestic trinitrotoluene (TNT) production from the US Army’s Joint Program Executive Office Armaments & Ammunition…
11 Nov 2024
US to re-establish TNT production with new Kentucky-based factory
The US will expand in-country explosive manufacturing capabilities following the award by the US Army to Repkon USA-Defense of a $217.5m contract for the design, build, and commission of a…
11 Nov 2024
Ukraine to use SAR satellite data to inform operational planning
The German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall and Finnish microsatellite manufacturer ICYEYE will work together, with support from the German government, to provide Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence with Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)…
08 Nov 2024
British Army has under 19,000 troops able to fully deploy in combat
The British Army has under 19,000 personnel who are trained and medically able to be deployed in a combat role without limitations, according to new figures released by the UK…
08 Nov 2024
Could Trump break the global semiconductor supply chain?
With the capacity to fulfil just 12% of domestic demand for semiconductors, the US needs to rapidly increase its onshore chip manufacturing capability. An unfortunate confluence of the Covid-19 pandemic…
08 Nov 2024
RTX BBN Technologies to develop tool for DARPA
RTX BBN Technologies has secured a contract to bolster the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) cyber resiliency programme. The initiative, known as the Compartmentalization and Privilege Management (CPM)…