The United Kingdom’s 7th Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team will be deployed in 2024 as the core of the British leadership role in NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force starting Jan. 1. The brigade, dubbed “Desert Rats,” led NATO’s Strategic Reserve Force when it was activated in Kosovo in 2022. Its components include a...
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Slovenia Advances Military Modernization With Two New Delivers of C-27J Transport Aircraft
Slovenia has received the first of two C-27J Spartan Next Generation aircraft that the Balkan country ordered from Italian aerospace, defense and security firm Leonardo under a government-to-government agreement in 2021. The aircraft brings the Slovenian Armed Forces “on the path of development and modernization,” Defence Minister Marjan Sarec said during the C-27J handover ceremony...
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Japan Patriot Missile Sale to US Boosts Indo-Pacific Stability, Envoy Says
Japan’s efforts to boost its military capability and ease military equipment sales will enhance Indo-Pacific stability, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said in a meeting with Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara on Wednesday. According to Military.com, Emanuel lauded Tokyo’s recent approval of the shipments of Japanese-manufactured Patriot missiles to the United States to replenish...
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Rheinmetall Sets 2024 Delivery of First Hungarian-Made Lynx Fighting Vehicle
Rheinmetall is now commissioning the first Hungarian-built Lynx KF41 infantry fighting vehicle following development, production and testing at its Rheinmetall Hungary unit’s plant in Zalaegerszeg. The locally made IFVs will be delivered to the Hungarian army in mid-2024, according to the company. Hungary’s Lynx KF41 order totals 209 units in seven variants. The production of the...
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BAE’s F-35 Aircraft Maintenance Facility in Australia Gets Investment Boost
The Australian government has more than doubled its investment in BAE Systems Australia’s F-35 Lightning II aircraft maintenance facility in Hunter Valley, New South Wales, signing a Stage 2 facility services deed with the company. The funding, worth $75.4 million, is in addition to the $68.6 million that Canberra initially committed in 2022 to the...
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Intel Wins $3.2B Incentives for $25B Israeli Chip Factory
The Israeli government is providing a $3.2 billion incentive for Intel’s new $25 billion chip factory in Kiryat Gat, southern Israel, where the company already has a chip-making facility. According to a statement, Intel’s Israeli plant expansion is an important element in its effort to promote “a more resilient global supply chain,” which also includes manufacturing investments...
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F-16s Poised to Defend Ukrainian Airspace as Pilots Advance Training
The first group of six Ukrainian combat pilots has completed basic F-16 flight training with the British Royal Air Force and is now in Denmark for advanced drills on the aircraft, the U.K. government said Tuesday. Ukraine will also receive the first Dutch delivery of 18 F-16 jets “within weeks if not days,” according to...
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NATO Requests Maintenance Services, Equipment for C-17 Cargo Plane
The U.S. Department of State has approved a potential $150 million foreign military sale of maintenance and related equipment for NATO’s C-17 Globemaster III cargo planes. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of the possible sale on Friday. The services will be for aircraft on the alliance’s Strategic Airlift Capability program launched in 2008....
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US Approves NSPA Stinger Missile Purchase; Weapon’s Ukraine Deployment Spurs European Demand
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified the U.S. Congress of the Department of State’s approval of a potential $780 million foreign military sale of 940 FIM-92K Stinger Block I missiles and related equipment to the NATO Support and Procurement Agency. NSPA is making the acquisition on behalf of Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. The purchase...
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L3Harris Team Bats for South Korea’s New AEW&C Missile-Tracking Aircraft
L3Harris Technologies has teamed with Korean Air and Israel Aerospace Industries’ Elta Systems to design and deliver the Republic of Korea Air Force’s next-generation airborne early warning and control aircraft. According to the Janes website, South Korea plans to acquire four AEW&C aircraft to counter North Korea’s rising ballistic missile activity. The L3Harris team’s proposed...