The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced sanctions against companies and individuals helping the jet fuel procurement of Myanmar’s military junta on the back of reports that it has been launching deadly airstrikes on civilian crowds. The sanctions issued Wednesday by the department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control named Shoon Energy Pte Ltd, PEI Energy...
The United Arab Emirates’ EDGE Group and the Brazilian Air Force’s Department of Aerospace Science and Technology have signed an agreement for joint defense technology projects in smart weapons, unmanned platforms and other areas. EDGE, a state-owned advanced technology company based in Abu Dhabi, announced in April that it will open its first international office in...
Iran unveiled the unmanned aerial vehicle Mohajer-10 at the Defense Industry Fair on Tuesday, which state media said is an upgraded version of the Mohajer-6 that the country exports. Various reports indicated that the new drone’s purported features include a 2,000-kilometer range and a 300-kilogram payload, twice the capacity of the older version. The drone...
Swedish aerospace and defense company Saab is assembling 15 F-39E Gripen combat aircraft at Embraer‘s factory in Sao Paolo, Brazil. The fighter production line, inaugurated in May, is an offshoot of the $5.04 billion order for 36 Gripen fighters that Brazil initiated in 2014, with four more added in 2022 to double the country’s air...
BAE Systems has secured a five-year contract worth $112.4 million from the UK Ministry of Defence for research and development of the British military’s wide area network. Known as Trinity, the WAN program will replace Falcon, the British Army and Royal Air Force’s current communications network scheduled for retirement in 2026. The U.K .military’s local...
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Monday that it has moved to notify Congress of the Department of State granting approval of a possible $12 billion helicopter sale to Poland. The proposed sale includes 96 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters plus Hellfire missiles and Hellfire captive air training missiles, Joint Air-to-ground Missiles and Stinger missiles. The...
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress of the possible sale of M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems to Australia. The proposed deal, which has received Department of State approval, calls for the delivery of up to 22 HIMARS and related equipment for an estimated cost of $975 million. Lockheed Martin, L3Harris, Leonardo...
The Israel-United States Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation has approved four projects under its BIRD Cyber Program, an initiative that it launched in 2022 in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Israel National Cyber Directorate. The BIRD Cyber Program aims to promote partnerships in the technology sectors of the U.S....
The Royal Australian Navy’s planned buildup in response to China’s increasing threat has already drawn bids from four shipbuilders, Breaking Defense reported. The pitches came following the April release of the Australian Defence Strategic Review, which lined up a naval strategy of increasing the number of smaller surface vessels in RAN’s fleet. The four...
