Airbus Helicopters and the Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation have extended their partnership to support the Tiger helicopter fleets of France, Germany and Spain for another five years. The second amendment to the Global Support Contract, worth approximately $451.3 million, ensures the continued supply of spare parts, repairs and obsolescence management services. The agreement also...
The U.S. Department of State has approved a foreign military sale to the United Kingdom for the High Gain Measurement System equipment and support. The U.K.’s request, valued at about $125 million, covers the acquisition of an HGMS system fitted with off-aspect mid-frequency line arrays. It also includes spare components, such as acoustic sensors and...
The U.S. Department of Defense has approved Taiwan’s request to acquire spare components and support services for the F-16 aircraft and active electronically scanned array radar, or AESA. The proposed $320 million foreign military sale, coursed through the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States, covers the purchase of critical spare and...
Textron Aviation Defense has delivered five Beechcraft T-6C Texan II training aircraft to Vietnam‘s Phan Thiet Airbase. The delivery, the first batch of aircraft procured to support Hanoi’s pilot training program, fulfills part of a first-of-its-kind Foreign Military Sales program between the U.S. Air Force and the Vietnam Air Defense Air Force. The remaining planes...
The U.S. Air Force deployed two B-52H Stratofortress bombers in Finland on Nov. 25 to perform a simulated weapons drop, along with Finnish F/A-18C Hornets and Swedish Air Force Saab JAS 39 Gripens, as part of Bomber Task Force 25-1. The exercise, which presented Finland’s role as a NATO ally, contributed to strengthening the alliance’s...
The United States and Lithuania have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to develop civil nuclear energy in the Baltic nation focused on deploying fourth-generation small modular reactors, or SMRs. The pact, signed by U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and visiting Lithuanian Minister of Energy Dainius Kreivys in Washington on Tuesday, is vital to U.S. efforts...
Norway is in talks with the United States about its acquisition plans for a new long-range, aerial maritime surveillance drone for its forces in the high north. Anne Marie Aanerud, state secretary of the Norwegian Ministry of Defence, told Breaking Defense that the consultation is part of Oslo’s evaluation of potential acquisition options. “As part...
Rolls-Royce Submarines has opened its new Glasgow office funded by the U.K. Ministry of Defence to enhance support for the Astute- and Dreadnought-class boat build programs and other Royal Navy requirements under the AUKUS trilateral security partnership. “The opening of the new Rolls-Royce office in Glasgow is a clear demonstration of the government’s commitment to...
Canada and Australia have announced a joint initiative for missile defense research. The agreement, revealed through a joint statement of Canadian National Defence Minister Bill Blair and Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles on Friday, focuses on countering emerging threats such as advanced cruise and hypersonic missiles. The partnership involves Defence Research and Development Canada and...
Defense officials who attended the Halifax International Security Forum over the weekend said growing cooperation between China, North Korea and Russia poses a significant threat to international order. Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, said North Korea volunteering its soldiers to bolster Russian forces in Ukraine could result in Moscow repaying the gesture...
