US Congress Tries to Restrict F-16 Sales to Turkiye
A Congressional committee in the United States approved an amendment prohibiting selling the F-16s or modernization kits to Turkiye.
USA News
Air
Bilateral Relations
Weapon / Missile
Lockheed Martin Delivers Laser System LANCE to US Air Force
USAF has received a high-energy laser weapon that can be carried by aircraft in a podded form from Lockheed Martin.
Navy / Maritime
Air
An F-18 fell into Sea from an Aircraft Carrier
According to the US Navy, on July 8, a F/A-18 Super Hornet jet from the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman’s board fell into the Mediterranean Sea.
Engine and Transmission
ITEP Engine for UH-60 and AH-64 Passed the First Tests
The US Army has announced that the first tests of the new engine program for the AH-64 Apache and UH-60 Black Hawk have been completed.
Air
PAF shortlisted F-16 and JAS 39 Gripen, excluding Tejas
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) has shortlisted the US-made Lockheed Martin F-16 and Swedish Saab JAS-39 Gripen in its multi-role fighter jet (MRF) tender.
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
The MQ-25 Team Has Completed the First Lab Integration Event
On June 28-30, the United States Navy's Unmanned Carrier Aviation program office (PMA-268) held its first lab integration event at Pax River.
Air
Modernisation
Tunisia Gets Modification for T-6C Aircraft
US Department of Defence awarded a $90,686,042 worth contract to Textron for the Tunisia T-6C aircraft procurement effort.
Weapon / Missile
US Navy and USAF to Test High-Power Microwave Missile
The AFRL and the Office of Naval Research are completing testing of an advanced, high-power microwave missile known as HiJENKS.
Land
US Army will acquire GDLS's Light Tank
General Dynamics Land Systems announced that the U.S. Army had chosen Mobile Protected Firepower for Infantry Brigade Combat Teams (IBCTs).
Air
Bilateral Relations
Athens Officially Requests F-35
According to Greek TV Channel SKAI’s exclusive news, Greece has asked for the acquisition of 20 F-35A aircraft and another 20 conditional from the US.
Ammunition
Rheinmetall Develops 30mm Airburst Ammunition for the US Navy
Rheinmetall starts developing new medium-calibre ammunition for the US Navy. The order has a volume of USD 14.3 million.
Air
US Army Gets 120 H-60M Black Hawk for MEDEVAC
U.S. Government and Sikorsky signed a five-year contract for a baseline of 120 H-60M Black Hawk helicopters, with options to reach a total of 255 aircraft.
Navy / Maritime
The U.S. Navy commissions the 21st Virginia-Class Submarine
The U.S. Navy commissioned its twenty-first Virginia-class Block IV fast-attack submarine, USS Montana (SSN 794), at Naval Station Norfolk.
Ammunition
USA Sells ammo to NATO's NSPA Agency
The State Department approved FMS to NATO's NSPA of Precision Guided Munitions and related equipment for an estimated cost of $22.7 million.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 09:00 NATO pushes higher air and missile defence capacity targets - NATO members are under growing pressure to expand air and missile defence inventories, command netwo...
- 09:00 US Army deepens integrated air defence networking efforts - The US Army continues integrating radars, launchers and command systems into common battle networks...
- 09:00 Europe expands ammunition and missile production capacity - European governments are increasingly funding new ammunition and missile production lines to rebuild...
- 09:00 China strengthens multi-domain reconnaissance architecture - China is continuing to link satellites, drones, maritime patrol assets and ground-based sensors into...
- 09:00 Japan accelerates hardening and dispersal of military infrastructure - Japan is investing in hardened facilities, dispersed ammunition storage and rapid reinforcement logi...
- 09:00 Counter-drone procurement shifts toward affordable layered defence - Military organisations are increasingly prioritising combinations of jamming, interceptor drones, gu...
- 09:00 Autonomous underwater vehicles gain prominence in seabed security - Navies are expanding the use of autonomous underwater vehicles for surveillance, mine countermeasure...
- 09:00 Hypersonic defence drives demand for persistent tracking networks - Defence agencies are accelerating work on layered radar and satellite tracking architectures designe...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward proliferated constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring larger constellations of smaller satellites rather than a fe...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity becomes a core defence benchmark - Governments are placing greater emphasis on production scalability, secure supply chains and the abi...
