Morocco to Buy JSOW and HIMARS
The State Department approved possible FMS to Morocco of Joint Stand-Off Weapons (JSOW) and High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS).
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Ukraine Admits Using US-supplied JDAM-ER Bombs
The Ukrainian Air Force has confirmed that it is now starting to use the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM-ER) bomb supplied by the United States.
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STM's Drones Performed at Winter Exercises
STM Defence shared a photo from the Winter-2023 drills showing the multi-rotor attack drone KARGU.
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AKINCI UCAV Test Fires UAV-230
The AKINCI UCAV test-fired Roketsan’s UAV-230 Air-to-Surface Ballistic Supersonic Missile.
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Saab Signs Ground Combat Framework Agreements with NSPA
The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has signed framework agreements with Saab for the Carl-Gustaf M4 weapon system and the AT4 anti-armour weapon.
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Gliding Kuzgun on Trial
TUBITAK SAGE’s gliding ammunition Kuzgun is spotted under the wing of AKSUNGUR UCAV, waiting for tests.
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USAF Awards Raytheon $320m Contract for 1,500 StormBreaker
USAF has awarded Raytheon Technologies a $320 million contract to produce an additional 1,500 StormBreaker smart weapon systems.
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Boğaziçi Reveals İlter as counter-UAV measure.
Boğaziçi Savunma Teknolojileri has developed a drone detection and neutralisation system called “İlter”, which offers autonomous, smart, passive solutions that do not harm human health.
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Pentagon’s 2024 Priority; Replacing Ammunition Stocks
U.S. President Joe Biden will present the U.S. defence budget on Thursday. The total amount of budget for next year could exceed $835 billion. This would become one of the enormous peacetime defence budgets. The current budget is $816 million, according to the official P-1 summary document obtained by Bloomberg News. The $170 billion procurement bid exceeds Congress’s budget for this fiscal year by $8 billion. The research and development requests are about $5 billion higher than Congress’s approval.
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Lithuania Orders Carl-Gustaf Ammunition
Saab has announced receiving an order from Lithuania's Defence Materiel Agency for Carl-Gustaf ammunition.
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Expo and Air Show
Repkon Exhibits its Flow-Forming Technology at IDEX
Repkon Defence, the defence company of Repkon Makina, exhibited its products and services at IDEX2023, held on February 20-24, 2023, in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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Finland to Purchase Additional 155 mm BONUS Mk II
Finnish Defence Ministry will order an additional 155 mm BONUS Mk II (BOfors NUtating Shell) anti-armour artillery from French contractor Nexter.
Ammunition
Joint Production Ammunition for Ukraine
Australia and France are preparing for joint production of artillery ammunition. Thousands of shells will be produced and delivered to Ukraine.
Ammunition
Australia Invests USD 1 Billion to Mines
Australia is planning to invest USD 1 billion in naval mines. The step will come to enhance marine protection from naval incursions of China and other threats.
