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Neil Ritchie

Neil Ritchie is the founder and editor of DefenceToday.com. Neil has a keen interest in the UK armed forces and national security issues as well as global defence procurement and cyber security matters. He also researches and writes about military history. Neil can be found on Bluesky: @neilritchie.bsky.social
Land Weapons

Lithuania, Poland to jointly procure Piorun air defence systems

Lithuania and Poland, together with two other European countries, have requested a partial European Union funding for the joint procurement of the Piorun short-range man-portable air defence system (MANPADS) under the European Defence Industry...
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Naval Weapons

Royal Navy successfully tests next-generation Spearfish torpedo

The Royal Navy has successfully tested the next-generation Spearfish weapons system from a Vanguard-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine during Sea Acceptance Testing off the coast of Scotland. The tests were carried out at the British...
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Air Platforms

US Army Special Operations orders two more MH-47G Block II Chinooks

The US Army Special Operations Aviation Command (USASOAC) awarded Boeing a USD 115 million contract for the production of two more MH-47G Block II Chinook helicopters and to start advanced procurement on future helicopters....
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Air Platforms

Ukraine receives first F-16 fighter aircraft

The first batch of F-16 fighter aircraft from NATO allies has arrived in Ukraine, according to Bloomberg. This long-awaited move could help bolster the war-torn country's ability to repel Russian attacks. A deadline for the...
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Land Platforms

Hungary takes delivery of first domestically produced Lynx IFV

Rheinmetall has handed over the first KF41 Lynx infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) produced at the company's Zalaegerszeg site in Hungary to the Hungarian armed forces. The first Hungarian-produced Lynx IFV rolled off the production line...
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Land Weapons

Elbit Systems to supply additional Iron Sting munitions to IDF

Elbit Systems has announced that it has been awarded a contract worth approximately USD 190 million to supply additional Iron Sting laser-guided and GPS-guided mortar munitions to the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF). The Iron Sting...
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Training & Simulation

RAF to trial augmented reality technology for pilot training

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is set to revolutionize pilot training with a groundbreaking airborne augmented reality (AR) technology test on its Hawk advanced jet trainer by the end of the year and aims...
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Air Weapons

Royal Navy to acquire additional Martlet missiles for Wildcat fleet

The Royal Navy will take delivery of additional Martlet Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM) systems for its Wildcat multi-role helicopters as part of a GBP 176 million deal between the UK government and Thales UK. The Royal...
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