Thursday 30 January, 2025

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Lockheed Martin to develop ship-launched hypersonic missile

The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to integrate the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) weapon system onto Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers in a deal worth up to...

Fifth Astute-class submarine delivered to the Royal Navy

HMS Anson, the fifth Astute-class submarine, has departed BAE Systems shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, to begin the journey to His Majesty’s Naval Base (HMNB) Clyde. Capable of defending the UK’s...

Rheinmetall to manufacture F-35 fuselage sections

Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman have signed a letter of intent with German defence company Rheinmetall to manufacture F-35 stealth fighter aircraft center fuselages. This would see a second...

U.S. shoots down unidentified object over Canada

A U.S. Air Force F-22 fighter jet shot down an unidentified cylindrical object over Canada, the second such incident in as many days. It comes after the U.S. Air...

Construction begins on third Dreadnought-class submarine

The first steel has been cut at BAE Systems works in Barrow-in-Furness for the third Dreadnought-class strategic missile submarine which will carry the UK's nuclear deterrent. The Dreadnought-class ballistic missile...

Saab to support Swedish ground-based air defence

Swedish defence firm Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration for the continued support of the Swedish Armed Forces’ Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) systems....