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The US Air Force has cancelled its already problematic plan to integrate high-energy laser weapons into the AC-130J Ghostrider helicopter.
France, in addition to starting to produce new nuclear warheads, has also resumed tritium production.
According to Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, the new package is worth 500m euros. It includes 10,000 artillery ammunition, which will be handed over to Ukraine in the near future.
The government has allocated an additional UAH 5 billion for the purchase of attack drones for the Ukrainian army.
The AASM Hammer is a French precision aerial bomb. It is manufactured by Safran Electronics & Defence. The bomb is available in different modifications. The basic version has a 250 kg warhead, and the top version has a 1000 kg warhead. It can fly up to 70 kilometres.
The M114A1 is an American 155 mm heavy howitzer. It entered service in 1942. The howitzer was designed to provide fire support to infantry and army units.
The Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom has signed a contract with the American company Boenig for the purchase of 14 H-47ER Chinook transport helicopters.
The Spanish government has signed a contract with the German concern Rheinmetall to supply nearly 100,000 155-mm artillery shells.
The new aid package is worth $300 million. It includes: Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, ammunition for HIMARS rocket systems, 155 mm calibre shells, including cluster and high-explosive shells, and other weapons.
The Taiwanese military is considering purchasing two hundred combat naval drones to prepare for a potential Chinese invasion.
The information was shared by the country's defence ministry. The new aid package is worth 2.3bn kroner or $336m. It will include self-propelled artillery units Caesar. They are planned to be purchased from France. It is not yet known how many systems we are talking about. Earlier France said that it would produce 78 units for the AFU: 12 of them will be paid for by the French side and 6 systems will be bought by Ukraine on its own. The remaining part will be paid for by partners.
The United States stops work on the prototype 58-calibre Extended Range Artillery (ERCA).
Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said that his country had found an opportunity to purchase an additional 200,000 artillery shells from third countries for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The United States of America has announced that it is allocating a new military aid package for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Ukrainian defence forces destroyed the latest Palantyn electronic warfare system in the Zaporizhzhia sector.
