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Poland has once again reiterated its desire to deploy American nuclear weapons. Last year, President Andrzej Duda spoke about this and now Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has made a similar statement.
At the beginning of the summer, it was reported that Australia might transfer 41 fourth-generation F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets to Ukraine. As it turned out, the Royal Air Force has far fewer planes in working order.
Boeing continues to work on the T-7A Red Hawk trainer aircraft. It was recently able to make its maiden flight.
Lockheed Martin CEO Greg Ulmer sparked a wave of discussion and outrage from Pratt & Whitney last week. The reason was that he said the F-35 should be equipped with an adaptive engine. But the authorities are not enthusiastic about it.
It was recently revealed that the US Department of Defence will halt deliveries of the fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighter jets in July. Dozens of US aircraft will remain in limbo.
While Norway is preparing to build a service centre for the F-35, Japan has already opened a regional service hub for the F135 propulsion system.
The value of one F-35 Lighting II fighter jet for export exceeds $200 million, a conclusion that can be drawn from a statement by the US State Department, which approved the potential sale of the planes to the Czech Republic.
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace is investing several tens of millions of dollars to build a service centre for the F-35 Lightning II fifth-generation fighter jet.
The Norwegian Armed Forces want to equip fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters with GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) II aircraft munitions. The potential deal has been approved by the US State Department.
We recently wrote that Moody Air Force Base will begin replacing A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft with fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters in 2027. Gowen, Idaho, will also retire Fairchild Republic's legendary aircraft.
At the beginning of May, we wrote that Ukraine had submitted a request to Brazil to buy 450 Guarani 6×6 armoured personnel carriers. Unfortunately, it has now been reported that there will be no contract.
Less than two weeks remain before the NATO summit in Vilnius. But comprehensive preparations for the event are well underway. The summit will take place on 11-12 July 2023.
The Norwegian defence procurement authority Forsvarsmateriell and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace have unveiled a new version of the NASAMS air defence system. The first demonstration test of the short-range surface-to-air missile system took place in late May 2023.
This time the Ukrainian Armed Forces received the TRML-4D radar for the IRIS-T SLM medium-range missile system. This is the second radar to be handed over to Ukraine.
France's directorate-general for armaments this week conducted the first test of the VMaX hypersonic guided weapon. This is an important step towards a weapon capable of travelling at over Mach 5 (6174km/h).
