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The US State Department has approved the potential sale of Boeing P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft to Canada. The deal must now be approved by the US Congress.
The Swiss company Ruag recently requested permission not to sell Leopard 1A5 tanks for subsequent transfer to Ukraine. However, the Swiss Federal Council refused.
Ukraine is in talks with Poland to buy an NSM anti-ship missile system.
US Air Force Base Moody, Georgia, is going from thunder to lightning. The iconic A-10 attack aircraft will be replaced by fifth-generation F-35A fighters.
A couple of hours ago, we wrote that Lithuania would send Ukraine two launchers of the NASAMS SAM system. As it turned out, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will receive additional weapons.
At the end of May, Germany attached TRML-4D radars to Ukraine. Now there is information that the AFU will receive an additional batch.
This was revealed by Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda. It is about two launchers of SAMs. Unfortunately, it is not known when the deliveries will start.
The Pentagon has announced a new $500,000,000 military aid package for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
China's H-6K nuclear bombers are now armed with hypersonic missiles. Strategic aeroplanes with the new weapons have begun flying around Taiwan.
The Royal British Air Force has received a new batch of F-35B Lightning II fifth-generation fighters. The planes have arrived at the base in Norfolk.
The Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare) fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighter jets took part in the Arctic Challenge 2023 exercise. As part of the event, they conducted their first launches of AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles.
Airbus Defense has begun construction of the fourth-generation Eurofighter Typhoon fighters for the German Air Force. Production and deliveries will be delayed until the end of the decade.
US company RTX (formerly Raytheon) will arm the US Navy with semi-autonomous, disposable torpedoes. The vehicle is called the Barracuda UUV.
Residents of the Croatian city of Split can see the world's largest aircraft carrier. The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) has arrived in the country.
In the first half of June, the US Army announced the name of the first US light tank in some 40 years - the M10 Booker. The day before, the US Department of Defence announced the allocation of funding for small-scale production.
