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The Polish Armed Forces have tested a short-range air defence system. It is called Mala Narew.
The French navy wants to equip ships with laser weapons. The service is cooperating with CILAS for this purpose.
Iran recently unveiled a hypersonic ballistic missile. It is called the Fattah. As it turns out, the maximum launch range will be increased.
The first of nearly three hundred K239 Chunmoo multiple rocket launchers will soon be delivered to Poland. This was announced by Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces can expect to receive US high-precision long-range GLSDB missiles no sooner than in the autumn. The M142 HIMARS missile system will be used to launch them.
Romania has signed a contract with Israeli company Elbit Systems to buy Watchkeeper X drones.
Germany's Rheinmetall has announced the delivery of a new batch of Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine. It includes 20 vehicles.
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has finally unveiled the T929 ATAK II helicopter. This happened at the Paris Air Show.
The Merkava II and Merkava III tanks have recently been reported to be under consideration by Israel. The buyer could be Cyprus.
Lockheed Martin fears it will be denied access to rocket engines if L3Harris buys Aerojet Rocketdyne. It has made a statement to this effect to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the US Department of Defence.
Lockheed Martin executive vice president Greg Ulmer has said that the F-35 fifth-generation fighter should get an adaptive engine. Pratt & Whitney criticised his words.
The Ukrainian Defence Forces have received Eagle armoured vehicles. As it turned out, the deliveries were not approved by the Swiss government.
Israeli defence contractor Rafael Advanced Defence Systems has unveiled a new generation air-to-air missile. The ammunition is called the Sky Spear.
Israeli company Elbit Systems is actively introducing new military products. One of the new products is the Range Extension and Smart Tail (REST) kit.
Ukraine has signed a contract with defence company Hensoldt to supply AMPS (Airborne Missile Protection System) missile detection and countermeasures systems. They will be installed on helicopters.
