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The US Navy is preparing for a massive investment in armaments in fiscal year 2024. The service is requesting $6.9 billion in the draft defence budget.
The US Army plans to adopt hypersonic weapons in a few months' time. The draft budget for fiscal year 2024 calls for the purchase of the first missiles.
The Canadian government has expressed a desire to upgrade its fleet of 14 maritime patrol aircraft. Ottawa is willing to spend billions of dollars to acquire the Boeing P-8A Poseidon.
At the US Naval Base in San Diego, California, it has been announced that Australia is providing nuclear-powered submarines to deter China in the region.
The US Army wants more than a hundred Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM) in 2024. Further development of the missile is also planned.
The US Army has finally been able to assemble its debut battle group, which consists exclusively of modernised military equipment. It consists of tanks, armoured vehicles, howitzers and armoured personnel carriers.
Against the backdrop of nuclear and missile threats from North Korea, the Republic of Korea has decided to approve the purchase of US fifth-generation F-35A Lightning II fighter jets. The Republic of Korea has decided to approve the purchase of the US fifth-generation F-35A Lightning II fighters, according to local newspaper Yonhap, citing the Defence Acquisition Programme Administration (DAPA).
A test of an unknown US rocket was due to take place at Cape Canaveral this month. However, they were cancelled by the US Department of Defence.
The Polish government recently announced that it would hand over PT-91 Twardy tanks to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Now there is information that the AFU is already undergoing a training programme in their use.
We wrote that the US Air Force has requested $911m to develop a nuclear cruise missile. The service also wants $384 million next year to develop an airborne hypersonic missile.
Three US companies continue to work on a new missile for the fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighter. It is called Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW).
The US Air Force is finalising work on an airborne hypersonic missile. The Pentagon has requested $150 million from Congress before reaching its final milestone.
The US Navy, along with the Air Force, has also submitted a request to Congress for funding for the procurement of aircraft, helicopters and drones. The service wants more than $17bn to achieve the goal.
Three reconnaissance drones belonging to NATO countries are monitoring the Black Sea waters at once. One of them is a Northrop Grumman unmanned aerial vehicle.
The U.S. Navy is requesting $26.9 billion for development and research in fiscal year 2024. 5% of that amount, if approved, will be used to develop the secretive F/A-XX fighter programme.
