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At the end of January, the USA announced that it was going to deliver 31 M1 Abrams tanks to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Initially, they were expected to be handed over to Ukraine in late 2023, but now there is information that the USA is considering the possibility of speeding up the process.
The U.S. Marine Corps ordered 158 AH-1Z Viper helicopters from Bell in 2010. The 39th Aviation Group commander, Col. Nathan Marvel, said the helicopter will undergo a gradual upgrade.
Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) has begun flight tests of the KF-21 Boramae, a prototype two-seat fighter jet. The aircraft took to the air for the first time.
The US defence company Northrop Grumman has announced the successful testing of the future LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile. The test took place in a wind tunnel.
German defence company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann has started repairing Leopard 1A5 tanks, which will be handed over to Ukraine in the near future.
General Electric has begun design work on a production version of the XA100 adaptive engine. It is underway after the US Air Force extended a $203m contract with the manufacturer.
The authorities of the People's Republic of China have announced sanctions against two major US defence companies. Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Missiles & Defence have fallen under Beijing's hot hand.
BAE System has shipped the fuselage tail section for the F-35 Lightning II to the US. This allowed Lockheed Martin to begin assembling its 1,000th fifth-generation fighter.
The United States, in a bid to strengthen relations with India, is offering to upgrade its fighter fleet with fifth-generation jets. In parallel, the U.S. could wrest the Indian market from Russia.
The B-52 Stratofortress is one of the oldest aircraft in US service and one of only two strategic bombers that can carry nuclear weapons. It made its first flight in 1952. The B-52s of today are very different from those that took to the skies 70 years ago.
The US military wants a new version of the AGM-88G missile. The US will test a ground-based version of the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile - Extended Range (AARGM-ER) this year.
On 17 February, the Navy entered into an agreement with Lockheed Martin to supply hypersonic missiles. They will be integrated into the latest Zumwalt-class destroyers.
Dozens of countries, including the United States and China, intend to restrict the use of artificial intelligence in military conflicts. They want to equate AI with nuclear and chemical weapons.
France continues to help Ukraine and is preparing a new military aid package for the AFU.
The French government has been secretly supplying the Ukrainian Armed Forces with modern Akeron MP (aka Missile Moyenne Rogtee aka MMP) anti-tank missile systems.
