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Lockheed Martin could not increase deliveries of F-35 Lightning II fighters to 900 units in 2022. It was hindered by the F-35B accident, due to which the Pentagon banned deliveries of the planes.
Turkish defense companies Roketsan and Aselsan, as well as the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, tested the Siper surface-to-air missile system.
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has allocated more than $500 million to Lockheed Martin to upgrade the Aegis missile defense system, which will be deployed on the island of Guam.
In November, Lockheed Martin announced an imminent cost increase for its fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighter jets. Now more details about this have emerged.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have begun using Canadian LAV II ACSV Super Bison armored personnel carriers at the front.
The German company Kraus-Maffei Wegmann has started production of Boxer RCH-155 self-propelled artillery systems for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In the United States the assembly of the first serial light tank of a new generation has started. Production began at the General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) plant.
We wrote that the U.S. Department of Defense has banned deliveries of the fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighter jets. Because of this, the Lockheed Martin plant is idling nine new planes.
The U.S. Department of Defense has suspended deliveries of F-35 Lightning II aircraft for the second time. This time the reason was an accident in Texas.
European concern Airbus is full of confidence that the Spanish Air Force in the near future will sign a new contract for the purchase of Eurofighter Typhoon fighters.
The U.S. Department of Defense published a video showing how a Chinese fighter jet nearly collided with an American reconnaissance aircraft. The incident took place on December 21 over the South China Sea.
South Korean authorities have approved a project to upgrade F-15K Slam Eagle fighters. The Asian country also wants to buy more air tankers.
Lockheed Martin is developing an air-to-ground missile as part of the AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) program. The manufacturer recently tested a variant of the missile with an extended launch range.
In mid-December it became known about Lithuania's plans to purchase French CAESAR Mk II howitzers. Now there is information about when the deliveries will start and how much Lithuania will pay.
