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This was announced by Raytheon and Lockheed Martin, which will fulfil the contract. The amount of the deal is $1.3bn. The total number of ATGMs has not been disclosed yet. It is only known that more than 4,000 missiles from this contract will be handed over to the Ukrainian army.
The Slovak state-owned company Konstrukta Defence has tested the EVA M2 self-propelled artillery system.
Taiwan's military has said that US-provided anti-tank weapons had a low hit rate during recent exercises.
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said at a meeting in Brussels that their position on the use of weapons remains unchanged.
On 27 August 2024, the Polish Sejm Chancellery published a request to the Ministry of Defence to conclude an agreement with South Korea for the supply of 180 more K2 tanks.
The information was shared by the Militarnyi publication. The plant was launched this spring. It is already producing Vector drones for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. So far, the company is assembling drones from ready-made kits that come from Germany, but in the future, the company wants to localise the production of some design elements.
Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the United States has gradually begun to increase production of 155mm artillery ammunition.
The Slovak government has approved the purchase of six mobile air defence systems from Israel worth more than €550 million.
Information about this appeared on the ministry's website. It is about the contract for $990 million. The exact number of UAVs has not been disclosed yet. It is also unknown when the first deliveries of the systems will begin.
The Polish Defence Procurement Agency has announced the delivery of a new batch of 12 K9A1 self-propelled howitzers to Poland.
This time the information was shared by Ukrainian Digital Transformation Minister Mykhaylo Fedorov in an interview with the Associated Press. Fyodorov said that one drone missile "Palianitsya" costs less than $1m.
The CV90 is a family of Swedish infantry fighting vehicles developed by BAE Systems Hägglunds in 1993. The CV90 is designed to support infantry in demanding combat environments. The vehicle has high mobility, powerful armament and advanced defence.
The information was shared by the country's Ministry of Defence. The Lithuanian army will use the new weaponry with RBS 70 man-portable surface-to-air missile systems.
The drone was developed over the course of 1.5 years. By wartime standards, this is very fast. It is also known that the Palianitsya is launched from a ground-based launcher. The missile has a turbojet engine.
The information appeared on the website of the manufacturer General Dynamics Land Systems. The amount of the contract is $322.7 million. The number of tanks has not been disclosed yet. It is only known that the U.S. Army wants to get 504 units of combat vehicles. They are planned to operate them for 30 years.
