Новости за 14.10.2024

Maj. Gen. Lars Lervik, Chief of Staff of the Norwegian Army, told Breaking Defense that Oslo is in the process of receiving offers from industry competitors who have been asked to detail “price, timings, capabilities,” and delivery timeframes.

“We don’t [want to] inadvertently allow the resources we’re spending on soldiers and families to crowd out the modernization that we have to continue with,” Wormuth told reporters.

[Sponsored] Oshkosh Defense’s Stryker MCWS advances battlefield lethality with soldier-driven design, delivering enhanced firepower and flexibility for the U.S. Army’s modernization efforts.

“We see a lot more demand than we can possibly keep up with, that’s one of the reasons … the air defense force is so strained, frequent deployments [and the] significant demand signal to meet hotspots all over the world,” Army Under Secretary Gabe Camarillo told Breaking Defense.

[Sponsored] The possibilities are endless with the next generation of Gray Eagle, making it easy to envision more missions and capabilities on the horizon.

Designed to operate ahead of friendly forces and suppress Integrated Air Defence Systems (IADS), the Electronic Warfare (EW) airborne countermeasure has already undergone successful flight trials with the UK’s Rapid Capabilities Office.

While Airbus talks with a number of “other customers,” about interest in the H175M, company executive Bruno Even expects London to “reflect” on the status of the New Medium Helicopter competition.

SPACECOM’s releases today characterize Operation Olympic Defender as “a multinational effort that focuses to optimize space operations, improve mission assurance, enhance resilience of space-based systems, synchronize efforts to strengthen deterrence against hostile actors and reduce the spread of debris orbiting the Earth.”

Sources first indicated this summer that Bell would drop Spirit AeroSystems as a supplier due to Boeing’s upcoming acquisition of the embattled aerostructures company. 

[Sponsored] Bombardier is a go-to platform provider of choice for special mission aircraft with its in-house engineers that can tailor the solution to the customers’ requirement.

“We know how to start new programs very, very well, but we have to also learn how to pivot,” Army Under Secretary Gabe Camarillo told Breaking Defense.