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Sep- 2023 -

28 September

US Army Selects Textron, Griffon to Advance RQ-7B Shadow Replacement Program

The US Army has selected Griffon Aerospace and Textron Systems to proceed to the second phase of its RQ-7B Shadow drone replacement program.

28 September

Soldiers of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force launch a Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile at Beecroft Weapons Range, New South Wales during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023. *** Local Caption *** Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023 is being conducted across northern Australia from 22 July to 4 August. More than 30,000 military personnel from 13 nations will directly participate in Talisman Sabre 2023, primarily in Queensland but also in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and New South Wales. Talisman Sabre is the largest Australia-US bilaterally planned, multilaterally conducted exercise and a key opportunity to work with likeminded partners from across the region and around the world. Fiji, France, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, the United Kingdom, Canada and Germany are all participating in Talisman Sabre 2023 with the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand attending as observers. Occurring every two years, Talisman Sabre reflects the closeness of our alliance and strength of our enduring military relationship with the United States and also our commitment to working with likeminded partners in the region. Now in its tenth iteration, Talisman Sabre provides an opportunity to exercise our combined capabilities to conduct high-end, multi-domain warfare, to build and affirm our military-to-military ties and interoperability, and strengthen our strategic partnerships.

Inder Singh Bisht

Japan Plans Additional Ammunition Depots Amid Missile Expansion

The Japanese Ministry of Defense has requested $148 million in the fiscal 2024 budget for 130 ammunition depots.

27 September

Staff Writer With AFP

Czech Republic to Buy 24 US-Made F-35 Fighter Jets

The Czech Republic will buy 24 US-made F-35 fighter jets, Prime Minister Petr Fiala told reporters.

27 September

Joe Saballa

USAF Conducts First Flight of Upgraded U-2 Dragon Lady Spy Plane

The US Air Force has conducted its first flight of its U-2 Dragon Lady spy aircraft after undergoing a major avionics upgrade.

27 September

S-300 surface-to-air missile systems of the Bulgarian Armed Forces

Staff Writer With AFP

Bulgaria to Provide Air Defense Missiles to Ukraine

Bulgaria's parliament decided to send aging, Soviet-era air-defense missile systems to Ukraine, its first such shipment to Kyiv.

27 September

Inder Singh Bisht

BAE Wins F-22 Electronic Warfare System Sustainment Contract

Lockheed Martin has awarded BAE Systems a five-year sustainment contract for the AN/ALR-94 advanced digital electronic warfare system for the US Air Force F-22.

27 September

An inert Joint Direct Attack Munition QuickStrike Extended Range mine is attached to a US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, in early March, 2023

Rojoef Manuel

BL Harbert to Develop Weapons Generation Complex for US Air Force

The US Navy has awarded BL Harbert a contract to construct a weapons generation complex at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana.

27 September

Joe Saballa

Northrop Clinches $705M F-35 Air-to-Ground Missile Deal

Northrop Grumman has received a $705-million contract to supply new air-to-ground missiles for US Air Force F-35 combat jets.

27 September

A US Air Force F-16 fighter jet is seen grounded on a runway. Its identification, SP 481, is painted on its tail. A group of jets can be seen in the background, too out of focus to identify which kinds.

Juster Domingo

US Sends Four F-16s to Romania for NATO Air Policing

Four US Air Force F-16 fighter jets arrived at Fetesti Air Base in Romania to conduct NATO air policing missions in the area.

27 September

Staff Writer With AFP

Myanmar Junta Ramped Up Mass Killings, Air Strikes: UN Rights Office

Myanmar's military escalated its use of mass killings, air and artillery strikes in the past year, according to the UN's rights office.

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