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16 July

French Tigre Mk2 Helicopter Integrates Mistral 3 Missile to Counter Drones

MBDA’s Mistral 3 air-to-air missile has been successfully integrated into the French Army’s Tigre Mk2 helicopter, boosting its capabilities for engaging drone threats.

16 July

Bea Castañeda

What Is a Hypersonic Missile?

Understand how hypersonic missiles combine unprecedented speed with maneuverability, and why they challenge today's air and missile defense systems.

16 July

Sailors handling Beretta Automatic Musket (MAB Beretta Model 38) 9mm submachine guns. Photo: Italian Navy

Rojoef Manuel

Italy Lists 16,000+ Retired Beretta MAB Submachine Guns for Sale

Italy's Ministry of Defence has opened bidding for more than 16,000 decommissioned Beretta Automatic Musket 9mm submachine guns previously used by the Italian Navy.

16 July

155mm artillery rounds stacked up behind the line of AS90s and their Ukrainian operators. Photographer: Corporal Rob Kane ©MoD Crown Copyright 2022

Inder Singh Bisht

BAE Delivers First UK-Made Artillery Barrel Forgings to Ukraine

BAE Systems has delivered the first four of 150 artillery barrel forgings to Ukraine under a $82-million contract.

16 July

Christine Casimiro

US to Acquire Thousands of Anduril’s Barracuda-500 Cruise Missiles

The US is set to acquire thousands of Barracuda-500 cruise missiles for stand-off strike missions under a framework agreement with Anduril.

15 July

Inder Singh Bisht

UK Selects Three Companies to Develop Low-Cost Drone Interceptors

The UK Ministry of Defence awards three companies $4.22 million in contracts to develop low-cost drone interceptors.

15 July

Vulcan-guided long-range artillery shell.

Inder Singh Bisht

NATO Agency Contracts Diehl for Vulcano 155mm Guided Ammunition

The NATO Support and Procurement Agency has awarded Diehl Defence a framework contract for its Vulcano 155mm guided artillery ammunition.

15 July

Northrop Grumman and government officials break ground on a new Sentinel missile facility in Utah

Rojoef Manuel

Northrop Grumman Expands Utah Campus to Support US Sentinel Missile Program

Northrop Grumman has broken ground on a new facility in Roy, Utah, to expand work on the US Air Force's Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile that will replace Washington’s aging Minuteman III nuclear weapons.

15 July

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Europe’s Anti-Ballistic Shield Takes Form With New Ukrainian Interceptor

A proposed pan-European anti-ballistic missile shield has taken a step forward with the unveiling of a Ukrainian interceptor designed to reach speeds of up to 2,000 meters per second.

14 July