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29 July

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

UK Taps Sheffield Forgemasters to Produce Gun Barrels for Ukraine

The UK Ministry of Defence has announced a partnership with Sheffield Forgemasters to expand the country’s ability to produce forgings for gun barrels.

29 July

Joe Saballa

Netherlands Junks German Protest Over $6B Submarine Deal With France

The Netherlands has dismissed a German protest of its decision to award a $6-billion submarine contract to French shipbuilder Naval Group.

29 July

Staff Writer With AFP

Russia Claims Two New Villages in Donetsk Region

Russia said its forces had captured two villages in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine as they push towards the city of Pokrovsk, northwest of the regional capital.

29 July

The RAF's latest fast jet trainer, the Hawk T2 is pictured during a flight over the beautiful scenery of North Wales. Based at RAF Valley on the Isle of Anglesey, the TMK2 Hawk is designed to train fast jet fighter pilots air combat and tactical weapons use, preparing them for front line operational aircraft like the Typhoon and Tornado.

Rojoef Manuel

BAE to Test Augmented Reality on British Hawk Trainer Jet

BAE Systems has signed a contract to test an augmented reality solution aboard the UK Royal Air Force’s Hawk T2 training aircraft.

29 July

Pictured are Soldiers deployed on Exercise Army Cyber Spartan taking part in creating traffic for the network in order to enable the Blue and Red teams taking part in the exercise to complete their tasks. Exercise Army Cyber Spartan 5 (ACS5) is an offensive and defensive cyber exercise on a live network with the aim to attract the widest talent. Ex. ACS5 welcomes participation from across the Field Army, with units invited to form Blue teams consisting of 10 people each with up to 30 Blue Teams in total. The Blue Teams are the exercising troops and are defending and administering representatives systems and services in a military context, whilst ensuring continued access to user. The Red Team are the opposing force (OPFOR) and their role is to attempt a series of exploits to gain access to information or disrupt normal service operation. These are the actions that the Blue Team are defending against.

Rojoef Manuel

QinetiQ to Administer British Thundercloud Military Management System

QinetiQ has received a contract to supervise the UK Ministry of Defence’s Thundercloud military data management system.

29 July

Inder Singh Bisht

Spain to Send Additional Hawk Air Defense Battery to Ukraine

Spain will send another Hawk air defense system to Ukraine in September, Minister of Defense Margarita Robles told her Ukrainian counterpart last week.

29 July

Staff Writer With AFP

Polish MPs Allow Security Forces to Use Arms With Impunity

Polish lawmakers voted to allow the security forces to use lethal weapons with impunity in response to active threats, including at the Belarus border.

26 July