Navy contractor KEEL to spend $70M on new facilities for submarine fabrication
“We’re purpose building KEEL to help solve the capacity challenges in nuclear Navy shipbuilding,” KEEL’s Chief Executive Brian Carter told Breaking Defense.
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Canadian military receives initial batch of new ACSV vehicles
The Canadian Army has received the first four new Armoured Combat Support Vehicles (ACSVs). The Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defense, and General Wayne Eyre, Chief of the Defense Staff, visited Garrison Petawawa where the first four new …
US Navy to upgrade two of its powerful destroyers
General Dynamics announced last week that the U.S. Navy plans to repair and upgrade two of its powerful destroyers, the USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) and USS James E. Williams (DDG 95). According to General Dynamics’s latest press release, the U.S. Nav…
As Ukraine Aid Benefits Their Districts, Some House Republicans Oppose It
The American push to fund Kyiv’s war effort has created big economic opportunities for Mesquite, Texas, and other cities around the country. Some of their G.O.P. congressmen want to end it.
Better, but still ‘whack-a-mole’: IT industry adapts to supply chain problems, for now
While key executives tell Breaking Defense they have adjusted to the new normal, experts worry IT supply chain vulnerabilities could be exploited in the future by adversarial nations.
US Army awards contract to GDLS for more M10 combat vehicles
General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) announced last week that it was awarded a $257.6 million U.S. Army contract modification for the second phase of M10 Booker Low Rate Initial Production of the newly named M10 Booker Combat Vehicle, formerly known as…
US Army orders more Stryker A1 combat vehicles
General Dynamics Land Systems on Monday announced that it has won a contract valued at as much as $712.3 million to build a batch of 300 Stryker combat vehicles for the U.S. Army. As noted by the company, Army has awarded the GDLS a contract for the la…
UK Army resumes training on Ajax armored vehicles
UK Ministry of Defense on Wednesday announced that units of the British Field Army have restarted training on the Ajax armored vehicles this week, highlighting continued progress in the program. The details were given in a 15 June media release to anno…
Romania wants to buy Abrams tanks
Romanian Armed Forces want to purchase at least one battalion of US-made Abrams main battle tanks, a defense minister official in charge of military public procurement said on Tuesday. Lt. Gen. Teodor Incicas said Romania intends to buy the vehicles fo…
US Army Completes Successful Iron Fist Tests Series on Bradley Armored Fighting Vehicles
The US Army recently completed rigorous testing on the Iron Fist Active Protection System (APS) that showed significantly improved results over previous tests. The testing completed in October 2022 of the Iron Fist Light Decoupled (IFLD) system demonst…