Canadian Army to equip its ACSVs with newest generation remote weapon station
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Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has announced on Tuesday that the Canadian Army will equip the Armoured Combat Support Vehicles (ACSV) with a newest generation remote weapon station. General Dynamics Land Systems – Canada and Kongsberg have signed a contract for delivery of the Protector Remote Weapon Stations (RWS) to the Canadian Army valued 500 MNOK. The […]
NASA uses new Senator armored vehicles to support historic mission to ISS
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On Wednesday (May 27), astronauts will take off from American soil for the first time since 2011, riding aboard a SpaceX capsule in a historic test flight to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts haven’t launched from U.S. soil since the end of the space shuttle program in 2011, relying instead on Russian rockets as […]
NORAD fighter jets practice intercept of strategic bombers
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Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) CF-18 Hornet fighter jets, under the control of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), practiced identification and intercept of U.S. Strategic Command bombers on May 11 to demonstrate the air defense capabilities of Canada and the United States. The B-1B bombers as it entered the Canadian Air Defense Identification […]
Supacat teams to develop new fighting vehicle for Canadian special forces
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British multi-faceted engineering company Supacat and Canadian DEW Engineering and Development (DEW) have formed a team to pursue the Next Generation Fighting Vehicles (NGFV) program for the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command. According to Supacat’s post at Linkedin, the NGFV program intends to procure 55 to 75 vehicles for expeditionary operations with high level mandatory […]
Lockheed Martin says four nations will be protected with next generation radar
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Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp said on Tuesday that through partnerships with the U.S. Government, Spain, Japan, and Canada, company’s solid state radar (SSR) technology will provide front-line defense to nations around the world with cutting-edge air and missile defense capabilities. These nations are part of a growing SSR family of 24 platforms, […]
U.S. Navy awards Insitu multi-year contract for RQ-21A Blackjack production
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Boeing subsidiary Insitu Inc is awarded a three-year contract for up to 63 RQ-21A Blackjack Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy, the U.S. Department of Defense said in a 28 June statement. Under the contract, potentially worth $390,3 million, also provides for up to six RQ-21A unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) […]
Boeing offered Super Hornet Block III fighters to Canada
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According to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the politically charged competition to replace Canada’s aging fleet of fighter jets will rocket forward at the end of May as the federal government releases a long-anticipated, full-fledged tender call. Attempts to replace 3-decade-old CF-18s began in 2010, but have been mired in politics There are four companies in […]
Canadian Army awards contract to Saab for multispectral static camouflage systems
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Defense and aerospace group Saab said on Wednesday it had got an order for delivering multispectral static camouflage systems to the Canadian Army. “Saab has been awarded a contract to produce multispectral static camouflage systems for the Canadian Army. Deliveries of the order will take place during 2019,” said in the company’s statement. The order […]
First ex-Australian F/A-18A Hornets arrived in Canada
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According to a statement released by the Canadian Armed Forces, first two ex-Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18A Hornets arrived in Canada to replace the ageing CF-18 fleet. Canada is procuring 18 fighter aircraft and parts from the Government of Australia to rapidly increase availability of the CF-18 fleet in order to ensure the RCAF can meet […]
US, Canadian planes scramble to intercept Russian Tu-160 bombers
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U.S. Air Force and Canadian fighter jets were scrambled to investigate suspected Russian Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers entering the Canadian Air Defense Identification Zone on January 26. According to the North American Aerospace Defense Command and the United States Northern Command, an E-3 Sentry AWACS , two U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors and two Royal Canadian Air Force CF-188 Hornet […]