An Australian warship without the Aegis combat system took part in the most “robust” participation of Australia in an Aegis test so far according to the U.S MDA.
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Following yesterday’s press conference held by the German and French ministers in Berlin, the announcement was made that a significant breakthrough in negotiations about the development of the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) had been achieved. This result came after multiple years of stalled negotiations which were particularly difficult in coming to an agreement about the armament decisions and other workshare packages for the future combat vehicles. Having put aside these quarrels, the two countries have now agreed to a schedule to launch the development of demonstrators. An initial memorandum of understanding (MoU) is planned to be signed in Paris…
New information has surfaced regarding the planning status of the Next Generation Frigate (NGF) for the German Navy, shedding light on the potential future armament and sensor suite for the F127 class of ships. Following an initial project approval by the Inspector General of the Bundeswehr in February 2023, the project to replace the Navy’s F124 Sachsen class air defense frigates has reached its second milestone, by opting for a tender allowing national ship designs paired with the American AEGIS combat management system (CMS) to compete. The tender criteria was contracted to be modelled by the design firm MTG, using…
As the world continues to deal with an ever-increasing variety of threats in the aftermath of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, the massive losses that the Russian armed forces have taken throughout the conflict have led to an enormous depletion in Russian military hardware. These losses have allowed other actors, such as Iran and North Korea, to step in and bolster their standing with Russia via the supply of weapons. According to the U.S. State Department, North Korea has stepped forward to provide the Russian military with the weapons and shells they need to allow Russian…
This article was first published on CIGeography In February, the U.S. and the Philippines expanded the 2014 Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) to four additional sites. The agreement was originally pursued at a time when the Philippines struggled to assert its maritime claims in the South China Sea against other claimants, specifically China. Amidst the realization that its military forces could not properly address external security threats. Yet the original EDCA agreement had an uneasy upbringing with a battered US-Philippines relationship from the time of Duterte’s inauguration, the new president was advocating policies threatening both the 1998 Visiting Force Agreement…
On January 28th the Department of National Defense (DND) of the Philippines finalized the purchase of three batteries of Indian-made BrahMos cruise missiles for 18.9 Billion Philippine Pesos ($369 million). The event took place at DND headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo, with notable attendees including Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Indian Ambassador Shambhu S. Kumara. This event was monumental for both countries, marking the first export of BrahMos by India and a significant step forward for one of the major projects in the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) Horizon 2 of the Revised AFP modernization program. The BrahMos System…
In late January, French and Australian Frigates departed naval bases in New Caledonia and Australia, for months-long deployments to Southeast Asia.
London. In early July it was confirmed that the Type 45 destroyers would be fitted with 24 Sea Ceptor short-range point/local area defence missiles in the often-mentioned space for extra strike-length Vertical Launch System cells forwards of the main silo.