Type 23 frigates getting communications upgrade from Thales
Richard TomkinsPARIS, Feb. 25 (UPI) — Thales is updating the analog communications system on U.K. Royal Navy Type 23 frigates to be fully digital under a $26.5 million contract.
Kraken supplying towed sonar for Israeli unmanned surface vessel
Richard TomkinsST JOHN’S, Newfoundland, Feb. 25 (UPI) — Canada’s Kraken Sonar is supplying its Katfish towed sonar system to Israel’s Elbit Systems for its new Seagull unmanned surface vessel.
Final build of M-346 trainers for Poland begins
Richard TomkinsROME, Feb. 25 (UPI) — Aermacchi has begun final assembly of the first two of eight M-346 jet trainer aircraft being built for the Polish Air Force.
Arsenal to produce lighter-weight mortar bipods
Richard TomkinsWATERVLIET ARSENAL, N.Y., Feb. 25 (UPI) — The U.S. Army’s Watervliet Arsenal is to produce next-generation bipods for the 81mm mortar systems that are about five pounds lighter than current bipods.
Finmeccanica, Panama end contract disputes
Richard TomkinsROME, Feb. 24 (UPI) — Italy’s Finmeccanica says a dispute with Panama over contracts related to a coastal monitoring system are now settled.
Jacobs Engineering leads pilot procurement project
Richard TomkinsPASADENA, Calif., Feb. 24 (UPI) — Jacobs Engineering is to manage an Australian military project to procure and sustain military off-the-shelf combat bridges under a $10.7 million contract.
Thales upgrading Estonian mine-sweepers
Richard TomkinsPARIS, Feb. 23 (UPI) — The Estonian Ministry of Defense has picked Thales UK as the prime contractor for the upgrade of three mine-hunter vessels.
Asia-Pacific, Middle East arms imports grow
Richard TomkinsSTOCKHOLM, Sweden, Feb. 22 (UPI) — In the period from 2011 to 2015, international arms transfers grew 14 percent from the prior five-year period, mainly in the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific.
Rheinmetall upgrading Polish Army’s Leopard 2 tanks
Richard Tomkins
DUSSELDORF, Germany, Feb. 22 (UPI) — Rheinmetall to modernize 128 Leopard 2 tanks of the Polish Army with Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa and ZM Bumar-Łabędy S.A under $244.8 million contract.
High-energy laser effector tested on German warship
Ryan MaassBERLIN, Feb. 19 (UPI) — Rheinmetall and the German armed forces have completed a recent test of their high-energy laser effector on a German warship.
