Repkon to Launch TNT Factory for U.S. Army
The U.S. Army and U.S. Army Contracting Command have awarded a contract action of $435 million to REPKON USA.
Ammunition News
ASELSAN Signs USD 316.5 Million and TRY 1.2 Billion Contract
ASELSAN and the Secretariat of Defence Industries (SSB) signed a contract to produce Guidance Kits for the Turkish Armed Forces.
ASSAN Brings Serial Production to the Defence Industry
Defence projects are mostly involved in “boutique” manufacturing, which requires a longer production process and high cost per unit. ASSAN may change it.
ASSAN to Produce FAB General Purpose Bombs
During SAHA EXPO 2024, ASSAN unveiled general-purpose bombs of the Russian FAB standard to be produced.
SAHA EXPO 2024: KORKUT 25 RCWS as a New C-UAS Option
ASELSAN has introduced the KORKUT 25 RCWS, capable of firing 25 mm ATOM airburst ammunition, as a new hard-kill C-UAS solution in SAHA EXPO 2024.
ASTECH Defence, the New Player in Guided Munitions
ASTECH Defence has unveiled its SKYWOLF family of guided munitions for UAVs and manned aircraft in the SAHA EXPO 2024 exhibition.
ANKA-III UCAV Scores Second Weapon Test with TOLUN SDB
TUSAŞ ANKA-III flying-wing UCAV has performed its second weaponry test with the ASELSAN TOLUN, hitting the target successfully.
ROKETSAN to Debut LG-155 Laser-Guided Artillery Round
LG-155 155 mm laser-guided artillery ammunition will be exhibited for the first time at SAHA EXPO 2024, which will be held in Istanbul.
ASTECH Introduces GÖKKURT GAM at SAHA EXPO
ASTECH DEFENCE, a startup company formed by the gathering of a team of engineers, will introduce the GÖKKURT (SKYWOLF) Smart Ammunition Family at the SAHA EXPO.
ASELSAN Prepares for Debuts in SAHA EXPO 2024
ASELSAN to introduce a range of new products, including C-UAS, electronic warfare, and sensor systems, at SAHA EXPO 2024 in Istanbul.
QFAB-250-LG: Upgrade for Azerbaijani FAB-250 Bombs
ASELSAN and Azerbaijan's joint venture QFAB-250-LG, dropped from a Su-25 attack aircraft, has hit the target zone.
India Acquires MK 54 MOD 0 Lightweight Torpedo
US State Department approved a possible FMS to India of MK 54 Torpedoes and related equipment for an estimated cost of $175 million.
U.S.: The Threshold on S-400 is the NDAA and CAATSA, not IAB
Deploying S-400 at IAB won’t solve the problem. The threshold is not about easing U.S. concerns. It is about meeting the NDAA and CAATSA demands.”
ASELSAN Mentions New TOLUN SDB Variant
ASELSAN's a-Bülten monthly newspaper has mentioned a new variant of TOLUN Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) named TOLUN-S in its October issue.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 09:00 NATO shifts focus from spending targets to deployable capability - Alliance planning is increasingly centred on translating higher defence budgets into deployable forc...
- 09:00 US expands AI-enabled command and control programmes - The US Department of Defense continues accelerating AI-assisted command-and-control initiatives desi...
- 09:00 Europe accelerates missile and ammunition manufacturing - European governments are increasing investment in missile and ammunition production lines to strengt...
- 09:00 China strengthens integrated maritime reconnaissance network - China is expanding integration between satellites, unmanned aircraft, maritime patrol assets and coa...
- 09:00 Japan expands resilient logistics for island defence - Japan is investing in dispersed logistics hubs, hardened storage facilities and rapid reinforcement...
- 09:00 Counter-drone systems evolve toward layered low-cost defence - Military organisations are increasingly combining electronic warfare, interceptor drones, guns and a...
- 09:00 Autonomous underwater systems gain strategic infrastructure role - Navies are expanding deployment of autonomous underwater vehicles for surveillance, mine countermeas...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats sustain investment in persistent tracking - Defence agencies continue expanding radar and satellite-based sensor networks designed to maintain c...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward proliferated constellations - Armed forces are increasingly deploying larger constellations of smaller satellites to improve redun...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity becomes a strategic procurement metric - Governments are placing greater emphasis on production scalability, delivery speed and secure supply...
