Ukraine has received its first RCH 155 wheeled howitzers, according to German Aid to Ukraine (GAU), an independent tracker of military assistance to Ukraine, which said September 5 it had confirmed the delivery through a source outside political and industry circles. The system arrives roughly four years after Germany first pledged it, in September 2022. […]

Croatia’s government is set to approve the purchase of 18 South Korean K239 Chunmoo multiple rocket launchers for €435.2 million ($506 million), excluding tax, at a cabinet session Friday, Croatian newspaper Jutarnji List reported. The deal would be Croatia’s largest weapons purchase since its 1990s war for independence, apart from its earlier order of Rafale […]

The U.S. Army has awarded Northrop Grumman an $862.8 million contract to manufacture and deliver M1156 precision guidance kits, according to a Department of War contract announcement. The firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers manufacturing, inspection, testing, packaging and delivery of the kits and their variants. Northrop Grumman was the only company to submit a bid after […]

Ukraine’s Kramatorsk Heavy Machine-Tool Building Plant, the maker of the Bohdana self-propelled howitzer, says it has not received a state order in nine months and may have to halt production and furlough workers if a new contract does not arrive soon, the company’s representative told Oboronka in an interview published September 3. The plant, known […]

Hanwha Aerospace showed off a new K9 howitzer operating concept built around fire-guidance drones this week, unveiling the plans at the fifth K9 User Club gathering in Estonia. The three-day forum, hosted by the Estonian Defence Forces at the Estonian National Museum in Tartu from September 2 to 4, drew more than 200 military and […]

The U.S. Army has ordered $30.8 million in additional work under a contract to build a domestic factory to manufacture TNT in Kentucky, bringing the deal’s total value to $435 million. The modification, awarded to Paligen Aerospace & Defense LLC, based in Tampa, Florida, covers design, construction and commissioning work on the facility. Army Contracting […]

An artillery shell won’t explode without one small part screwed into its nose or tail: the fuze. The U.S. Army just signed a $712.5 million contract to keep a steady supply of them coming. Action Manufacturing Co., based in Bristol, Pennsylvania, won the contract to build, inspect, test, package and deliver M739A1 point detonating and […]