Saturday 9 November, 2024

Neil Ritchie

Neil Ritchie is the founder and editor of DefenceToday.com. Neil has a keen interest in the UK armed forces and national security issues as well as global defence procurement and cyber security matters. He also researches and writes about Scottish and military history.

QinetiQ awarded UK MoD Thundercloud contract

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded QinetiQ a GBP 15 million contract to manage, maintain and update the Thundercloud classified military data management system. Thundercloud collects, analyzes, and shares meteorological and oceanographic data...

Lithuania, Poland to jointly procure Piorun air defence systems

Lithuania and Poland, together with two other European countries, have requested a partial European Union funding for the joint procurement of the Piorun short-range man-portable air defence system (MANPADS) under the European Defence Industry...

Royal Navy successfully tests next-generation Spearfish torpedo

The Royal Navy has successfully tested the next-generation Spearfish weapons system from a Vanguard-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine during Sea Acceptance Testing off the coast of Scotland. The tests were carried out at the British...

US Army Special Operations orders two more MH-47G Block II Chinooks

The US Army Special Operations Aviation Command (USASOAC) awarded Boeing a USD 115 million contract for the production of two more MH-47G Block II Chinook helicopters and to start advanced procurement on future helicopters....

Ukraine receives first F-16 fighter aircraft

The first batch of F-16 fighter aircraft from NATO allies has arrived in Ukraine, according to Bloomberg. This long-awaited move could help bolster the war-torn country's ability to repel Russian attacks. A deadline for the...

Hungary takes delivery of first domestically produced Lynx IFV

Rheinmetall has handed over the first KF41 Lynx infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) produced at the company's Zalaegerszeg site in Hungary to the Hungarian armed forces. The first Hungarian-produced Lynx IFV rolled off the production line...

Elbit Systems to supply additional Iron Sting munitions to IDF

Elbit Systems has announced that it has been awarded a contract worth approximately USD 190 million to supply additional Iron Sting laser-guided and GPS-guided mortar munitions to the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF). The Iron Sting...

RAF to trial augmented reality technology for pilot training

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is set to revolutionize pilot training with a groundbreaking airborne augmented reality (AR) technology test on its Hawk advanced jet trainer by the end of the year and aims...