Defence Blog

Russia’s state defense conglomerate Rostec has shown a mobile version of its Tsitadel anti-aircraft gun system, with the weapon and its sensors mounted on a truck chassis, the company said. Until now, Tsitadel had been fielded as a stationary system designed to guard fixed sites against drones. “The combat module, as well as the radar […]

Russia’s Defense Ministry has released footage of a Mi-28NM attack helicopter firing a small, low-cost cruise missile during combat operations in Ukraine. The missile appears to be either the S8000 Banderol or the closely related Dan-T, two jet-powered weapons that look alike and have been described both as drones and as cruise missiles. The video […]

The U. S. Air Force is asking Congress for $4.25 billion in its fiscal 2027 budget to buy critical spare parts for its bombers, tankers, fighters and trainers, after its own figures showed that only eight of 24 measured aircraft fleets meet supply readiness standards. The request, set out in the service’s Working Capital Fund budget […]

The Defense Logistics Agency plans to buy a hydraulic cylinder assembly for the U. S. Army’s CH-47 Chinook helicopter only from Boeing because the government does not have the technical data it needs to let anyone else compete, the latest example of the data gap the Pentagon’s right-to-repair push is meant to close. DLA Aviation at […]

The U. S. Army has awarded Amentum Services a $609 million contract to supply at least 500 full-time-equivalent contract workers to keep its depots running, the U. S. Department of War announced on Nov. 5. The firm-fixed-price contract, W911RQ-27-C-A004, lists Texarkana, Texas, home of Red River Army Depot, as the place of performance and runs through Nov. […]