Colby Badhwar

Covering the war in Ukraine, with an emphasis on security assistance; plus defense procurement and arms sales. Based in Toronto, Canada.

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US Navy seeks Small Diameter Bomb integration with F-18 Super Hornet

An amended Request for Information (RFI) that was updated on March 20th by the US Air Force's Armament Directorate has revealed that the US Navy's F-18E/F Super Hornet has become an objective aircraft for integration with Boeing's GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB I). The...
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Two Precision Strike Missiles in containers. Lockheed Martin photo.

Precision Strike Missile production to ramp up to 400 per year...

Lockheed Martin is increasing the production capacity for their Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) to 400 missiles per year following a pair of contract awards...
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A Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) integrated on F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. NAVAIR photo.

Long Range Anti-Ship Missile to be integrated on F-16

In a presolicitation released today by Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), it was announced that the AGM-158 C-1 LRASM (Long Range Anti-Ship Missile) will...
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River-class destroyer. Royal Canadian Navy render.

Irving Shipbuilding awarded $5.57 billion contract for Royal Canadian Navy’s new...

In a low-key announcement this past Saturday, the Government of Canada disclosed that Halifax-based Irving Shipbuilding had been awarded a $5.57 billion ($8 billion...
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The first F-35A produced for Turkey is unveiled during a June 2018 ceremony at Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth, Texas, facility. Lockheed Martin photo.

Five years after their suspension from the F-35 program, Türkiye is...

There is a new chapter in the saga that is Türkiye’s involvement with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI),...
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Piranha RCH 155 Artillery Gun Module self-propelled howitzer. GDELS photo.

Canadian Army’s artillery modernization plan takes shape

In a long-awaited Request for Information (RFI) posted last Friday, the Government of Canada has released the preliminary requirements for the Canadian Army’s Indirect...
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Soldiers from 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, Dismounted Patriot Information Coordination Central (D-PICC) execute a simulation of Patriot engagement

Ukraine receives new PATRIOT communications system from US Army

Ukraine’s PATRIOT Batteries have a new communications asset to help improve their operations: the Dismounted Patriot Information Coordination Central (D-PICC). In a Reprogramming Action...
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