The Czech Republic recently announced the finalization of a plan to buy 246 MkIV CV90s, while separately sources told Breaking Defense that other CV90s are on their way to the front lines in Ukraine.
Gen. Javier Salto Martínez-Avial, chief of the Air & Space Force, wants 25 more Eurofighters under contract quickly – and likely has eyes on the F-35 for the future.
“We are witnessing a cultural shift. Engineers want to work on problems for the DoD. We’re going to have an explosion of defense technology. Capital is following the engineers and following DoD opening of the aperture who want innovation,” said Alex Moore, partner at 8VC.
According to Andrew Howard, Leonardo UK’s Director for Future combat Air/GCAP UK, Sweden is “not seen as an integral part of the partnership at this time.”
“More than half the things this aircraft can do is because of its sensors,” said Masahiko Arai, Senior General Manager, Defense Systems Division, Mitsubishi Electric.
Patria Group’s CEO, Esa Rautalinko suggested the UAF were using more than 5,000 artillery rounds every day during the conflict — a figure which is more than the annual procurement of some European nations, he claimed.
The £90 million ($103 million) contract includes the delivery of more than 1,300 AN/PRC-163 handheld and AN/PRC-167 manpack software defined radios to the British military.
According to company officials, the Naval ES Solution has been designed to handle a variety of emerging threats, including the detection, tracking and identification of radar and communications signals.
While the priority is to support anti-submarine warfare missions, the MoD also suggested potential use cases for ship-to-ship resupply and casualty evacuation.
“That’s what Ukraine has proved. It really is important not only to have that deterrence capability, but to be able to have enough quantities. Because as we saw, stores get depleted very quickly,” Wes Kremer, president of Raytheon Missiles & Defense, said.
