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International Defense Industry Agenda 23 – 29 October 2023

• France has reached an agreement with Armenia on the sale of an air defense system, including 3 radars of the GM200 type.

• VARD, part of the Italian shipping company Fincantieri, and the Windward Offshore Consortium have been awarded contracts for the design and construction of two hybrid Offshore Service Support Vessels.

• Airbus has signed a €1.2 billion contract with the French Directorate General of Armaments and the Aircraft Maintenance Department for capability development and in-service support of the French A330 fleet.

• Ghana and Nigeria have signed an agreement to strengthen the existing defence cooperation between the two countries.

• Damen and the Dutch company Alewijnse signed a contract to produce a Anti-Submarine Warfare frigate for the Dutch and Belgian Navies.

• NATO will adopt the first "anti-drone" doctrine for member countries by the end of the year.

• The German defense company HENSOLDT and the US Airdyne Aerospace will modernize the C-130 mission aircraft.

• Kazakhstan has put up for sale more than 100 Soviet-era fighter jets.

• Romania has announced that it is taking action to install anti-drone systems along the border with Ukraine.

• The Pentagon approved arms sales to Britain, Finland and Lithuania.

• Two new FA-50 light attack aircraft, purchased by Poland from South Korea, have arrived at Warsaw's Okęcie airbase.

• Boeing announced that it has delivered 3 new aircraft to the US Air Force for aerial refueling capabilities.

• The White House has requested more than $3.4 billion in funding to speed up the construction and maintenance of the U.S. Army's attack submarines.

• Iran has tested a new domestically produced air-to-air missile-equipped drone.

• The Slovak Armed Forces received two MANTIS air defense systems from Germany.

• Turkish defense industry products were used in the military exercise of the Kyrgyz army.

• The owner of a German technology company has been arrested for supplying drone engines to Russia.

• The Spanish Navy has received the first H135 light utility helicopter from Airbus.

• The Czech Ministry of Defense signed a contract with the Israeli-based Rafael company for the supply of 48 I-Derby air-to-air missiles.

• The US Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a $ 364 million contract to produce 6 Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk helicopters for Norway.

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