Top Stories from Global Defense Industry 26 February – 03 March 2024

• The Azerbaijani army conducted an exercise with Turkish-made Bayraktar AKINCI Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles.
• Taiwan announced it has conducted the first test of its "defense-type" submarine called Narwhal in the water.
• Australia and the Philippines signed memorandums of understanding in the fields of defense, maritime and cyber security.
• Albania reported that the Bayraktar TB2 UAVs purchased from Baykar have arrived in the country.
• The Finnish defense company Patria will build a plant for the assembly of F-35 Block 4 fighter jets.
• US multinational company Honeywell will supply 105 T55 engines for Germany's first Chinook CH-47F fleet.
• Singapore announced that it has ordered 8 F-35A fighter jets from the United States for its Air Force.
• Swedish defense company Saab has signed a contract with the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration for the supply of four new Gripen C fighter jets for the Hungarian Air Force.
• Israeli company Elbit Systems has been awarded a $ 600 million contract to supply Australian AS21 Redback armored combat vehicles with active protection systems, a 30 mm gun turret and sensors.
• The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that a test firing was carried out with an intercontinental ballistic Yars missile capable of nuclear attack.
• The US Navy signed a $3.4 billion contract with defense industry manufacturer Boeing for the supply of 17 P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft.

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