The defence industry briefing
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News in numbers
$740 bn
Value of the 2021 US defence bill unveiled by the US Senate Armed Services Committee
€205m
Funding granted by the European Defence Fund to 16 defence industrial projects and three disruptive technology projects
A$21m
Value of eight contracts awarded in June by the Australian Government under its Defence Innovation Hub funding programme
$1bn
Value of a request for proposals for a US Army cyber trainig contract, issued by the US DoD in June
205 knots
New record speed achieved by the Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant helicopter demonstrator
1.4%
Planned increase of the Swiss defence budget between 2021 and 2024
10%
Anticipated long-term cuts to defence budgets due to Covid-19, according to analysis by Frost & Sullivan
This month on twitter
BALTOPS 2020 wraps up
The future meets the past
We can't wait to see concepts
RAF responds in record time
Further reading via our website
NATO defence ministers meet this week
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