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Images show PLANAF J-15s armed with KD-88 and YJ-91 missiles
CCTV broadcast images in early November showing at least two PLANAF J-15 carrier-borne fighters at Huangdicun Airbase armed with what appear to be the KD-88 (fitted onto the aircraft in foreground) and YJ-91 missiles (fitted onto the aircraft to the right). Source: CCTVUAE using new raiding craft
A Fire Support Platform variant of the Holyhead Marine 11 m Offshore Raiding Craft (ORC) appears to have featured in the UAE’s Union Fortress 6 military demonstration. Source: Union FortressContractor-reliant F-35 model a legacy of Total System Performance Responsibility
The Pentagon in the early 2000s took a new contracting approach with the F-35 and gave the contractor, Lockheed Martin, more freedom to be innovative in management practices with less government oversight. It did not work out as planned, according to a former Pentagon acquisition chief. Source: IHS Markit/Gareth JenningsIndia launches 11th Sankalp-class vessel
India's 11th Sankalp-class OPV, seen here at its launch ceremony. Source: Goa Shipyard Limited
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Babcock awarded contract for UK Type 31 frigate programme
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed a contract award to Babcock for the design and build of the Royal Navy’s new Type 31 general-purpose frigate. Signed on 15 November, the deal covers the delivery of five ships at an average production cost of GBP250 million (nearly USD323
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Australia orders vehicle-mounted, active phased-array radars for NASAMS air-defence system
Australia’s Department of Defence (DoD) has awarded an AUD137 million (USD93 million) contract to local company CEA Technologies for the supply of vehicle-mounted, active phased-array tactical radars for the country’s future short-range, ground-based air-defence (GBAD) system. Defence
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Camcopter S-100 UAV completes integration on board French LHD
France’s Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) procurement agency has qualified the integration of Schiebel’s S-100 Camcopter rotary-wing unmanned aerial system (UAS) on board the French Navy’s Mistral-class amphibious assault (LHD) ship Dixmude . The S-100 UAV is
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US Army integrating drones into militarised-HoloLens AR architecture
On the US Army’s path to developing and fielding a militarised head-up display (HUD) with augmented reality (AR) capabilities, the service is incorporating two unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into the mix to help soldiers navigate outside terrain and determine potential dangers lurking inside
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Belarus receives first pair of Su-30SM aircraft
Belarus received on 13 November the first two of 12 Su-30SM combat aircraft it ordered in 2017, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on its website. The second pair is expected to be delivered next week. Belarus and Russia initially signed a contract in 2017 for the manufacture of the aircraft
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Modern Warrior: Upgrading the British Army’s infantry fighting vehicle
Sam Cranny-Evans examines how the British Army Warrior is being upgraded to meet the needs of a modern battlefield -
Replacing the F-2: Japan’s complex effort to procure a new fighter jet
Japan is moving forward with efforts to acquire a new fighter aircraft to replace the F-2: its 1990s F-16 derivative. However, undefined requirements, industrial base issues, and US-Japanese sensitivities over the F-2 development are making this procurement tricky. Pat Host reports -
No contest: The trials and tribulations of the US Army’s OMFV competition
In attempting to develop a successor to its Bradley Fighting Vehicle the US Army has already had a couple of false starts with the cancelled Future Combat Systems and Ground Combat Vehicle programmes. As Ashley Roque reports, however, the service's latest such effort is also running into problems
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Images show PLANAF J-15s armed with KD-88 and YJ-91 missiles
Images have emerged in Chinese state-owned media showing at least two People’s Liberation Army Navy Air Force (PLANAF) J-15 fighters equipped with what appear to be the KD-88 air-to-surface missile and either the YJ-91 anti-radiation or YJ-91A anti-ship-missile: an indication that China has
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More details emerge about PLA’s new assault rifle
More details have emerged about the new assault rifle for China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) that was displayed during the 1 October parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. The design of the new rifle seen being carried by
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US Army leaders test out latest militarised HoloLens AR architecture
US Army soldiers are evaluating the latest iteration of Microsoft’s modified HoloLens 2 headset as part of the service’s effort to inject augmented reality (AR) into how the force trains and conducts combat missions. Under the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) programme, the
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US Navy stretches modular MCM mindset with T-ESB 4 tests
The US Navy (USN) has further expanded its modular concept for countermine (MCM) operations with recent MCM equipment testing aboard the Military Sealift Command’s Expeditionary Sea Base USNS Hershel Williams (T-ESB 4). The MCM equipment and systems are part of the mission-module package
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Images show PLANAF J-15s armed with KD-88 and YJ-91 missiles
Images have emerged in Chinese state-owned media showing at least two People’s Liberation Army Navy Air Force (PLANAF) J-15 fighters equipped with what appear to be the KD-88 air-to-surface missile and either the YJ-91 anti-radiation or YJ-91A anti-ship-missile: an indication that China has
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FLIR Systems enhances tethered UAS operations
FLIR Systems will use the recently acquired intellectual property (IP) and assets of Aria Insights to enhance its Tether Kit system and further expand its tethered capabilities, the company has told Jane’s . The company announced that it had acquired the tethered drone assets of Aria
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India launches 11th Sankalp-class vessel
India’s Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) has launched another 105 m improved Sankalp-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) ordered for the Indian Coast Guard (ICG). The vessel was launched on 14 November at GSL’s facilities in Goa. It will be the 11th vessel in the Sankalp class, which is
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Mk 20 Electro-Optical Sensor System (EOSS)
Type Naval Fire-Control System (FCS). Development In 2005, following a competitive procurement process, Kollmorgen Electro-Optical (acquired by L-3 Communications in February 2012 and now operating as L-3 KEO) was chosen to provide the US Navy (USN) with an EOSS as part of the CG-47
