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USSOCOM, AFSOC test Block 1 GBU-69/B SGM datalink variant
A GBU-69/B Block 1 variant Small Glide Munition equipped with a Raytheon X-Net two-way datalink strikes a static target during USSOCOM/AFSOC flight tests in February 2019. Source: DyneticsBoeing contracted to integrate LRSO cruise missile with the B-52H bomber
The LRSO is intended to replace the AGM-86 ALCM seen here on a B-52H strategic bomber. Still a developmental concept, the LRSO is expected to be fielded in the 2030 timeframe, when the ALCM reaches its end-of-service life. Source: US Air ForceIndonesia to receive ZOKA torpedo countermeasures for Nagapasa submarines
An effector from Aselsan's ZOKA range of torpedo countermeasure jammers and decoys. Source: AselsanNew Zealand’s future hydrography ship begins sea trials
The future HMNZS Manawanui, seen here in Royal New Zealand Navy livery and hull number. Source: Royal New Zealand Navy
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Airbus Helicopters offers H145M for Australian SOF role
Airbus Helicopters has confirmed it is to bid its H145M battlefield support helicopter for Australia’s special forces requirement. The announcement, made by the company on 18 March, comes eight months after Jane’s first reported that Airbus was discussing with a potential customer a
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Argentine Army receives more equipment
The Argentine Army continues to receive additional equipment with a view to controlling its northern border. On 15 March Argentine President Mauricio Macri announced the delivery of 250 new radios (including Elbit VRC 950 HDR and Harris RF 7800H sets), 27 Carl Gustav M4 rocket launchers, and 30 FN
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Kongsberg Maritime readies HUGIN Superior AUV
Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime is expecting to complete development of its HUGIN Superior multirole autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) by the end of 2019, company officials told Jane’s . The HUGIN Superior will be the newest and largest member of the company’s HUGIN family of
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UK begins integrating next-gen weapons for F-35
BAE Systems has begun integrating the next tranche of UK-specific weapons onto the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning combat aircraft. The company announced on 18 March that it had been subcontracted by Lockheed Martin to begin integrating the MBDA Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM)
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Arexis escort jamming pod begins testing ahead of flight trials
Saab has commenced ground qualification of a prototype low-band escort jamming pod being developed as part of its Arexis family of fast jet electronic warfare (EW) systems and plans to begin flight testing the prototype before the end of this year. Announced in 2017, the Arexis family of electronic
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France bolsters cyber capabilities and commitment through new doctrine
France unveiled its first offensive cyber doctrine in January 2019, joining other Western states that are avowing a readiness to strike in cyberspace. William Moray surveys the doctrine's likely effects and its differences from the Anglosphere approach -
Climbing the ladder: Brazil’s PROSUB submarine programme
The PROSUB programme is ultimately intended to realise Brazil's ambition to build an indigenous nuclear-powered submarine, as Richard Scott reports -
Rocket man: SOF teams demo wearable flight systems
SOF personnel may soon be able to turn 'jetpacks' from science fiction into reality, as wearable jet propulsion technologies appear to be advancing. A variety of jetpacks are being considered by SOF components around the world, including USSOCOM and French COS. Andrew White reports
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New Zealand’s future hydrography ship begins sea trials
Key Points A hydrographic and diving support vessel meant for the Royal New Zealand Navy has begun trials to validate its naval equipment The service is on track to operate the ship by November The Royal New Zealand Navy’s (RNZN’s) future hydrographic and diving support vessel, which
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USSOCOM, AFSOC test Block 1 GBU-69/B SGM datalink variant
The US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and the US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), in collaboration with Dynetics, have conducted a series of tests of the Block 1 variant of the Dynetics GBU-69/B Small Glide Munition (SGM) – an enhanced variant of the baseline SGM equipped
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Russia’s Pacific Fleet receives new divisional set of Bastion mobile coastal defence missile system
The Russian Pacific Fleet in the Kamchatka Peninsula has received a new set of the land-based K-300P Bastion-P mobile coastal defence missile system as part of a modernisation programme, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 12 March. An MoD video shows a column of at least seven
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Russian deploys new CBRN vehicle to Syria
Russia has deployed its newest chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) reconnaissance vehicle to Syria to operate with military police units patrolling the Idlib de-escalation zone. An RKhM-6 vehicle was seen in footage shown by the Russia 24 television network on 7 November that was
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Iraq takes first steps to producing its own military vehicles
Iraq’s Samar Alkhair factory, a subsidiary of the Iraqi State Military Industries Company, unveiled an indigenously produced, lightly armoured 4×4 vehicle at the IQDEX exhibition, which was held in Baghdad from 9–12 March. Called the Hajjam 1, the vehicle is likely to be based on a
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USSOCOM, AFSOC test Block 1 GBU-69/B SGM datalink variant
The US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and the US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), in collaboration with Dynetics, have conducted a series of tests of the Block 1 variant of the Dynetics GBU-69/B Small Glide Munition (SGM) – an enhanced variant of the baseline SGM equipped
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Indonesia to receive ZOKA torpedo countermeasures for Nagapasa submarines
Key Points Indonesia’s Nagapasa-class submarines will be equipped with jammers and decoys from Turkish company Aselsan The equipment will provide the vessels with protection and deception capabilities against hostile torpedoes Turkish defence electronics company Aselsan is supplying its
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