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China’s AG600 amphibious aircraft conducts first waterborne take-off
This still from a video released by Chinese state-owned media shows China’s locally built and developed AG600 amphibious aircraft conducting its first waterborne take-off on 20 October in the country’s central province of Hubei. Source: Via XinhuaTaiwan receives first F-16Vs, Chinese media reports
The F-16V shares the same outer mould-line of the standard Fighting Falcon, but features several advanced systems including an AESA radar. Source: Lockheed MartinRomania set to choose four new corvettes, frigate upgrade
Damen Schelde’s SIGMA 10514 design. Source: Damen Schelde Naval ShipbuildingOCEA delivers final Boracay-class patrol vessels to the Philippines
The final two Boracay-class patrol vessels on order for the Philippine Coast Guard, and Kalanggaman. Source: OCEA
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Taiwan takes delivery of first F-16V aircraft
Taiwan has taken delivery of the first Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon multirole combat aircraft to be upgraded to the latest F-16V configuration. The F-16V was delivered to the Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF) by state-owned aviation company Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation
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Australian Army retires fleet of Bell 206B-1 Kiowa helicopters
The Australian Army (AA) Aviation Corps retired its fleet of Bell 206B-1 Kiowa helicopters during an 18 October ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the corps’ formation. The Kiowa, which was in service with the AA for almost 47 years, flew for the last time during a fly past and a
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Face facts: Sea Fire multifunction radar takes shape for FTI frigate
Key Points Thales is developing the Sea Fire multifunction radar for the French Navy’s FTI frigate A first fully populated AESA antenna face has begun tower testing at Limours Thales Land & Air Systems – France has commenced far field antenna testing of its new Sea Fire S-band
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Lockheed Martin Canada Type 26 GCS team downselected for Canadian Surface Combatant
A team led by Lockheed Martin Canada, which is bidding a derivative of the United Kingdom’s Type 26 frigate, has been downselected to deliver the design and combat system for the Royal Canadian Navy’s (RCN’s) next-generation surface combatant. Canada’s Combat Ship Team
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Raytheon advances to ‘Extended Range’ TOW
The US Army has awarded Raytheon Missile Systems a USD21 million contract, via the Defense Ordnance Technology Consortium (DOTC) mechanism, to develop a new insensitive munition (IM)-compliant rocket motor for the BGM-71 Tube-Launched, Optically-tracked Wireless-guided (TOW) Command Line of Sight
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Building NATO’s new eastern front: The eFP in Europe
In 2016 NATO leaders agreed to despatch multinational battlegroups to the Baltic states and Poland under the enhanced Forward Presence initiative. Since then NATO deployments to Eastern Europe have accelerated. Tim Ripley charts the progress of efforts to build up allied defences in the region -
Russia develops co-orbital anti-satellite capability
Russia appears to be developing a co-orbital anti-satellite system. Bart Hendrickx examines the evidence in open sources about Russia’s satellite development programmes that points to the existence of the project -
Silencing the airwaves: Chinese SEAD capabilities
China’s territorial ambitions around its coast have long been among the driving forces of its military modernisation. Tiago Falcao Machado reports on how, to support the expanding missions of its air forces, the PLA is developing an increasingly effective SEAD capability
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China’s AG600 amphibious aircraft conducts first waterborne take-off
China’s locally built and developed AG600 amphibious aircraft conducted its first waterborne take-off on 20 October in the country’s central province of Hubei. The 37 m-long flying boat took off from a reservoir near Zhanghe Airport in Jingmen at around 08:50 h (local time) and landed
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Netherlands qualifies Excalibur precision-guided round
The Royal Dutch Army's Excalibur 155 mm precision-guided artillery rounds were qualified for use during the week of 15 October after several were fired by Panzerhaubitze (PzH) 2000 self-propelled howitzers during exercise ?Dragon Supremacy' at the Älvdalen shooting range in
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Unitech Composites to provide weapon pylons for Afghan Black Hawk helos
Unitech Composites, a subsidiary of Unitech Aerospace, has been awarded a contract to provide its Lightweight Armament Support Structure (LASS) weapon pylons for fitment onto several of the Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk multirole helicopters the United States is supplying to the Afghan government, the
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Japan developing vehicle-mounted IED detection system
Japan is developing a vehicle-mounted system designed to remotely detect improvised explosive devices (IEDs) along roads in urban and suburban areas. The Ground Systems Research Center (GSRC) of the Ministry of Defense’s (MoD’s) Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Agency (ATLA)
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China’s AG600 amphibious aircraft conducts first waterborne take-off
China’s locally built and developed AG600 amphibious aircraft conducted its first waterborne take-off on 20 October in the country’s central province of Hubei. The 37 m-long flying boat took off from a reservoir near Zhanghe Airport in Jingmen at around 08:50 h (local time) and landed
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RG31 gets TRT-30 weapon system
South Africa’s Denel Vehicle Systems has developed, using internal research and development funding, a new version of its RG31 Mk5 4×4 mine protected vehicle as a mobile gun platform called the Ibululu. The baseline RG31 is typically used as an armoured personnel carrier (APC) with the
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Romania set to choose four new corvettes, frigate upgrade
Romania’s Ministry of Defence is nearing a decision on the procurement of new multirole corvettes after receiving final bids at the beginning of October from Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding of the Netherlands, Italy’s Fincantieri, and France’s Naval Group. The EUR1.6 billion
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