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18 September 2020

Germany to form A400M Multinational Air Transport Unit with Hungary

Germany is establishing a new multinational unit to operate the Airbus A400M transport aircraft, wit...

18 September 2020

Brazilian Navy releases new 20-year plan

The Brazilian Navy is looking to acquire medium-sized general-purpose helicopters and attack, antisu...

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21 September 2020

Update: Image suggests PLAAF is operating GB 100 precision-guided bomb

A photograph has emerged on the WeChat social media account of the Western Theatre Command of China’...

21 September 2020

CERBAIR unveils Chimera C-UAS system

French company CERBAIR is seeking overseas customers for its new Chimera man-portable counter-unmann...

21 September 2020

First Brazilian Gripen arrives in-country

The first Saab Gripen E for Brazil arrived in-country on 20 September, having been shipped from Norr...

C4ISR news

21 September 2020

Pentagon fields early version of advanced AI development platform

The Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) is fielding early variants of the centre’...

21 September 2020

JAIC Smart Sensor plays key role in USAF advanced ISR pod prototype

A key artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled video processing technology, developed by the Pentagon’s ...

18 September 2020

Hanwha Systems selected as preferred bidder for KDDX combat system and multi-function radar

Hanwha Systems was selected on 16 September as the final preferred bidder to provide the combat syst...

Industry news

21 September 2020

New Type 05-based amphibious reconnaissance vehicle in PLA service

Chinese state-owned television has released footage showing what appears to be a new amphibious armo...

21 September 2020

CERBAIR unveils Chimera C-UAS system

French company CERBAIR is seeking overseas customers for its new Chimera man-portable counter-unmann...

21 September 2020

Australia launches dart rocket carrying prototype radio frequency receiver for RAAF

The Department of Defence (DoD) in Canberra has announced that a dart rocket carrying a prototype ra...

Land news

21 September 2020

Update: Image suggests PLAAF is operating GB 100 precision-guided bomb

A photograph has emerged on the WeChat social media account of the Western Theatre Command of China’...

21 September 2020

New Type 05-based amphibious reconnaissance vehicle in PLA service

Chinese state-owned television has released footage showing what appears to be a new amphibious armo...

18 September 2020

US Army scraps plan to compete in OMFV competition

The US Army will not form a team and bid on its own M2 Bradley replacement competition due, in part,...

Sea news

18 September 2020

Hanwha Systems selected as preferred bidder for KDDX combat system and multi-function radar

Hanwha Systems was selected on 16 September as the final preferred bidder to provide the combat syst...

15 September 2020

Greece announces procurement plan

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on 9 September outlined his country’s defence procurement p...

10 September 2020

New generation LCACs arrive at NSWC Panama City

The first two new-generation Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) craft procured under the US Navy (USN)...

Security news

14 September 2020

Armenia-Azerbaijan territorial dispute remains critical flashpoint

The long-standing military confrontation between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed territory ...

11 September 2020

Social media-amplified QAnon conspiracy rises as US election nears

The United States web-based conspiracy theory network QAnon has come to the forefront of the US nati...

03 September 2020

Covid-19: Virus tests national responses as countries prepare for second wave

A zoonotic virus that emerged in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 has now spread to almost every count...

Weapons news

21 September 2020

Update: Image suggests PLAAF is operating GB 100 precision-guided bomb

A photograph has emerged on the WeChat social media account of the Western Theatre Command of China’...

15 September 2020

Greece announces procurement plan

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on 9 September outlined his country’s defence procurement p...

17 September 2020

AFA 2020: AFRL rethinking strategy for Golden Horde networked collaborative weapons programme

The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is rethinking its approach to the Golden Horde networked...
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