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21 October 2021

Italy confirms P.180 EVO Plus acquisition, P.1HH cancelled

The Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Italiana – AMI) has confirmed to Janes that the country'...

20 October 2021

Update: AUSA 2021: US Army test pilots fly Defiant tech demonstrator during FLRAA source selection

US Army test pilots recently flew the Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 Defiant technology demonstrator during so...

Air news

22 October 2021

US Army's unfunded requirement request for FTUAS would accelerate fielding

The US Army's USD79 million unfunded requirement request for the Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft S...

21 October 2021

USMC takes official delivery of Reaper UASs

The US Marine Corps (USMC) has taken official ownership of two General Atomics Aeronautical Systems ...

21 October 2021

US Army insists on human-piloted rotorcraft for armed reconnaissance mission instead of UAV

The US Army insists it needs a human-piloted Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) helicopter...

C4ISR news

21 October 2021

DARPA hosting final drone swarm demo in November, companies look for service buy in

The US Department of Defense (DoD) may be focused on finding technologies to down aerial drones, how...

19 October 2021

CENTCOM stepping up C-UAS effort

US Central Command (CENTCOM) is improving its counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) effort with a “...

18 October 2021

Hide and seek: Pentagon's inspector general auditing delayed IVAS programme, capabilities missing

The US Department of Defense's (DoD's) Inspector General is auditing the army's militarised version ...

Industry news

22 October 2021

Babcock finishes selling Frazer-Nash Consultancy to KBR

UK-based Babcock International Group has completed the previously announced sale of its Frazer-Nash ...

21 October 2021

India tightens up offset enforcement

The Indian government is tightening up its enforcement of defence offsets, seeking to ensure that fo...

21 October 2021

Parts makers Nexteam, Ventana to merge

French aircraft parts manufacturers Nexteam Group and Ventana Group have agreed to join forces, crea...

Land news

20 October 2021

British Army armoured reconnaissance battlegroup manoeuvres across Germany

Approximately 180 vehicles and 650 soldiers from the British Army's Royal Lancers divisional reconna...

19 October 2021

Uganda unveils new armoured vehicle

The Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) have a new type of infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) called ...

19 October 2021

Lithuania increases defence spending

The Lithuanian government presented a draft state budget for 2022, increasing national defence spend...

Sea news

21 October 2021

Series of ‘casual factors' resulted in fire risk and damage to amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard, US Navy report finds

Different categories of “casual factors … allowed for the accumulation of significant risk and led t...

20 October 2021

France upgrades La Fayette-class frigates

Upgrade work on the first-of-class Frégate de type La Fayette (FLF) La Fayette-class frigate began o...

15 October 2021

Canada upgrades maritime COMINT/SIGINT capability under Project Strongbow

Canada is investing in an improved communications intelligence (COMINT) and signals intelligence (SI...

Security news

19 October 2021

Russian casualties mounting in Central African Republic: Janes Analysis

Reports indicate 11 Russian-backed contractors have been killed in the Central Africa Republic (CAR)...

06 October 2021

Regional maritime security co-operation tackles Gulf of Guinea piracy

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency's (NIMASA's) Director-General Bashir Jamoh st...

11 October 2021

ANSSI consolidates role at heart of French cyber security

At the International Cybersecurity Forum (Forum International de Cybersécurité: FIC) in Lille on 7 J...

Weapons news

21 October 2021

Switchblade 300 fired from USV as part of US/UK sensor-to-shooter demo

The US Navy (USN) and UK Royal Navy (RN) have successfully executed a maritime sensor-to-shooter (S2...

20 October 2021

Arnold Defense unveils ‘Trident' 2.75-inch rocket air launcher concept

Arnold Defense has unveiled a three-round air launcher concept protoytpe for 2.75 inch/70 mm laser-g...

19 October 2021

ADEX 2021: LIG Nex1 showcases elements of new VSHORAD and C-RAM system

South Korean company LIG Nex1 has displayed scale models of a number of battery components related t...
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