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29 October 2021

India, UK conclude maiden joint tri-service exercise ‘Konkan Shakti'

The armed forces of India and the United Kingdom have concluded their first bilateral tri-service ex...

29 October 2021

First F-15QAs head for Qatar

The first F-15QA Ababil combat aircraft for Qatar have departed Boeing's Missouri production facilit...

Air news

29 October 2021

UK Watchkeeper TUAV mid-life extension to come on line in 2026

The British Army aims to have the first enhancements to its Watchkeeper tactical unmanned aerial veh...

29 October 2021

KAI and KAL eye RoKA's future division-level reconnaissance UAV programme

South Korean aerospace companies are positioning to meet a potential Republic of Korea Army (RoKA) r...

28 October 2021

KAI to develop MUM-T system for locally developed RoK military helicopters

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has secured a KRW4 billion (USD3.4 million) contract from the Defen...

C4ISR news

28 October 2021

Update: Northrop Grumman to compete for RoKAF's ISTAR requirement

Northrop Grumman announced on 19 October that it has signed a series of memoranda of understanding w...

29 October 2021

Fielding pressure led to expedited IVAS production contract, technology problems discovered later

US Army officials were not yet aware that Microsoft's militarised HoloLens 2 augmented reality (AR) ...

27 October 2021

US Army preps new Command Post Computer Environment increment

The US Army, making steady progress in rolling out its Command Post Computer Environment (CPCE), has...

Industry news

29 October 2021

Egypt buys second-hand fleet support ships from UK

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has concluded an agreement with Egypt for the sale of two ex-Royal ...

29 October 2021

Australia assesses submarine construction facilities following AUKUS decision

The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) is to start the process to assess whether the submarine c...

28 October 2021

Morocco increases defence budget with more procurement expected

Morocco's draft 2022 budget was presented to the country's Finance and Economic Development Committe...

Land news

29 October 2021

Norway receives armoured engineer vehicles

Norway has received new armoured engineer vehicles (AEVs) over the past month. Krauss-Maffei Wegmann...

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 ...

Sea news

29 October 2021

LIG Nex1 selected for RoKN's CIWS-II programme

South Korean company LIG Nex1 has won a bid to locally develop and produce a new close-in weapon sys...

29 October 2021

Russia's Yantar shipyard launches first Talwar-class ‘Batch III' frigate for Indian Navy

Russia's Yantar Shipyard has launched the first of four follow-on Talwar (Project 1135.6)-class guid...

28 October 2021

Israeli Navy's Reshef class to carry C-Dome air-defence system

The Reshef-class vessel that will replace the Israeli Navy's Sa'ar 4.5 (Nirit) missile ships will be...

Security news

22 October 2021

NATO allies to confront 21st century threats with new multidomain approach

NATO defence ministers agreed on the first day of their 21–22 October meeting in Brussels to fundame...

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...

Weapons news

29 October 2021

Swiss 120 mm Thor mortar bomb completes development

Saab Bofors Dynamics Switzerland said it has completed a private-venture development of a 120 mm Tho...

29 October 2021

Chinese test accelerates hypersonics weapons race with US

China's recent ‘hypersonic' vehicle testing is pushing the development race with the US for such a w...

27 October 2021

JSM enters series production

The Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) on 21 October awarded Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KD...
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