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06 February 2023

Ukraine conflict: German Patriots in Poland reach IOC

Luftwaffe Patriot air-defence systems deployed to Poland have reached an initial operational capabil...

03 February 2023

Upgrade and retention of Tranche 1 Eurofighters ‘technically feasible', BAE Systems tells UK Parliament

There is no technical reason why the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) could not upgrade and retain its fleet...

Air news

06 February 2023

US Navy selects Textron King Air 260 trainer to replace T-44s

The US Navy (USN) has selected the Textron King Air 260 to replace the Beechcraft King Air 90 (desig...

03 February 2023

DARPA selects General Atomics and Aurora Flight Sciences to design wing-in-ground effect lifters

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on 1 February selected two companies to des...

31 January 2023

Swiss Air Force receives first two Hermes 900 UAVs

The Swiss Air Force has received the first two of six Elbit Systems Hermes 900 Heavy Fuel Engine (HF...

C4ISR news

27 January 2023

Swedish Army to get new mobile communications platforms

Elbit Systems is to equip the Swedish Armed Forces with new mobile tactical communications stations.

27 January 2023

German Army to receive additional batch of Future Soldier C2 systems

Rheinmetall is to expand delivering its latest dismounted Future Soldier command-and-control (C2) sy...

23 January 2023

Eurodrone to be equipped with SIGINT capability

Hensoldt has been awarded a contract to develop an intelligence capability for the Eurodrone platfor...

Industry news

03 February 2023

Ukraine conflict: General Atomics offers to donate two UAVs to Ukraine

US-based General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) has offered to transfer two company-owned...

03 February 2023

Poland orders more Javelin missiles

Poland has ordered 50 more Javelin Light Weight Command Launch Units and approximately 500 FGM-148F ...

02 February 2023

Bell 360 Invictus awaiting engine for scheduled 2023 first flight

The Bell 360 Invictus demonstrator, Bell Helicopters' entry for the US Army's Future Attack Reconnai...

Land news

01 February 2023

India clears acquisition of Futuristic Infantry Combat Vehicle

India's Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, has approved t...

30 January 2023

Ukraine conflict: Canada to ship Leopard 2s to Ukraine

Canada will follow Germany's lead and send four Leopard 2 main battle tanks (MBTs) to Ukraine, the m...

30 January 2023

IAV 2023: Italy to procure VBA amphibious vehicles for army at end of decade

Italy will procure Veicoli Blindati Anfibi (VBA) 8×8 amphibious armoured vehicles for the Italian Ar...

Sea news

06 February 2023

Update: UK's first future subsea surveillance ship arrives in Merseyside for conversion

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has purchased a second-hand commercial offshore patrol vessel from ...

03 February 2023

Irish Naval Service opts to mothball Roisin-class OPVs due to manning issues

The Irish Naval Service (INS) has been forced to mothball its two Róisín (PV 80)-class offshore patr...

03 February 2023

US Navy cannibalises more ships to make up for part shortfalls

The US Navy (USN) is cannibalising ships more often than in previous years to make up for part short...

Security news

03 February 2023

US DoD report urges more safeguards for small tech firms

The US Department of Defense (DoD) should increase its efforts to help small businesses protect thei...

25 January 2023

Raytheon Technologies to merge two defence businesses

Raytheon Technologies (RTX) plans to streamline its organisation by combining its two defence-focuse...

02 January 2023

AAR Corp welcomes new US law on used aircraft parts

US-based aircraft maintenance provider AAR Corporation could benefit from a provision in the recentl...

Weapons news

03 February 2023

Royal Thai Navy unveils FK-3 air-defence system

The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) has unveiled its Chinese-made FK-3 air-defence system during a visit by Co...

31 January 2023

Sweden orders 20 more Mjölner CV90 mortar variants

The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) and BAE Systems announced on 27 January that they ...

25 January 2023

IAV 2023: Elbit presents Crossbow turreted mortar

Elbit Systems presented the Crossbow 120 mm turreted mortar at Defence IQ's International Armoured V...
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