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18 January 2022

North Korea launches two more ‘tactical missiles'

North Korea launched two more missiles on 17 January, the latest in a series of similar drills since...

18 January 2022

Spain flies Eurofighter with Meteor

The Spanish Air Force (Ejército del Aire Espanol: EdAE) has begun flight operations of the Eurofight...

Air news

13 January 2022

Thales Alenia Space to build two SDS satellites for Intelsat

Intelsat has contracted Thales Alenia Space – a joint venture between Thales and Leonardo – for the ...

12 January 2022

Dassault aircraft deliveries rise

Dassault Aviation delivered 55 airplanes in 2021, up from 47 the year before, the French aerospace m...

07 January 2022

Turkey opens new engineering facilities for TF-X/MMU fighter

Turkey has opened new engineering facilities dedicated to the design, development, and manufacture o...

C4ISR news

14 January 2022

Leonardo contracted to help develop Eurofighter ‘Radar 1' for Germany, Spain

On 14 January Leonardo announced that it had signed a EUR260 million (USD297 million) contract with ...

07 January 2022

Indra's 3D radar clears NATO tests

The Indra-developed Lanza 3D Deployable Air Defence Radar (DADR) has passed NATO tactical ballistic ...

17 December 2021

KAI awarded contract to deliver four Baekdu-II ISR aircraft systems to the RoKAF

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has been awarded a KRW800 billion (USD675 million) contract to deve...

Industry news

17 January 2022

Rheinmetall and UVision agree strategic partnership on loitering munition

Rheinmetall announced in a press release on 12 January that it had signed a strategic partnership ag...

13 January 2022

Embraer to sell two Portuguese plants to Aernnova

Brazilian aerospace and defence company Embraer has agreed to sell two airframe factories in Evora, ...

12 January 2022

Airbus keeps eye on Kazakh situation

Airbus officials are maintaining a watchful eye on the situation in Kazakhstan as the country experi...

Land news

18 January 2022

Australian, New Zealand defence forces launch Tonga relief operations

Australia and New Zealand have dispatched vessels and surveillance aircraft to assist with recovery ...

14 January 2022

Update: Bulgaria receives special forces vehicles

The Bulgarian Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on its website on 21 December 2021 that it had rec...

14 January 2022

New Czech defence minister sets her priorities

New Czech Defence Minister Jana Černochová presented her ministry's priorities during a press confer...

Sea news

18 January 2022

Turkish Navy commissions first intelligence-gathering ship

Turkey's first dedicated intelligence-gathering ship, TCG Ufuk (A-591), was officially commissioned ...

18 January 2022

RN sets sights on low-cost, fixed-wing UAV under Project Vampire

The UK Royal Navy (RN) is moving forward with plans to procure a low-cost fixed-wing unmanned aerial...

14 January 2022

Surface Navy 2020: Raytheon anticipates delivering AN/SPY-6(V)3 fixed phase radar in second quarter

Raytheon expects to deliver the first AN/SPY-6(V)3 fixed phase Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EA...

Security news

18 January 2022

Hanwha Defense outlines K21-105 offer for the Indian Army

South Korea's Hanwha Defense is preparing to offer the Indian Army a range of weapons and missions s...

14 January 2022

US eyes bigger role for allied contractors

A provision in the newly enacted fiscal year (FY) 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) cou...

14 January 2022

Hyundai Rotem delivers MPUGVs to RoK Army

Hyundai Rotem has delivered two multipurpose unmanned ground vehicles (MPUGVs) to the Republic of Ko...

Weapons news

18 January 2022

Houthis claim long-range cruise missile attack on UAE

The Yemeni rebel group Ansar Allah (Houthis) implied a significant increase in the range of its Quds...

17 January 2022

Philippines to deploy BrahMos missiles with new coastal defence unit

The BrahMos shore-based anti-ship missiles that Manila will acquire from India will be deployed with...

17 January 2022

Elbit Systems wins contract to supply CMS to Royal Swedish Navy

On 13 January Elbit Systems announced that its subsidiary, Elbit Systems Sweden AB, has been awarded...
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