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15 April 2021

Update: US set to withdraw remaining troops from Afghanistan before 11 September

US President Joe Biden announced on 14 April that he plans to withdraw the remaining 2,500 US troops...

14 April 2021

Manila increases number of assets patrolling West Philippine Sea amid continued presence of Chinese vessels

The Philippines has increased the number of maritime assets deployed to areas it claims in the dispu...

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19 April 2021

Japan's Tsuiki Air Base hosts F-2 ‘elephant walk'

A total of 20 Mitsubishi F-2 multirole fighter aircraft assigned to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force...

19 April 2021

A400M progresses helicopter AAR certification

Airbus Defence and Space (DS) has progressed helicopter air-to-air refuelling (AAR) certification fo...

19 April 2021

France orders H225M Caracal helicopters to support Airbus

French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly announced on 15 April an order for eight H225M Caracal h...

C4ISR news

19 April 2021

DARPA selects research teams for WARP programme

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have officially selected several research t...

13 April 2021

US Air Force seeks EO/IR sensor options for MQ-9

US Air Force Material Command’s intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) directorate is ...

13 April 2021

Lockheed Martin contracts L3Harris for Viper Shield F-16V Block 70/72 electronic warfare system

Lockheed Martin in February sole-sourced L3Harris a cost-plus development contract to put its new AN...

Industry news

19 April 2021

A400M progresses helicopter AAR certification

Airbus Defence and Space (DS) has progressed helicopter air-to-air refuelling (AAR) certification fo...

19 April 2021

MBDA to supply Sea Ceptor weapon system for Canadian CSC frigates

MBDA announced on 19 April it has been awarded a contract from Lockheed Martin to equip the Royal Ca...

19 April 2021

France orders H225M Caracal helicopters to support Airbus

French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly announced on 15 April an order for eight H225M Caracal h...

Land news

19 April 2021

DARPA selects research teams for WARP programme

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have officially selected several research t...

19 April 2021

Luftwaffe Eurofighters get Meteor BVRAAM

The German Air Force (Luftwaffe) has begun equipping its Eurofighter combat aircraft with the MBDA M...

16 April 2021

EXPAL expands 155 mm ammunition family

Following final firing trials, by mid-2021, Spain’s EXPAL and the Spanish Ministry of Defence (MoD) ...

Sea news

19 April 2021

DARPA selects research teams for WARP programme

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have officially selected several research t...

19 April 2021

MBDA to supply Sea Ceptor weapon system for Canadian CSC frigates

MBDA announced on 19 April it has been awarded a contract from Lockheed Martin to equip the Royal Ca...

15 April 2021

France provides more details on next-generation aircraft carrier

France’s Armed Forces Ministry unveiled more details on the Porte-Avions de Nouvelle Génération (PAN...

Security news

14 April 2021

UNAMA reports 29% rise in civilian casualties in Afghanistan in first quarter of 2021

Civilian casualties in Afghanistan rose by 29% in the first three months of this year compared to th...

08 April 2021

Wings over Mandalay: Myanmar's junta deploy Chinese-made CH-3A tactical UAVs to observe protest movements

Kelvin Wong, unmanned systems editor has confirmed the use of the Chinese-made CH-3A tactical UAV in...

30 March 2021

Analysis: The South Sudanese armed forces' struggle for unity

Reports from the UN Secretary General to the UN Security Council and the EU’s High Representative to...

Weapons news

19 April 2021

Luftwaffe Eurofighters get Meteor BVRAAM

The German Air Force (Luftwaffe) has begun equipping its Eurofighter combat aircraft with the MBDA M...

16 April 2021

EXPAL expands 155 mm ammunition family

Following final firing trials, by mid-2021, Spain’s EXPAL and the Spanish Ministry of Defence (MoD) ...

15 April 2021

USAF claims longest air-to-air kill with AMRAAM

The US Air Force (USAF) is claiming to have scored the world’s longest air-to-air kill, with a Rayth...
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