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04 August 2021

USSOUTHCOM commander nominee vows continued partnership building

Working to strengthen the United States' relationship with Central and South American countries will...

04 August 2021

Indian Navy to send task force on months-long Indo-Pacific deployment

Amid heightened tensions with neighbouring China, India announced on 2 August that it will send a na...

Air news

05 August 2021

US approves potential sale of F-16 support to Greece

The US State Department has approved a potential USD270 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to provi...

05 August 2021

Ghana lines up L-39NG jet acquisition

Ghana's defence minster sought parliamentary approval for the procurement of six L-39NG aircraft fro...

03 August 2021

South Korea to start trial operations of ‘grenade-launching' and ‘small modular' UAVs in 2022

The South Korean military will begin trailing two new types of locally sourced unmanned aerial vehic...

C4ISR news

03 August 2021

IAI details its role in Bundeswehr air defence radar procurement from Hensoldt

Israel Aerospace Industry (IAI) has provided Janes with details of its role in the Bundeswehr's proc...

02 August 2021

BAE Systems eyes operational tests of MGUE capabilities

Programme engineers at BAE Systems are preparing for a series of operational evaluations on the comp...

02 August 2021

US Army working on cloud, data mesh capabilities for CPCE

The US Army officials are exploring ways to integrate cloud computing and mesh networking capabiliti...

Industry news

05 August 2021

Two Sandown-class minehunters retire as UK starts manned MCM rundown

Two Sandown-class minehunters have been retired from the UK Royal Navy (RN) ahead of transfer to the...

05 August 2021

Ghana lines up L-39NG jet acquisition

Ghana's defence minster sought parliamentary approval for the procurement of six L-39NG aircraft fro...

03 August 2021

South Korea to start trial operations of ‘grenade-launching' and ‘small modular' UAVs in 2022

The South Korean military will begin trailing two new types of locally sourced unmanned aerial vehic...

Land news

04 August 2021

First Sadral installation for modernised La Fayette-class frigate

FS Courbet has become the first of three French Navy La Fayette-class frigates to be refitted with M...

03 August 2021

NSWC Dahlgren develops decision aid for high-energy laser fire control

Engineers at the US Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) have designed an artific...

03 August 2021

IAI details its role in Bundeswehr air defence radar procurement from Hensoldt

Israel Aerospace Industry (IAI) has provided Janes with details of its role in the Bundeswehr's proc...

Sea news

05 August 2021

Two Sandown-class minehunters retire as UK starts manned MCM rundown

Two Sandown-class minehunters have been retired from the UK Royal Navy (RN) ahead of transfer to the...

04 August 2021

India's first locally built aircraft carrier begins sea trials

India's first indigenously designed and built aircraft carrier, the future INS Vikrant, left the cou...

04 August 2021

First Sadral installation for modernised La Fayette-class frigate

FS Courbet has become the first of three French Navy La Fayette-class frigates to be refitted with M...

Security news

26 July 2021

Islamist insurgency intensifies in eastern DRC

The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an armed group that originated in Uganda, are engaged in an Isla...

27 July 2021

China's military-civil fusion aids the growth of wargames

Wargames (兵棋推演, bīngqí tuīyǎn) have experienced a renaissance in China, with computer wargames in pa...

30 June 2021

UN commission remains split on drug control

The 64th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), the central policy-making body for the U...

Weapons news

04 August 2021

First Sadral installation for modernised La Fayette-class frigate

FS Courbet has become the first of three French Navy La Fayette-class frigates to be refitted with M...

03 August 2021

NSWC Dahlgren develops decision aid for high-energy laser fire control

Engineers at the US Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) have designed an artific...

02 August 2021

US Navy completes first AARGM-ER live fire test milestone

The US Navy (USN), in association with Northrop Grumman, conducted the first live fire test of an AG...
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