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26 October 2021

UK aligns Airseeker support agreement with extended out of service date

The United Kingdom has extended its support agreement with the United States for the L3 Technologies...

26 October 2021

Allies sign letter of intent on NATO Innovation Fund

Seventeen allies signed a letter of intent (LOI) to develop the EUR1 billion (nearly USD1.2 billion)...

Air news

26 October 2021

France launches first Syracuse IV telecommunications satellite

An Ariane 5 rocket launched from the Guiana Space Centre placed France's new Syracuse 4A military te...

25 October 2021

Kyrgyzstan to acquire Bayraktar TB2 UAVs from Turkey

Kyrgyzstan is procuring the Bayraktar TB2 tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from Turkey's Bayka...

25 October 2021

UK completes Chinook HC4 to HC6A upgrade

The United Kingdom has completed the upgrade of its earliest Boeing Chinook heavy-lift helicopters, ...

C4ISR news

26 October 2021

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...

25 October 2021

Wide range of SAMs simulated during Exercise ‘Blue Flag' in Israel

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has simulated a range of Russian-made surface-to-air missile (SAM) syste...

25 October 2021

US Army faces hard choices under Unified Network plan

Senior US Army leaders are girding themselves for a series of potentially painful divestitures of le...

Industry news

26 October 2021

Portuguese Navy's first modernised M-class frigate arrives in Lisbon

The first of the Portuguese Navy's two Bartolomeu Dias (M)-class multipurpose frigates returned to t...

26 October 2021

South Korea, Indonesia move closer to KF-21 agreement, says DAPA

South Korea and Indonesia are edging closer to an agreement about Jakarta's financial commitment to ...

26 October 2021

Amentum to acquire PAE

Amentum plans to bolster its intelligence and technology portfolio by acquiring fellow US government...

Land news

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 ...

19 October 2021

Lithuania increases defence spending

The Lithuanian government presented a draft state budget for 2022, increasing national defence spend...

Sea news

22 October 2021

Naval Group hands over third OPV to Argentine Navy

The Argentine Navy's multimission offshore patrol vessel (OPV) programme marked another milestone on...

22 October 2021

France qualifies Sea Fire radar ahead of FDI combat system integration

France's Direction générale de l'armement (DGA) has formally qualified the Thales Sea Fire S-band mu...

22 October 2021

South Korean navy receives second upgraded KDX-I-class destroyer

The second upgraded Gwanggaeto Daewang (KDX-I)-class destroyer has been returned to the Republic of ...

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

26 October 2021

Iraqi militia ‘finds' loitering SAM

A pro-Iranian element within Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) appears to have revealed that ...

25 October 2021

Finland exercises option for five more K9 SPHs

Finnish Defence Minister Antti Kaikkonen has approved the Finnish Defence Forces' request to procure...

25 October 2021

RN Wildcat completes first Martlet in-service firing

A UK Royal Navy (RN) Wildcat HMA2 helicopter from 815 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) has completed the fir...
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