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03 January 2023

South Korea announces full-scale deployment of 120 mm mortars

South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has announced the full-scale deploym...

03 January 2023

Philippine Army receives Sabrah light tank

The Philippine Army has received a Sabrah ASCOD II light tank from Israelʼs Elbit Systems.

Air news

22 December 2022

Romania awards framework contract for Watchkeeper X UAS

The Romanian Ministry of National Defence (MND), through CN Romtehnica, and Elbit Systems signed a f...

27 December 2022

Chinese military aircraft breach median line in large numbers

Chinese military aircraft have conducted the largest breach of the Taiwan Strait median line to date...

22 December 2022

Slovenian Armed Forces to receive new Belin-V UASs

The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Slovenia has contracted C-Astral to deliver two Belin-V u...

C4ISR news

26 December 2022

Czech Army unveils new indigenous STARKOM tactical communication jammer

Janes has learnt details of the STAvebnicový Rušič KOMunikační (Modular Communication Jammer: STARKO...

20 December 2022

Safran to supply long-range binoculars to ADF

Safran Electronics & Defense has secured a contract to supply its jumelle infrarouge multifonction (...

20 December 2022

Saab, Cubic reveal indirect fire training solutions

Saab and Cubic have developed systems that bring enhanced realism to indirect fire training and supp...

Industry news

27 December 2022

South Korea progresses airborne MCM plans with KRW345 billion contract with KAI

South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has signed a KRW345 billion (USD270 ...

21 December 2022

US lawmakers unveil 10% defence funding boost for FY 2023

US congressional negotiators have reached agreement on a fiscal year (FY) 2023 omnibus appropriation...

21 December 2022

Venture capital: US defence firms boost financial backing for tech start-ups

Several large US defence contractors have recently formed or expanded venture capital (VC) arms to i...

Land news

30 December 2022

Germany takes command of NATO VJTF

Germany takes command of the NATO Response Force (NRF) Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) o...

29 December 2022

Update: North Macedonia approves 2023 defence budget for army modernisation

The Macedonian parliament approved a 2023 national budget on 23 December that includes EUR274.6 mill...

22 December 2022

Japan lays out near-term plan for Patria AMVs procurement

The Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) has outlined a five-year plan to procure Finnish company Patr...

Sea news

29 December 2022

Indonesia completes installation of 57 mm naval guns on two KCR-60M vessels

Indonesia's state-owned shipbuilder PT PAL has fully integrated the BAE Systems Bofors 57 Mk3 naval ...

28 December 2022

FMV contracts Saab for Koster-class MCMV life extension

Sweden's Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) has awarded Saab a contract to extend the operational...

26 December 2022

Chilean Navy to get new icebreaker for Antarctic

A new Antarctic icebreaker ship for the Chilean Navy is to launch on 22 December 2022 by the state-r...

Security news

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...

20 December 2022

EU's iMUGS programme conducts final technology demonstration

Integrated Modular Unmanned Ground System (iMUGS), the European Union's (EU's) programme for a commo...

16 December 2022

Japan unveils new defence policies

The Japanese government has approved three new security documents that will reshape the country's mi...

Weapons news

02 January 2023

US approves sale of Volcano anti-tank systems to Taiwan

The US Department of State has approved the possible Foreign Military Sales (FMS) of Volcano anti-ta...

30 December 2022

Argentina buys Uvision loitering munitions from Israel

The Argentine Ministry of Defense (MoD) on 27 December signed a contract with the Israeli MoD's Dire...

08 November 2022

Iran unveils longer-range SAM

The Iranian military unveiled the longer-range Sayyad 4B surface-to-air missile (SAM) for its Bavar-...
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