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24 May 2022

Chinese strategic bombers co-ordinate with Liaoning carrier group

Chinese long-range strategic bombers have co-ordinated with the People‘s Liberation Army Navy's (PLA...

24 May 2022

‘Accumulation of errors and omission' led to ‘preventable' submarine Connecticut mishap, US Navy finds

An investigation report released on 23 May by the US Navy (USN) cites a series of planning and manag...

Air news

23 May 2022

Brazilian XMobots teams up with MBDA to build armed UAV

Brazilian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) specialist XMobots Aeroespacial e Defesa and Europe's MBDA a...

23 May 2022

TransDigm subsidiary buys flight instrument product line from Astronautics

Extant Aerospace, a subsidiary of US aircraft parts maker TransDigm Group, has expanded its defence ...

20 May 2022

USSOCOM progresses Maritime Precision Engagement-Munition programme

US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is preparing to conduct development tests with the Altius 70...

C4ISR news

19 May 2022

Gurutvaa Systems delivers ‘Dronaam' C-UAS to Indian Air Force

Indian firm Gurutvaa Systems has delivered the first set of the indigenously developed ‘Dronaam' cou...

19 May 2022

Thales secures Combat Net Radio, pursues RoIP solution for SOCOM

Thales USA has secured a multibillion-dollar procurement deal to provide advanced tactical radios, u...

18 May 2022

Gurutvaa Systems delivers ‘Dronaam' C-UAS to Indian Air Force

Indian firm Gurutvaa Systems has delivered the first set of the indigenously developed ‘Dronaam' cou...

Industry news

24 May 2022

Fabryka Broni sells Grot rifles to African customer

Polish Armaments Group (Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa: PGZ) announced in a press release on 19 May that i...

24 May 2022

Naval Group confirms withdrawal from Indian submarine project

Naval Group has withdrawn its bid from the Indian Navy's long-deferred Project 75(I) programme to ac...

20 May 2022

New Zealand increases 2022–23 defence budget by 4%

New Zealand has announced a defence budget of NZD6 billion (USD3.8 billion) for 2022–23. The figure ...

Land news

24 May 2022

Czech Republic to receive Leopard 2 tanks from Germany

Germany will supply Leopard 2A4 tanks to the Czech Republic, the two countries' ministries of defenc...

19 May 2022

Slovenia signs Boxer contract

Slovenia, represented by the Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation (OCCAR), signed a contract...

19 May 2022

BMPT Terminator makes combat debut in Ukraine

Russia's RIA Novosti news agency on 18 May confirmed the deployment of the Boevaya Mashina Podderzhk...

Sea news

24 May 2022

FMV contracts for new surface ship torpedo tubes

Sweden's Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) has contracted Saab Dynamics to supply new 400 mm dia...

24 May 2022

Ukraine crisis: Denmark to provide Harpoon missile system to Ukraine

Denmark is to supply a Harpoon anti-ship launcher and an undisclosed number of missiles to Ukraine t...

24 May 2022

Indonesia omits major procurement programmes from 2022 ‘Green Book'

The Indonesian Ministry of National Development Planning has omitted major defence procurement progr...

Security news

24 May 2022

BAE Systems showcases unmanned vehicle built on M113 chassis at EDGE22

BAE Systems has exhibited a Robotic Technology Demonstrator (RTD) built on the lower hull of the M11...

19 May 2022

UK MoD opens Defence BattleLab in Dorset

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has officially opened the Defence BattleLab, based in Dorset Innova...

16 May 2022

Chinese intelligence ship tracked close to sensitive Australia-US submarine communications facility

A Chinese intelligence collection ship has been tracked for a week off the West Australian coast and...

Weapons news

24 May 2022

US MDA plans to turn on Polish Aegis Ashore site in June, after years of delay

The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is planning for a 5 June ‘light-off' to turn on and test its lon...

20 May 2022

Northrop Grumman finalises development of Hatchet miniature strike munition

Northrop Grumman has declared the development of its Hatchet miniature precision strike munition ‘fi...

20 May 2022

DSEI 2021: SAAB Dynamics reveals new details about upcoming developments

A representative of Saab Dynamics briefed Janes on its upcoming developments for its shoulder-launch...
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