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14 May 2021

US Army defending end strength, prepares to spend USD35 billion on weapons in FY 2022

Pentagon leaders are set to unveil details of the Defense Department’s USD715 billion fiscal year (F...

14 May 2021

US Army Secretary nominee defends modernisation portfolio

Christine Wormuth, the Biden administration’s nominee to be the next US Secretary of the Army, vowed...

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17 May 2021

FCAS/SCAF partner nations launch NGF demonstrator phase

Partner nations France, Germany, and Spain have launched the next phase of the Future Combat Air Sys...

17 May 2021

Skyborg ACS starts AAAx flight testing

The US Air Force’s (USAF’s) Skyborg Vanguard team has completed initial flight tests of the Skyborg ...

17 May 2021

Babcock teams with Leonardo for Canada FAcT pilot training

Babcock and Leonardo announced on 14 May that they are to team on Canada’s Future Aircrew Training (...

C4ISR news

17 May 2021

US Navy's Neptune project seeks new RF payloads

The US Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR) is looking to develop a new class of subminiature radio...

17 May 2021

Pentagon seeks ‘data advantage' in new strategic guidance

The Pentagon is implementing new policies and procedures to codify best practices in the department’...

14 May 2021

South Korea awards contract for series production of indigenous coastal surveillance radar

South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has awarded a KRW164 billion (USD145...

Industry news

17 May 2021

US Navy's Neptune project seeks new RF payloads

The US Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR) is looking to develop a new class of subminiature radio...

17 May 2021

FCAS/SCAF partner nations launch NGF demonstrator phase

Partner nations France, Germany, and Spain have launched the next phase of the Future Combat Air Sys...

17 May 2021

Philippine Navy to receive first three Shaldag Mk V patrol boats in Q1 2022

The Philippine Navy (PN) is expecting to receive the first three of eight Shaldag Mk V fast patrol b...

Land news

17 May 2021

Pentagon seeks ‘data advantage' in new strategic guidance

The Pentagon is implementing new policies and procedures to codify best practices in the department’...

17 May 2021

Update: US Air Force performs proof-of-concept that could increase JASSM capacity on F-15E

The US Air Force (USAF) on 11 May completed the Project Strike Rodeo (PSR) munitions proof-of-concep...

14 May 2021

South Korea awards contract for series production of indigenous coastal surveillance radar

South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has awarded a KRW164 billion (USD145...

Sea news

17 May 2021

Pentagon seeks ‘data advantage' in new strategic guidance

The Pentagon is implementing new policies and procedures to codify best practices in the department’...

17 May 2021

New Zealand releases Southern Ocean patrol ship RFI

The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has issued a request for information (RFI) for the design and b...

17 May 2021

US Navy's Neptune project seeks new RF payloads

The US Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR) is looking to develop a new class of subminiature radio...

Security news

04 May 2021

EU tracks Chinese and Russian vaccine disinformation campaigns

China and Russia have shifted their pandemic-related disinformation strategies against the West from...

12 May 2021

EU, NATO nations aim to carry military mobility to higher levels in Europe

National governments, the EU, and NATO are considering how to expand their individual and joint mili...

11 May 2021

EU's proposed rapid reaction entry force faces many hurdles

The EU’s new goal of creating a so-called initial entry force for rapid expeditionary deployment to ...

Weapons news

17 May 2021

Update: US Air Force performs proof-of-concept that could increase JASSM capacity on F-15E

The US Air Force (USAF) on 11 May completed the Project Strike Rodeo (PSR) munitions proof-of-concep...

11 May 2021

Norinco's PCL-181 SPH in service with PLAGF's 80th Group Army

Chinese state-owned media revealed on 7 May that the China North Industries Group Corporation (Norin...

12 May 2021

DGA conducts first firing of MMP from Jaguar EBRC

The Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA – the French Procurement Agency), in association with MBDA...
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