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20 January 2022

Japan's ATLA progresses railgun project

Japan is developing electromagnetic (EM) railguns to counter emerging threats including hypersonic w...

19 January 2022

Chile buys three Boeing E-3D Sentry aircraft from UK

The Chilean Air Force (FACh) has purchased three Boeing E-3D Sentry airborne early warning Mk 1 (AEW...

Air news

19 January 2022

NATO publishes ‘Overarching Space Policy' document

On 17 January NATO published its ‘Overarching Space Policy', setting out the fundamental aspects of ...

13 January 2022

Thales Alenia Space to build two SDS satellites for Intelsat

Intelsat has contracted Thales Alenia Space – a joint venture between Thales and Leonardo – for the ...

12 January 2022

Dassault aircraft deliveries rise

Dassault Aviation delivered 55 airplanes in 2021, up from 47 the year before, the French aerospace m...

C4ISR news

20 January 2022

NCI Agency and Ukraine sign MoA to renew technical partnership

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) and Ukraine signed a Memorandum of Agree...

07 January 2022

Indra's 3D radar clears NATO tests

The Indra-developed Lanza 3D Deployable Air Defence Radar (DADR) has passed NATO tactical ballistic ...

14 January 2022

Leonardo contracted to help develop Eurofighter ‘Radar 1' for Germany, Spain

On 14 January Leonardo announced that it had signed a EUR260 million (USD297 million) contract with ...

Industry news

19 January 2022

Piaggio Aerospace relaunches sale process

Piaggio Aerospace announced on 19 January that it has formally restarted the process for finding a n...

17 January 2022

Rheinmetall and UVision agree strategic partnership on loitering munition

Rheinmetall announced in a press release on 12 January that it had signed a strategic partnership ag...

13 January 2022

Embraer to sell two Portuguese plants to Aernnova

Brazilian aerospace and defence company Embraer has agreed to sell two airframe factories in Evora, ...

Land news

19 January 2022

CIO to supply further VBM vehicles to Italian Army

The Iveco – Oto Melara Consortium (CIO) signed a contract with the Italian Secretary of Defence Land...

18 January 2022

Australian, New Zealand defence forces launch Tonga relief operations

Australia and New Zealand have dispatched vessels and surveillance aircraft to assist with recovery ...

14 January 2022

Update: Bulgaria receives special forces vehicles

The Bulgarian Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on its website on 21 December 2021 that it had rec...

Sea news

18 January 2022

Turkish Navy commissions first intelligence-gathering ship

Turkey's first dedicated intelligence-gathering ship, TCG Ufuk (A-591), was officially commissioned ...

18 January 2022

RN sets sights on low-cost, fixed-wing UAV under Project Vampire

The UK Royal Navy (RN) is moving forward with plans to procure a low-cost fixed-wing unmanned aerial...

18 January 2022

Ghana Navy takes on oil security contract

The Ghana Navy has signed a deal under which it will be paid to provide security for the country's o...

Security news

19 January 2022

Indra to equip latest electronic warfare systems onto Spanish Army's Chinooks

Indra has signed a EUR35 million (USD39.8 million) contract with the Spanish Ministry of Defence (Mo...

19 January 2022

South Korea secures Cheongung II deal with UAE

South Korea has confirmed the details of its export of the Cheongung II medium-range surface-to-air ...

18 January 2022

Hanwha Defense outlines K21-105 offer for the Indian Army

South Korea's Hanwha Defense is preparing to offer the Indian Army a range of weapons and missions s...

Weapons news

20 January 2022

USAF delays ARRW production decision, eyes revamped test plan

US Air Force (USAF) leaders are postponing making an AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (AR...

18 January 2022

UK supplies anti-tank weapons to Ukraine

A batch of Next-generation Light Anti-tank Weapons (NLAWs) has been delivered to Ukraine by the Unit...

18 January 2022

Houthis claim long-range cruise missile attack on UAE

The Yemeni rebel group Ansar Allah (Houthis) implied a significant increase in the range of its Quds...
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