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27 January 2022

Hypersonix, Kratos, team to develop and fly DART AE hypersonic vehicle

US contractor Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is to provide the rocket booster motor for the DAR...

27 January 2022

USMC stands up first operational CH-53K unit

The US Marine Corps (USMC) has stood up its first operational unit for the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stal...

Air news

26 January 2022

Australia receives first upgraded C-130J-30 Block 8.1 aircraft

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has received the first Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Hercules tran...

26 January 2022

Spain approves Eurodrone participation

Spain has formally approved its participation in the Eurodrone project, joining partners France, Ger...

25 January 2022

MQ-8C Fire Scout on maiden USN deployment

The US Navy (USN) has commenced a first shipborne deployment of the MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned aerial...

C4ISR news

26 January 2022

US approves Egyptian request for air defence radars

The US State Department has approved the sale of three L3Harris SPS-48 land-based radars (LBRs) to E...

26 January 2022

German NH90 helicopters to receive Rohde & Schwarz Soveron radios

Rhode & Schwarz has been contracted to equip the German Navy's NHIndustries NH90 Multi-Role Frigate ...

26 January 2022

British Army upgrades air defence capability

The British Army's Land Environment Air Picture Provision (LEAPP) capability, developed by Lockheed ...

Industry news

24 January 2022

Elbit Systems UK builds British team to compete for domestic UAS projects

Elbit Systems UK has formed and will lead a British industrial team of suppliers to compete for emer...

26 January 2022

US FTC sues to block Lockheed Martin's purchase of Aerojet Rocketdyne

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit on 25 January seeking to block US defence contrac...

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...

Land news

27 January 2022

IAV 2022: Boxer bulks up

Rheinmetall Landsysteme-Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) joint venture Artec conducted trials in December...

27 January 2022

IAV 2022: Dragón IFV spearheads Spain's Army 35 transformation programme

Janes learned details of Spain's Dragón infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) programme at the Internation...

27 January 2022

IAV 2022: Patria 6×6 Common Armoured Vehicle System offered in various versions in addition to APC

Janes learned more details about the Patria 6×6 Common Armoured Vehicle System (CAVS) at the Interna...

Sea news

27 January 2022

Indonesia, TKMS discuss HDW Class 209, 214 submarines for navy's requirements

Officials from the Indonesian Navy and the Ministry of Defence have held another meeting with German...

26 January 2022

Rolls-Royce to supply IPMS, conditioning monitoring systems for German Type 126 frigates

Rolls-Royce business unit Power Systems has been awarded a contract by Damen to supply its latest-ge...

26 January 2022

Year-long continuing resolution could delay submarine Columbia, US Navy official says

A year-long continuing resolution (CR) to freeze funding could cause delays to the Columbia-class (S...

Security news

25 January 2022

Update: India selects Saab's AT4 as its new single-shot weapon

The Indian Armed Forces have selected Saab's AT4 as their new single-shot weapon.

24 January 2022

UK Royal Air Force announces retirement destinations of its BAe146 fleet

The UK Royal Air Force announced on 21 January that of its remaining four BAe146 aircraft, the two B...

24 January 2022

Russian Aerospace Forces received two more Su-57 in late 2021

The third and fourth production Su-57 aircraft were delivered to the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) ...

Weapons news

27 January 2022

IAV 2022 – Metravib eyes new PEARL shot detector with smaller form factor

Metravib Defence aims to develop a new version of its Personal Equipment Add-on for Reactive Localiz...

24 January 2022

India selects Saab's AT4 as its new single-shot weapon

The Indian Armed Forces have selected Saab's AT4 as their new single-shot weapon.

20 January 2022

Update: 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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