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24 February 2022

Update: Philippines signs contract for 32 S-70i Black Hawks

The Philippine Department of National Defense (DND) signed a PHP32 billion (USD624 million) contract...

07 February 2022

Janes Analysis: Ukraine Crisis

 Janes delivers persistent monitoring of Russian troop and equipment sightings that connects the un...

Air news

25 February 2022

China deploys aircraft in Taiwan's ADIZ but no increase in activity following start of Ukraine conflict

China has continued military aircraft deployments in Taiwan's air defence identification zone (ADIZ)...

22 February 2022

Update: CMV-22B passes IOC milestone as first CVN deployment completes

The US Navy's (USN's) Bell Boeing CMV-22B Osprey carrier onboard delivery (COD) aircraft achieved in...

22 February 2022

Update: UK confirms intent to acquire additional A400M airlifters

The United Kingdom has firmed up its intent to acquire additional Airbus A400M Atlas airlifters, wit...

C4ISR news

25 February 2022

Leidos to develop HPM prototype for C-UAS mission

Leidos has been selected by the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to develop and build a new h...

25 February 2022

Dutch military orders Smart Shooter's Smash system to counter UAVs

The Dutch military has ordered the Smart Shooter Smash AD (anti-drone) fire-control system for small...

24 February 2022

US Army weighing on-the-move communications capabilities for its armoured formations

US Army officials envision a future where soldiers inside armoured formations do not depend on large...

Industry news

23 February 2022

Australia's DMTC bids to boost single-crystal technology

Projects launched under the Advanced Piezoelectric Materials and Application (APMA) programme co-est...

24 February 2022

South Africa releases defence budget

The South African defence budget for 2022/23 has marginally increased from the previous year's adjus...

22 February 2022

UMEX 2022: Tawazun, L3Harris Technologies sign term sheets on tech centres

Tawazun and L3Harris Technologies signed term sheets on the establishment of two technology centres ...

Land news

24 February 2022

Hanwha readies vehicle manufacturing complex in Australia

Hanwha Defense Australia (HDA) has announced the site of a new military vehicle production facility ...

23 February 2022

DGA awards Nexter contract for CAESAR 6x6 Mark II

The Direction générale de l'armement (DGA), the French defence procurement agency, has awarded Nexte...

22 February 2022

Rheinmetall presents Lynx 120 mechanised fire support vehicle

Rheinmetall announced the unveiling of the Lynx 120 mechanised fire support vehicle in a press relea...

Sea news

25 February 2022

Russian attacks on Ukraine's coast threaten loss of key naval bases as well as critical shipbuilding facilities

Russian forces captured Zmiinyi (Snake) Island during the first day of its invasion of Ukraine, the ...

24 February 2022

Second French FREMM air-defence frigate starts sea trials

The second of two Aquitaine-class FREMM multimission frigates enhanced with air-defence capabilities...

24 February 2022

US 5th Fleet swapping patrol boats for unmanned vessels

The US Navy's (USN's) Bahrain-based 5th Fleet held a decommissioning ceremony on 23 February for USS...

Security news

25 February 2022

Hammer and shield: Russia's modernised radar and early warning systems

The large-scale movement of Russian forces into positions near its border with Ukraine and into Bela...

25 February 2022

Conflict in Ukraine highlights risks of Asian countries' continuing reliance on Russia

Countries across the Asia-Pacific region are bracing themselves for shortages of defence supplies an...

24 February 2022

UK eyes more military aid for Ukraine

The United Kingdom plans to send additional military aid to Ukraine to help the country defend itsel...

Weapons news

24 February 2022

France, UK advance two missile concepts for FC/ASW programme

The French and UK governments have funded MBDA for the next phase of the collaborative Future Cruise...

21 February 2022

Update: 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...

21 February 2022

UK Storm Shadow SPEAR Cap 4 MLR nears completion

European missile house MBDA is expected to complete the final elements of the Storm Shadow SPEAR Cap...
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