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14 October 2021

Australia loses MH-60R helicopter in Philippine Sea mishap

The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has lost one of its MH-60R Seahawk helicopters in a mishap over the ...

13 October 2021

Slovenia begins testing Pipistrel aircraft and simulator

The Slovenian Armed Forces (SV) will test the suitability of aircraft and simulators for pilot train...

Air news

15 October 2021

New Russian PD-35 turbofan engine commences ground testing

Early-stage static testing has begun on the engine core that will become the new Russian PD-35 turbo...

15 October 2021

AUSA 2021: US Army test pilots fly Defiant tech demonstrator during FLRAA source selection

US Army test pilots recently flew the Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 Defiant technology demonstrator during so...

14 October 2021

Saab opens Red Hawk production plant in Indiana

Saab officially opened the West Lafayette production facility in Indiana from where it will build it...

C4ISR news

14 October 2021

US Army and Microsoft working to ‘mature' IVAS technology, delays operational testing and fielding

The US Army has postponed plans to field Microsoft's HoloLens 2 augmented reality (AR) system to sol...

06 October 2021

Germany certifies A319 OH Open Skies aircraft

The Bundeswehr announced on its website on 30 September that its new Airbus A319 OH (Offener Himmel:...

14 October 2021

AUSA 2021: US Army leverages data management lessons learned from Afghan pull-out

Senior US Army leaders are in the midst of incorporating the lessons learned from data management sh...

Industry news

15 October 2021

QinetiQ reports ‘strong' H1 but warns of possible profit hit

QinetiQ Group had a “strong operational performance” in the first half of fiscal year (FY) 2022 desp...

14 October 2021

AUSA 2021: Bell selects Rolls-Royce engine for V-280

Bell has selected Rolls-Royce's AE 1107F engine to serve as the propulsion system on the V-280 Valor...

12 October 2021

AUSA 2021: Japan seeking more military co-development work with US DoD

The Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) has asked the US Department of Defense (DoD) to consider area...

Land news

15 October 2021

Rheinmetall presents high-roof version of Fuchs armoured vehicle

Rheinmetall announced in a press release on 14 October that it has developed a high-roof version of ...

13 October 2021

Seoul’s ADEX escapes the worst of Covid-19 cancellations

As the Seoul International Aerospace and Defence Exhibition 2021 is staged at Seoul Airport on the o...

13 October 2021

Pakistan Army holds induction ceremony for VT4 MBT

The Pakistan Army (PA) has formally inducted the China North Industries Group Corporation (Norinco) ...

Sea news

15 October 2021

Canada upgrades maritime COMINT/SIGINT capability under Project Strongbow

Canada is investing in an improved communications intelligence (COMINT) and signals intelligence (SI...

15 October 2021

Nigeria orders second OCEA survey vessel

French shipyard OCEA has confirmed that the Nigerian Navy has awarded it a contract to build a secon...

14 October 2021

Papua New Guinea commissions second Guardian-class patrol vessel

Papua New Guinea Defence Force's (PNGDF's) Maritime Element has commissioned its second Guardian-cla...

Security news

06 October 2021

Regional maritime security co-operation tackles Gulf of Guinea piracy

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency's (NIMASA's) Director-General Bashir Jamoh st...

11 October 2021

ANSSI consolidates role at heart of French cyber security

At the International Cybersecurity Forum (Forum International de Cybersécurité: FIC) in Lille on 7 J...

05 October 2021

Taiwan progresses ‘special’ funding plan as relations with Beijing deteriorate

Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) has advanced its plan to allocate TWD240 billion (USD8.6...

Weapons news

15 October 2021

Pakistan Army commissions HQ-9/P air-defence system

The Pakistan Army's (PA's) Air Defence forces have inducted into service a variant of the Chinese-ma...

15 October 2021

Saab reveals MBDA link as Arexis air-launched decoy breaks cover

Saab and MBDA have disclosed that they are working together on the development of a miniaturised pow...

14 October 2021

S-500 enters service in Moscow region

The first S-500 55R6M Prometey (Prometheus) strategic air-defence system has entered service with a ...
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