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16 May 2022

South Korea to acquire 40 training helicopters

South Korea has signed a KRW170 billion (USD132.6 million) deal with Bell Textron Asia to purchase 4...

13 May 2022

IAF strikes target with extended-range BrahMos missile

An extended-range (ER) variant of India's air-launched BrahMos-A missile has successfully struck its...

Air news

13 May 2022

France seeks mini attack drones

The Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA), the French defence procurement agency, and the L'Agence ...

13 May 2022

Kaman Kargo UAV full-scale test expected in second half of 2022

Aerospace company Kaman said it is on track to fly a full-scale model of its Kargo unmanned aerial v...

13 May 2022

General Atomics announces MQ-9B STOL upgrade for carrier operations

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc (GA-ASI) said on 10 May that it is developing a kit to pro...

C4ISR news

17 May 2022

Update: UK establishes new air traffic management hub at RAF Coningsby

As part of Project Marshall, radar operators at Royal Air Force (RAF) Waddington have relocated to a...

13 May 2022

IDF testing Edge of Tomorrow technologies to empower infantry

Israel's Ministry of Defense's (MoD's) Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR&D) and E...

13 May 2022

UK establishes new air traffic management hub at RAF Coningsby

As part of Project Marshall, radar operators at Royal Air Force (RAF) Waddington have relocated to a...

Industry news

17 May 2022

Carlyle Group to acquire ManTech International

US government services provider ManTech International Corporation, which has been publicly traded si...

16 May 2022

Silent Sentinel to equip British Army UGVs with electro-optical systems

Silent Sentinel has won a contract to supply its electro-optical systems for the British Army's Rhei...

16 May 2022

Raytheon invests in hypersonic aircraft firm Hermeus

RTX Ventures, the new venture capital arm of US-based Raytheon Technologies, has made an investment ...

Land news

13 May 2022

Slovakia holds trials of BMP replacement

Slovakia has held trials of three contenders to replace its BMP infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), t...

11 May 2022

Ukraine conflict: Germany to supply PzH 2000s to Kyiv

Training of the Ukrainian artillery crews on the Panzerhaubitze (PzH) 2000 155 mm self-propelled how...

11 May 2022

France receives first Servals

France's Ministry of Armed Forces received its first four Serval Véhicule Blindé Multi-Rôle Léger (V...

Sea news

16 May 2022

Update: China's Liaoning sorties more than 100 aircraft near Japan, Taiwan

The aircraft carrier Liaoning of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) navy flew more than 100 sort...

16 May 2022

Babcock secures 10-year contract for Royal Navy aircraft carrier dry dockings

UK shipbuilder Babcock has secured a GBP30 million (USD36.7 million) contract to conduct the routine...

12 May 2022

China's Liaoning sorties more than 100 aircraft near Japan, Taiwan

The aircraft carrier Liaoning of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) navy flew more than 100 sort...

Security news

16 May 2022

Chinese intelligence ship tracked close to sensitive Australia-US submarine communications facility

A Chinese intelligence collection ship has been tracked for a week off the West Australian coast and...

01 April 2022

Janes Analysis: Ukraine Conflict

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

28 April 2022

Japan's ruling party proposes defence strategy revisions

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has proposed a major revision to the country's defence...

Weapons news

13 May 2022

US Army conducts ‘static' test with ramjet for future Precision Strike Missile

Advancements in designing and testing a potential ramjet for the US Army Precision Strike Missile (P...

12 May 2022

Iraq orders new artillery

The Iraqi Ministry of Defence (MoD) has placed contracts with the United States and France for advan...

12 May 2022

Indo Pacific 2022: EOS launches marine version of R400S Mk 2 remote weapon station

Australian company Electro Optic Systems (EOS) formally launched its R400 Marine (R400-M) remote wea...
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