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13 September 2021

UK Defence Budget: Still a balancing act

On the opening day of DSEI 2021, taking place at London’s ExCeL centre, Ana Popescu, lead analyst fo...

08 September 2021

Two Royal Navy OPVs begin five-year deployment to Indo-Pacific region

The UK Royal Navy (RN) announced on 7 September that two of its River-class Batch II offshore patrol...

Air news

15 September 2021

DSEI 2021: UK earmarks 2023 for first Mosquito ‘loyal wingman' flight

The United Kingdom expects to fly the Mosquito ‘loyal wingman' it is developing as part of its wider...

15 September 2021

UAV Factory to merge with autopilot firm JAI

US private equity firm AE Industrial Partners (AEI) has expanded its unmanned aircraft portfolio by ...

15 September 2021

DSEI 2021: Leonardo progresses Tempest large-body test aircraft

Leonardo has progressed the large-body test aircraft it is developing as part of the Team Tempest in...

C4ISR news

15 September 2021

DSEI 2021: Ireland adopts SitaWare C2 software for ISTAR aircraft

Command-and-control (C2) software house Systematic has announced Defence Forces Ireland has installe...

15 September 2021

DSEI 2021: Italy joins Eurofighter ‘Radar 2' programme

Italy has joined the United Kingdom in developing the ‘Radar 2' active electronically scanned array ...

01 September 2021

US Army ARES ISR aircraft makes maiden flight

The US Army's Airborne Reconnaissance and Electronic Warfare System (ARES) aircraft made its maiden ...

Industry news

15 September 2021

BrahMos Aerospace to invest in industrial corridor

BrahMos Aerospace is to set up a missile manufacturing base in the northern Indian city of Lucknow, ...

15 September 2021

DSEI 2021: Hanwha Defense announces Team Thunder for UK K9 bid

South Korea's Hanwha Defense announced the launching of Team Thunder at the DSEI trade show on 14 Se...

14 September 2021

Elbit Systems to supply ASW capabilities to navy of Asia-Pacific country

Israeli company Elbit Systems announced on 13 September that it has secured contracts worth a combin...

Land news

15 September 2021

Russia debuts new tactics and equipment during exercise ‘Zapad 2021'

The Russian Airborne Forces (VDV) have demonstrated new tactics, techniques and procedures, and tact...

15 September 2021

DSEI 2021: Polaris debuts the MRZR Alpha tactical vehicle

The MRZR Alpha ultralight tactical vehicle from US mobility provider Polaris Government and Defense ...

15 September 2021

DSEI 2021: Rheinmetall experiments with quadripedal UGVs

Rheinmetall presented a quadripedal unmanned ground vehicle (Q-UGV) that it is experimenting with at...

Sea news

14 September 2021

DroneShield takes aim at emerging C-UUV and diver detection requirements with SonarOne

DroneShield's new SonarOne underwater threat detection system is designed to provide an easily opera...

10 September 2021

Update: SubSea Craft's Victa diver delivery craft enters the water

The first prototype of SubSea Craft's innovative Victa-class diver delivery unit (DDU) entered the w...

09 September 2021

Australia accepts delivery of second Supply-class AOR vessel from Navantia

Spanish shipbuilder Navantia announced on 8 September that the Australian Department of Defence (DoD...

Security news

13 September 2021

US Air Force chief supports tying F-35 buy to O&S cost constraints

The US Air Force's (USAF's) top officer supports proposed legislation that would limit the total qua...

08 September 2021

20 years after 9/11: The evolving transnational militant Islamist threat landscape

Two decades have now passed since Al-Qaeda militants targeted the United States on 11 September 2001...

08 September 2021

Taliban announce interim government in Afghanistan

More than three weeks after taking control of Kabul, the Taliban announced on 7 September the format...

Weapons news

15 September 2021

North Korea resumes ballistic missile launches after six-month hiatus

North Korea launched what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) into the East Se...

15 September 2021

Raytheon demos Coyote UAS variant for ALE air vehicle requirement

Raytheon Missiles & Defense has completed the first flight test of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS)...

15 September 2021

US Navy contract kicks off AARGM-ER Lot 1 LRIP

Low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended ...
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