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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

20 September 2021

AFA 2021: USAF, Lockheed Martin select Collins Aerospace for new C-130J wheel, brakes

The US Air Force (USAF) and Lockheed Martin have picked Collins Aerospace to provide boltless wheels...

17 September 2021

Update - DSEI 2021: Aeralis signs propulsion agreement with Rolls-Royce

UK-based Aeralis and Rolls-Royce have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) geared at meeting t...

17 September 2021

MQ-9B makes first point-to-point flight for an unmanned aircraft in UK airspace

The United Kingdom, for the first time, approved a point-to-point flight of an unmanned aircraft in ...

C4ISR news

17 September 2021

DSEI 2021: Elbit details ARCAS future soldier system

Elbit Systems UK unveiled its Assault Rifle Combat Application System (ARCAS) at the DSEI exhibition...

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 ...

Industry news

17 September 2021

DSEI 2021: Babcock outlines Arrowhead 140 bid for Greece

Babcock has outlined to Janes its approach to the four pillars required for Greece's naval procureme...

17 September 2021

DSEI 2021: 4GD selected to provide CQB training facilities for British Army

The UK's 4GD, a company specialising in close-combat immersive training, has been selected by the co...

17 September 2021

Taiwan proposes USD8.6 billion for defence ‘special' fund

Taiwan's Executive Yuan has announced a plan to spend TWD240 billion (USD8.6 billion) over the next ...

Land news

20 September 2021

The PARS IV 8x8 breaks cover

Turkish manufacturer of armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) and weapon systems FNSS has developed a ne...

17 September 2021

DSEI 2021: Rheinmetall integrates Brimstone into Mission Master UGV

Rheinmetall unveiled a Mission Master unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) with an MBDA Brimstone missile l...

17 September 2021

DSEI 2021: Hanwha Defence unveils K9 SPH developmental roadmap

Hanwha Defence has outlined its K9 Self-Propelled Howitzer (SPH) development roadmap, laying out pla...

Sea news

17 September 2021

DSEI 2021: Sweden modernises its CB90 fast attack craft fleet

Sweden is modernising its fast attack craft fleet with the Combat Boat 90 Next Generation, which Saa...

16 September 2021

Wellington to ban entry of Australia's future submarines into New Zealand waters

Australia's future nuclear-powered submarines will not be allowed to enter New Zealand waters.

15 September 2021

South Korea conducts first SLBM test launch from in-service submarine

South Korea has test-launched a locally developed submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from a...

Security news

17 September 2021

Washington to review export policies for Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Cyprus

The US Department of State is preparing to add Ethiopia and Eritrea to its list of countries with a ...

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...

Weapons news

16 September 2021

DSEI 2021: TDW's PARM 1 seeks comeback

TDW GmbH, a subsidiary of MBDA Germany, publicly displayed its Automated Anti-Tank Weapon (PARM) for...

15 September 2021

South Korea testing several new missiles amid tensions with Pyongyang

South Korea's Ministry of National Defense (MND) announced on 15 September that its Agency for Defen...

16 September 2021

MDA demonstrates selectable stage booster for GBI

The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA), in association with Boeing and Raytheon Technologies, on 12 Sep...
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