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19 May 2022

NGRC ‘need for speed' to drive unconventional rotorcraft design

The high-speed requirements that NATO has set out for its Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability (NGR...

19 May 2022

UK names ‘Royal' Dassault Falcon aircraft Envoy IV

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has named the Dassault Falcon VIP aircraft to be operated by the Ro...

Air news

19 May 2022

Gilmour develops engine to increase defence payload capacity of Eris rocket

Australian rocket company Gilmour Space Technologies has developed a liquid rocket engine called ‘Ph...

17 May 2022

WingXpand begins trials of its expandable wing UAV

A new WingXpand unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is to be unveiled at the Special Operations Forces Ind...

13 May 2022

France seeks mini attack drones

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

C4ISR news

19 May 2022

Thales secures Combat Net Radio, pursues RoIP solution for SOCOM

Thales USA has secured a multibillion-dollar procurement deal to provide advanced tactical radios, u...

18 May 2022

Gurutvaa Systems delivers ‘Dronaam' C-UAS to Indian Air Force

Indian firm Gurutvaa Systems has delivered the first set of the indigenously developed ‘Dronaam' cou...

18 May 2022

IAI to supply EO/IR for Philippine Navy's patrol vessels

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has secured a contract to supply its MiniPOP electro-optical/infra...

Industry news

19 May 2022

PGZ and MBDA sign agreement on Brimstone tank destroyers

Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) and MBDA UK announced in a press release on 16 May that they had sign...

19 May 2022

South African Navy receives first inshore patrol vessel

The South African Navy took delivery of the first of three multi-mission inshore patrol vessels (MMI...

18 May 2022

Australian defence exports reach AUD1.7 billion for first-quarter 2021–22

Australian defence exports reached an estimated value of AUD1.77 billion (USD1.24 billion) for the f...

Land news

19 May 2022

Slovenia signs Boxer contract

Slovenia, represented by the Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation (OCCAR), signed a contract...

19 May 2022

BMPT Terminator makes combat debut in Ukraine

Russia's RIA Novosti news agency on 18 May confirmed the deployment of the Boevaya Mashina Podderzhk...

17 May 2022

Belgium to acquire nine CAESAR SPHs

Belgium is to acquire nine CAESAR NG (new generation) self-propelled howitzers (SPHs) under the expa...

Sea news

19 May 2022

Russian Navy Kilo submarine Alrosa prepares to start post-refit trials

The Russian Navy Kilo-class Project 877V diesel-electric submarine (SSK) Alrosa (ex-B 871) is set to...

18 May 2022

Pentagon budget 2023: LCS mission module continues apace as US Navy notes cost breach

Despite the officially required US Navy (USN) notification on 13 May of significant cost growth for ...

17 May 2022

Fincantieri lays keel for Qatar's new LPD

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has laid the keel for the landing platform dock (LPD) amphibious ass...

Security news

19 May 2022

UK MoD opens Defence BattleLab in Dorset

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has officially opened the Defence BattleLab, based in Dorset Innova...

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...

Weapons news

19 May 2022

India's naval anti-ship missile completes maiden flight test

India's locally developed Naval Anti-Ship Missile - Short Range (NASM-SR) completed its maiden fligh...

17 May 2022

Lockheed Martin‘s ARRW completes boosted hypersonic flight test after three failures

Lockheed Martin‘s AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) completed a boosted flight test...

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...
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