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21 January 2021

New European Parliament report calls for hemming in use of military AI on battlefield

The European Parliament has set out its definitive position on the military uses of artificial intel...

01 December 2020

ARRC certified as NATO's first warfighting corps headquarters since Cold War

The Gloucester-based Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) was certified on 17 November as NATO’s first...

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21 January 2021

Airbus pitches H175 as potential Puma replacement for UK

Airbus is pitching its H175 as a potential replacement for the United Kingdom’s fleet of Royal Air F...

21 January 2021

US Air Force pilots could fly Agility Prime aircraft in 2021

US Air Force (USAF) pilots could fly as early as April or May the electric vertical take-off and lan...

20 January 2021

Update: US Air Force's Roper says service should better sell modernisation technologies to Congress

The US Air Force (USAF) needs to explain more clearly to lawmakers how the service will benefit from...

C4ISR news

19 January 2021

US looking for aerostat air-defence radars for Saudi Arabia

The US Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) has released a request for information (RFI) ...

19 January 2021

GA-ASI, Leonardo to integrate Seaspray radar onto SeaGuardian UAV

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) is to integrate the Leonardo Seaspray 7500E V2 act...

14 January 2021

US Army gains approval to move IBCS into production

Pentagon acquisition chief Ellen Lord has green-lit production of the US Army’s new battle command s...

Industry news

21 January 2021

Airbus pitches H175 as potential Puma replacement for UK

Airbus is pitching its H175 as a potential replacement for the United Kingdom’s fleet of Royal Air F...

21 January 2021

US Air Force pilots could fly Agility Prime aircraft in 2021

US Air Force (USAF) pilots could fly as early as April or May the electric vertical take-off and lan...

20 January 2021

Update: US Air Force's Roper says service should better sell modernisation technologies to Congress

The US Air Force (USAF) needs to explain more clearly to lawmakers how the service will benefit from...

Land news

21 January 2021

Lockheed Martin awarded OpFires Phase 3b contract

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fi...

20 January 2021

Jackal 1 moves towards hybrid electric drive installation

The UK’s Supacat completed physical modifications to a Jackal 1 4x4 surveillance and reconnaissance ...

20 January 2021

US Army prepares for incoming Biden appointees

The US Army is in the throes of modernising its weapon systems to better compete with Russian and Ch...

Sea news

20 January 2021

China to field more nuclear weapons that can target the United States, says report

China’s missile force is expanding, with the number of nuclear warheads capable of reaching the Unit...

19 January 2021

Ghost Fleet Overlord USV participates in ‘Dawn Blitz' exercise

An experimental Ghost Fleet Overlord unmanned surface vehicle (USV) has participated in a major amph...

19 January 2021

UK signs for new influence sweep systems

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has contracted Atlas Elektronik UK (AEUK) for the supply of new com...

Security news

15 December 2020

US government sanctions Turkey over S-400 buy

The US government announced the imposition of sanctions on Turkey’s defence acquisition organisation...

04 January 2021

Israel prepares for changes to security landscape in 2021

Hizbullah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah gave an interview to Al Mayadeen TV on 27 December in w...

23 December 2020

Uncertainty prevails over US cyber strategy shift towards ‘persistent engagement'

United States Cyber Command deployed a team to Estonia in November 2020 as part of a new strategy th...

Weapons news

21 January 2021

Lockheed Martin awarded OpFires Phase 3b contract

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fi...

20 January 2021

China to field more nuclear weapons that can target the United States, says report

China’s missile force is expanding, with the number of nuclear warheads capable of reaching the Unit...

18 January 2021

Iran claims to have longer-range anti-ship ballistic missile

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says it launched ballistic missiles at a simulated nav...
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