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14 May 2021

US Army Secretary nominee defends modernisation portfolio

Christine Wormuth, the Biden administration’s nominee to be the next US Secretary of the Army, vowed...

13 May 2021

Germany, Poland agree to defend each other's airspace

Germany and Poland have agreed to allow each other’s combat aircraft to cross their national borders...

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14 May 2021

Taiwan awards F-16 missile maintenance contract

Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence (MND) signed a TWD291 million (USD10.4 million) contract with ...

14 May 2021

Leonardo pitches M-346FA as Polish ‘Fitter' replacement

Leonardo is pitching its M-346FA as a potential replacement for Poland’s ageing fleet of Sukhoi Su-2...

14 May 2021

Pentagon pursuing V-22 software changes to better present existing information to pilots

The Pentagon is working on a pair of software changes to its fleet of Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltro...

C4ISR news

14 May 2021

South Korea awards contract for series production of indigenous coastal surveillance radar

South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has awarded a KRW164 billion (USD145...

11 May 2021

Update: Lockheed Martin, Pentagon establish bi-directional communications between fifth-generation aircraft, ground units

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and the Pentagon for the first time established bi-directional communica...

03 May 2021

US Army demonstrates MUOS capability for tactical radios

US Army tactical radio and networked communications specialists demonstrated, for the first time, th...

Industry news

14 May 2021

Leonardo pitches M-346FA as Polish ‘Fitter' replacement

Leonardo is pitching its M-346FA as a potential replacement for Poland’s ageing fleet of Sukhoi Su-2...

14 May 2021

South Korea awards contract for series production of indigenous coastal surveillance radar

South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has awarded a KRW164 billion (USD145...

14 May 2021

Pentagon pursuing V-22 software changes to better present existing information to pilots

The Pentagon is working on a pair of software changes to its fleet of Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltro...

Land news

14 May 2021

PCL-171 SPH in service with PLAGF's 75th Group Army

Chinese state-owned media has revealed that the People’s Liberation Army Ground Force’s (PLAGF’s) 75...

14 May 2021

South Korea awards contract for series production of indigenous coastal surveillance radar

South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has awarded a KRW164 billion (USD145...

12 May 2021

France receives upgraded motorised floating bridges

The Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA), the French defence procurement agency, announced on its ...

Sea news

12 May 2021

Malaysia retains Boustead as shipbuilder for LCS programme

The Malaysian government has decided to retain state-affiliated Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS) as the...

12 May 2021

Israel Shipyards to supply Shaldag Mk V fast patrol boats to Philippine Navy

Israel Shipyards announced on 12 May that it has won a tender to supply Shaldag Mk V fast patrol boa...

10 May 2021

Russian Navy commissions Project 885M submarine Kazan

The Russian Navy (VMF) commissioned the Project 885M (Yasen-M-class) nuclear-powered attack/cruise m...

Security news

04 May 2021

EU tracks Chinese and Russian vaccine disinformation campaigns

China and Russia have shifted their pandemic-related disinformation strategies against the West from...

12 May 2021

EU, NATO nations aim to carry military mobility to higher levels in Europe

National governments, the EU, and NATO are considering how to expand their individual and joint mili...

11 May 2021

EU's proposed rapid reaction entry force faces many hurdles

The EU’s new goal of creating a so-called initial entry force for rapid expeditionary deployment to ...

Weapons news

11 May 2021

Norinco's PCL-181 SPH in service with PLAGF's 80th Group Army

Chinese state-owned media revealed on 7 May that the China North Industries Group Corporation (Norin...

12 May 2021

DGA conducts first firing of MMP from Jaguar EBRC

The Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA – the French Procurement Agency), in association with MBDA...

18 March 2021

Born of necessity: The Iron Dome Weapon System

The Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO), a division of the Directorate of Defense Research an...
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