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27 March 2023

Belgium formalises second MRTT tanker buy to bring NATO MMU fleet to 10

Belgium has formalised the procurement of a second Airbus A330-200 Multirole Tanker Transport (MRTT)...

27 March 2023

US, South Korea conduct THAAD remote launcher deployment training

The US Forces Korea (USFK) and the Republic of Korea Army (RoKA)have conducted deployment training f...

Air news

27 March 2023

Turkey showcases TB3 UCAV ahead of first flight

Turkey's Baykar has showcased its Bayraktar TB3 unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) ahead of its u...

27 March 2023

Northrop Grumman sees bright future for MQ-8 despite US Navy divestments

Despite the US Navy's (USN's) recent cuts, entirely divesting the MQ-8B and cutting the follow-on MQ...

21 March 2023

General Electric T901 delivery to US Army delayed until boreal fall 2023

Delivery of the General Electric T901 engine to the US Army is now scheduled for boreal fall of 2023...

C4ISR news

24 March 2023

Sweden procures tactical communication centres

The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) has ordered new containerised tactical communicati...

23 March 2023

SDA, CesiumAstro to develop Link 16-capable AESA antenna

The Pentagon's Space Development Agency (SDA), in conjunction with Colorado-based space payload comp...

14 March 2023

Pentagon budget 2024: Chinese balloon incident prompts last-minute ISR investment

The fallout from the detection and eventual shoot-down of a Chinese high-altitude intelligence, surv...

Industry news

27 March 2023

Bombardier eyes rapid defence growth

Bombardier expects to triple its defence revenue to more than USD1 billion in the second half of the...

23 March 2023

Boeing to take another KC-46A tanker charge

Boeing expects to take another earnings charge on its long-troubled KC-46A Pegasus tanker because of...

22 March 2023

US backtracks on M1A2 tanks, sending older variant to Ukraine

The Pentagon announced on 21 March that the 31 Abrams main battle tanks (MBTs) promised to Ukraine w...

Land news

27 March 2023

BMC rolls out new Altay

BMC unveiled an upgraded version of the Altay main battle tank (MBT) on 22 March.

24 March 2023

MRZR Alpha ATVs readied for UAE SOCOM

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is set to become the first interna...

21 March 2023

Hensoldt to supply navigation radars for Philippine Navy's new corvettes, OPVs

Hensoldt UK, formerly known as Kelvin Hughes, has secured two contracts to supply its Mk11 SharpEye ...

Sea news

27 March 2023

Thales to deliver capability insertion package for Sonar 2087

Thales UK is set to start rolling out a package of enhancements for the Sonar 2087 low-frequency act...

27 March 2023

Malta commissions OPV P71 into service

The Maritime Squadron of the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) has commissioned its new offshore patrol ve...

24 March 2023

North Korea conducts test of ‘underwater nuclear strategic weapon'

North Korea has tested an unmanned ‘underwater nuclear strategic weapon' system that can inflict ‘ra...

Security news

17 March 2023

DSEI Japan 2023: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries develops new C-UAS and cyber-security capabilities

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has developed a new laser system to counter unmanned aerial vehicl...

15 March 2023

US DoD weapons chief favours more co-production

William LaPlante, US undersecretary of defence for acquisition and sustainment, said on 14 March tha...

14 March 2023

US UAV downed in Black Sea following mid-air collision with Russian Sukhoi Su-27

A US Air Force (USAF) General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehi...

Weapons news

23 March 2023

Ukraine conflict: Ukrainian troops trained on Patriot faster than expected

The soldiers selected by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to train on the Patriot missile battery complet...

17 March 2023

US Air Force seeks USD500 million for hypersonics research

The US Air Force (USAF) requested USD500 million for hypersonic weapons research and development in ...

17 March 2023

DSEI Japan 2023: Japan to take delivery of OZZ-5 mine-countermeasures UUV

Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is set to deliver its first OZZ-5 mine-countermeasures (MC...
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