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25 January 2022

Saudi receives first Chinooks

Boeing has handed over the first CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopters for Saudi Arabia, a company r...

24 January 2022

Update - British Army showcases new AH-64E Apache

The British Army showcased its latest Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopter to the media d...

Air news

25 January 2022

MQ-8C Fire Scout on maiden USN deployment

The US Navy (USN) has commenced a first shipborne deployment of the MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned aerial...

25 January 2022

Algeria receives C-130J transport aircraft

The Algerian Air Force has received its first Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Super Hercules tactical tran...

25 January 2022

Indonesia awaits ‘contract activation' for Rafale multirole fighters

The Indonesian Ministry of Defense (MoD) has moved ahead with a plan to procure Rafale multirole fig...

C4ISR news

24 January 2022

Hensoldt to equip German NH90 helicopters with protection systems

Hensoldt will equip 82 NHIndustries NH90 Tactical Transport Helicopters (TTH) with its latest Airbor...

20 January 2022

NCI Agency and Ukraine sign MoA to renew technical partnership

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) and Ukraine signed a Memorandum of Agree...

07 January 2022

Indra's 3D radar clears NATO tests

The Indra-developed Lanza 3D Deployable Air Defence Radar (DADR) has passed NATO tactical ballistic ...

Industry news

24 January 2022

Elbit Systems UK builds British team to compete for domestic UAS projects

Elbit Systems UK has formed and will lead a British industrial team of suppliers to compete for emer...

19 January 2022

Piaggio Aerospace relaunches sale process

Piaggio Aerospace announced on 19 January that it has formally restarted the process for finding a n...

17 January 2022

Rheinmetall and UVision agree strategic partnership on loitering munition

Rheinmetall announced in a press release on 12 January that it had signed a strategic partnership ag...

Land news

24 January 2022

US Army preparing for 2024 ERCA operational assessment

The US Army will begin testing Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) prototypes at Yuma Proving Gro...

24 January 2022

French Ministry of Defence confirms delivery of first 20 EBRC Jaguars

The French Ministère des Armées (Ministry of Defence) has confirmed that the Army's 1st RCA (1er Rég...

24 January 2022

Surface Navy 2022: US Navy nears amphibious ship milestones as force structure completion approaches

With the US Navy (USN) planning to complete its amphibious ship force structure report by the end of...

Sea news

24 January 2022

Slow progress: The Royal Malaysian Navy's modernisation challenges

In a ceremony held on 18 December at the facilities of China's Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group i...

21 January 2022

Launch and recovery system for rMCM undertakes sea tests

The launch and recovery system (LARS) developed for the Belgium/Netherlands (BE/NL) replacement mine...

21 January 2022

US Navy awards Newport News Shipbuilding CVN 79 warfare system contract modification

The US Navy (USN) has awarded the Newport News Shipbuilding unit of Huntington Ingalls Industries (H...

Security news

24 January 2022

UK Royal Air Force announces retirement destinations of its BAe146 fleet

The UK Royal Air Force announced on 21 January that of its remaining four BAe146 aircraft, the two B...

24 January 2022

Russian Aerospace Forces received two more Su-57 in late 2021

The third and fourth production Su-57 aircraft were delivered to the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) ...

19 January 2022

Indra to equip latest electronic warfare systems onto Spanish Army's Chinooks

Indra has signed a EUR35 million (USD39.8 million) contract with the Spanish Ministry of Defence (Mo...

Weapons news

24 January 2022

India selects Saab's AT4 as its new single-shot weapon

The Indian Armed Forces have selected Saab's AT4 as their new single-shot weapon.

20 January 2022

Update: Houthis claim long-range cruise missile attack on UAE

The Yemeni rebel group Ansar Allah (Houthis) implied a significant increase in the range of its Quds...

20 January 2022

USAF delays ARRW production decision, eyes revamped test plan

US Air Force (USAF) leaders are postponing making an AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (AR...
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