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17 January 2022

Philippines to order more Black Hawk helos

The Philippines is to order 32 additional Lockheed Martin S-70i Black Hawk utility helicopters to ad...

17 January 2022

Pyongyang launches ‘railway missiles' in response to US sanctions

Two missiles that North Korea launched on 14 January were fired from the Korean People's Army's (KPA...

Air news

13 January 2022

Thales Alenia Space to build two SDS satellites for Intelsat

Intelsat has contracted Thales Alenia Space – a joint venture between Thales and Leonardo – for the ...

12 January 2022

Dassault aircraft deliveries rise

Dassault Aviation delivered 55 airplanes in 2021, up from 47 the year before, the French aerospace m...

07 January 2022

Turkey opens new engineering facilities for TF-X/MMU fighter

Turkey has opened new engineering facilities dedicated to the design, development, and manufacture o...

C4ISR news

14 January 2022

Leonardo contracted to help develop Eurofighter ‘Radar 1' for Germany, Spain

On 14 January Leonardo announced that it had signed a EUR260 million (USD297 million) contract with ...

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 ...

17 December 2021

KAI awarded contract to deliver four Baekdu-II ISR aircraft systems to the RoKAF

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has been awarded a KRW800 billion (USD675 million) contract to deve...

Industry news

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...

13 January 2022

Embraer to sell two Portuguese plants to Aernnova

Brazilian aerospace and defence company Embraer has agreed to sell two airframe factories in Evora, ...

12 January 2022

Airbus keeps eye on Kazakh situation

Airbus officials are maintaining a watchful eye on the situation in Kazakhstan as the country experi...

Land news

14 January 2022

New Czech defence minister sets her priorities

New Czech Defence Minister Jana Černochová presented her ministry's priorities during a press confer...

14 January 2022

Update: Bulgaria receives special forces vehicles

The Bulgarian Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on its website on 21 December 2021 that it had rec...

13 January 2022

US Army moves ahead with Stryker-based 50 kW-class laser weapon test plan

The US Army will continue testing Stryker vehicles integrated with 50 kW-class lasers in anticipatio...

Sea news

14 January 2022

Surface Navy 2020: Raytheon anticipates delivering AN/SPY-6(V)3 fixed phase radar in second quarter

Raytheon expects to deliver the first AN/SPY-6(V)3 fixed phase Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EA...

13 January 2022

Fincantieri announces start of construction for Italian Navy's first Type 212 NFS submarine

Fincantieri launched the start of construction for the Italian Navy's first new Type 212 NFS (Near F...

12 January 2022

UK carrier takes on NRF afloat command role

The UK Royal Navy (RN) aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales has assumed the role of afloat command s...

Security news

14 January 2022

US eyes bigger role for allied contractors

A provision in the newly enacted fiscal year (FY) 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) cou...

14 January 2022

Hyundai Rotem delivers MPUGVs to RoK Army

Hyundai Rotem has delivered two multipurpose unmanned ground vehicles (MPUGVs) to the Republic of Ko...

10 January 2022

South Korea grounds F-35 fleet after emergency landing

The Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) has grounded its Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint St...

Weapons news

17 January 2022

Philippines to deploy BrahMos missiles with new coastal defence unit

The BrahMos shore-based anti-ship missiles that Manila will acquire from India will be deployed with...

17 January 2022

Elbit Systems wins contract to supply CMS to Royal Swedish Navy

On 13 January Elbit Systems announced that its subsidiary, Elbit Systems Sweden AB, has been awarded...

14 January 2022

Smart Shooter unveils multicopter gun system

Israeli company Smart Shooter unveiled on 10 January its Smash Dragon system, which enables small mu...
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