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11 June 2021

US transfers some Afghan MD 530F support to UAE

The United States has part transferred support of Afghanistan's fleet of MD Helicopters Inc (MDHI) M...

11 June 2021

UK practises for F-35B austere ops

The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has practised the deployment of its Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning com...

Air news

17 June 2021

US Air Force launches KC-Y tanker competition

The US Air Force (USAF) has formally launched its KC-Y tanker competition, with a request for inform...

17 June 2021

Taiwan signs USD1.75 billion weapons contract with US

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) announced on 17 June that it has signed two contracts wo...

16 June 2021

Saudi Arabia seeks foreign contractor to run Air National Guard

Saudi Arabia is to contract out the training and support of its Air National Guard (SANG), with a re...

C4ISR news

16 June 2021

South Korea to deploy rail-mounted robot, AI-based surveillance systems to enhance border security

South Korea plans to deploy two new surveillance systems later this year to enhance round-the-clock ...

16 June 2021

US Army awards enhanced HADES airborne ISR contract

The US Army has contracted L3 and Raytheon to demonstrate, develop, build, and integrate prototype e...

15 June 2021

US Navy accelerates TACAMO nuclear communications recap plan

The US Navy (USN) is accelerating plans to field the Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Hercules in the Take ...

Industry news

17 June 2021

Boeing names Poseidon support team for Germany

Boeing has namedESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH and Lufthansa Technik as national partners t...

17 June 2021

US Air Force launches KC-Y tanker competition

The US Air Force (USAF) has formally launched its KC-Y tanker competition, with a request for inform...

17 June 2021

Australia sets September deadline for Future Submarine design cost review

French shipbuilder Naval Group has been set a September 2021 deadline by Australian Prime Minister S...

Land news

17 June 2021

Taiwan signs USD1.75 billion weapons contract with US

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) announced on 17 June that it has signed two contracts wo...

16 June 2021

German Army Marder 1 IFV upgrade moves ahead

The German Army is moving forward with the life-extension programme for its Marder 1 infantry fight ...

14 June 2021

Brazil to launch tender for modernising Leopard 1A5BR MBTs

The Brazilian Army is seeking to upgrade its Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) Leopard 1A5BR main battle t...

Sea news

17 June 2021

Australia sets September deadline for Future Submarine design cost review

French shipbuilder Naval Group has been set a September 2021 deadline by Australian Prime Minister S...

16 June 2021

Hanwha Systems launches development for networked unmanned SAR operations

South Korean defence prime Hanwha Systems is set to lead a consortium comprising industry and academ...

15 June 2021

Iran commissions frigate, minesweeper

Iran's Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics handed over the fourth locally built frigate t...

Security news

17 June 2021

NATO leaders extend Article 5 mutual defence clause to space domain

NATO leaders have thrown down the gauntlet to protect their newest operational domain, warning adver...

07 June 2021

Pentagon Budget 2022: US Space Force expanding M-Code GPS capability

The US Space Force (USSF) is eyeing fiscal year (FY) 2022 as the window for service officials to mak...

02 June 2021

NATO leaders set to launch new ‘defence innovation accelerator' at summit

NATO leaders will consider two controversial proposals during their 14 June Brussels summit: increas...

Weapons news

17 June 2021

Taiwan signs USD1.75 billion weapons contract with US

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) announced on 17 June that it has signed two contracts wo...

08 June 2021

Norinco's PCL-181 SPH in service with PLAGF's 71st Group Army

Chinese state-owned media revealed on 6 June that an artillery brigade under the People's Liberation...

09 June 2021

MADEX 2021: LIG Nex1, Hanwha Systems showcase competing designs for RoKN's CIWS-II programme

South Korean companies LIG Nex1 and Hanwha Systems have showcased models of the close-in weapon syst...
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