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05 August 2022

Taiwan reports underplay ‘hundreds' of PLA aircraft in live-fire drills

China says it is dispatching hundreds of combat aircraft to the six live-fire zones around Taiwan. H...

05 August 2022

China launches ballistic missiles into waters near Taiwan

China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) launched a barrage of ballistic missiles into waters near Tai...

Air news

04 August 2022

Rocket Lab launches surveillance satellite for Australian DoD, US NRO

The second of the two surveillance satellites co-developed by the National Reconnaissance Office (NR...

04 August 2022

USSOCOM awards Armed Overwatch contract to L3Harris Technologies

US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has selected L3Harris Technologies as the lead contractor fo...

04 August 2022

Boeing avoids labour strike at three US defence plants

Unionised workers at three Boeing military aircraft factories in and near St Louis, Missouri, have a...

C4ISR news

02 August 2022

Israel Aerospace Industries unveils new STAR-X 3D naval radar

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has expanded its naval radar portfolio with the introduction of a ...

01 August 2022

Microflown Avisa applies 3D shockwave detection for improved counter-artillery capability

Microflown Avisa and Leonardo have developed new acoustic artillery detection technologies, briefing...

27 July 2022

US Army weighing IVAS production decision, unlikely to meet September fielding date

US Army soldiers continued to experience technology and fit challenges during a recent operational t...

Industry news

02 August 2022

Update: Hanwha announces defence consolidation

Hanwha Aerospace has announced a merger of the Hanwha group's defence businesses as part of plans to...

04 August 2022

US Army conducts Iron Dome flight test

US Army soldiers recently used Rafael Advanced Defense Systems' Iron Dome during a live-fire test ag...

04 August 2022

Australia launches review into future military capability

Australia has announced a sweeping defence strategic review that will urgently examine the posture, ...

Land news

04 August 2022

Kasser II MRAP consignment seen in UAE

A production batch of Kasser II mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicles was seen when the Un...

02 August 2022

UK disbands armoured infantry brigade

British Army chiefs have disbanded one of the service's three armoured infantry brigades as they pro...

02 August 2022

US Army receives first upgunned Stryker, hardware and software fixes made

Oshkosh Defense has delivered its first upgunned Stryker to the US Army after the service discovered...

Sea news

04 August 2022

Russia unveils naval doctrine amid Navy Day celebrations

Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a new naval doctrine on 31 July that offers a glimpse of R...

04 August 2022

Japan, US deploy assets near Taiwan amid Chinese military buildup

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the US Navy (USN) have deployed several military a...

01 August 2022

Dutch MoD deploys newly leased RoRo ship for first time

The Dutch Ministry of Defence (MoD) has officially put into service its newly leased medium Roll-on/...

Security news

28 July 2022

US lawmakers advance bill to boost chip making

The US Senate on 27 July passed a Pentagon-backed bill that would provide USD76 billion to shore up ...

20 July 2022

US lawmakers raise security concerns about Chinese logistics system

The US House of Representatives has backed a proposal that would prohibit the US Department of Defen...

13 July 2022

New Zealand to explore more proactive defence agenda

The New Zealand Ministry of Defence (MoD) has launched a Defence Policy Review that could represent ...

Weapons news

03 August 2022

Update: China releases rare footage of supposed DF-17 missile firing

China state broadcaster CCTV has released a video that includes launch footage of what it claims to ...

27 July 2022

AARGM-ER hits land-based radar system in third live-fire test for US Navy

The US Navy completed a third live-fire development test (DT3) of the Northrop Grumman AGM-88G Advan...

27 July 2022

US Army to publish new NGSW timetable, issued ‘stop work order' after competition protest

The US Army asked Sig Sauer to resume Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) work in early July after L...
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