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18 October 2021

Industry eyes Thunderbolt USB port connections to achieve commonality

Combat information technology company General Micro Systems (GMS) is betting that integration of Thu...

14 October 2021

Australia loses MH-60R helicopter in Philippine Sea mishap

The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has lost one of its MH-60R Seahawk helicopters in a mishap over the ...

Air news

18 October 2021

USAF seeks new Advanced Tactical Trainer aircraft

The US Air Force (USAF) is seeking a new advanced tactical trainer, with a request for information (...

18 October 2021

Update: AUSA 2021: Bell passes halfway point of 360 Invictus prototype assembly

Bell is 60% into assembly of its 360 Invictus prototype that it is developing for the US Army's Futu...

15 October 2021

New Russian PD-35 turbofan engine commences ground testing

Early-stage static testing has begun on the engine core that will become the new Russian PD-35 turbo...

C4ISR news

18 October 2021

Hide and seek: Pentagon's inspector general auditing delayed IVAS programme, capabilities missing

The US Department of Defense's (DoD's) Inspector General is auditing the army's militarised version ...

14 October 2021

US Army and Microsoft working to ‘mature' IVAS technology, delays operational testing and fielding

The US Army has postponed plans to field Microsoft's HoloLens 2 augmented reality (AR) system to sol...

06 October 2021

Germany certifies A319 OH Open Skies aircraft

The Bundeswehr announced on its website on 30 September that its new Airbus A319 OH (Offener Himmel:...

Industry news

18 October 2021

UK extends Batch 1 River-class OPV life out to 2028

The UK Royal Navy (RN) plans to maintain its Batch 1 River-class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) in s...

18 October 2021

Partner 2021: Serbia to buy two C295 airlifters and more H145M helicopters, shows new weapons and equipment

Serbia will buy two C295 transport aircraft and a larger number of H145M helicopters from Airbus, Mi...

15 October 2021

QinetiQ reports ‘strong' H1 but warns of possible profit hit

QinetiQ Group had a “strong operational performance” in the first half of fiscal year (FY) 2022 desp...

Land news

18 October 2021

Mbombe 4 rolls out new armour addition

South Africa's Paramount Group has created a new add-on armour package for the Mbombe 4 mine-resista...

18 October 2021

Rheinmetall unveils Australian-developed Lynx Combat Support Vehicle

Rheinmetall Defence Australia unveiled a new privately developed tracked combat support vehicle (CSV...

15 October 2021

Rheinmetall presents high-roof version of Fuchs armoured vehicle

Rheinmetall announced in a press release on 14 October that it has developed a high-roof version of ...

Sea news

15 October 2021

Canada upgrades maritime COMINT/SIGINT capability under Project Strongbow

Canada is investing in an improved communications intelligence (COMINT) and signals intelligence (SI...

15 October 2021

Nigeria orders second OCEA survey vessel

French shipyard OCEA has confirmed that the Nigerian Navy has awarded it a contract to build a secon...

14 October 2021

Papua New Guinea commissions second Guardian-class patrol vessel

Papua New Guinea Defence Force's (PNGDF's) Maritime Element has commissioned its second Guardian-cla...

Security news

06 October 2021

Regional maritime security co-operation tackles Gulf of Guinea piracy

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency's (NIMASA's) Director-General Bashir Jamoh st...

11 October 2021

ANSSI consolidates role at heart of French cyber security

At the International Cybersecurity Forum (Forum International de Cybersécurité: FIC) in Lille on 7 J...

05 October 2021

Taiwan progresses ‘special’ funding plan as relations with Beijing deteriorate

Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) has advanced its plan to allocate TWD240 billion (USD8.6...

Weapons news

18 October 2021

South Korea to series-produce new man-portable mine-detection system

South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced on 18 October that it has ...

15 October 2021

Pakistan Army commissions HQ-9/P air-defence system

The Pakistan Army's (PA's) Air Defence forces have inducted into service a variant of the Chinese-ma...

15 October 2021

Saab reveals MBDA link as Arexis air-launched decoy breaks cover

Saab and MBDA have disclosed that they are working together on the development of a miniaturised pow...
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