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29 November 2022

Bulgaria signs LOA for follow-on F-16s

Bulgaria has signed a letter of offer and acceptance (LOA) for additional Lockheed Martin F-16 Fight...

29 November 2022

Bombardier begins PEGASUS work for Luftwaffe

Bombardier has inducted the first Global 6000 business jet ahead of conversion to the Persistent Ger...

Air news

25 November 2022

UK MoD issues PQQ for ISR space project

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has issued a pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) for Project Ober...

23 November 2022

First F-16 rolls off new production line

The first F-16 Fighting Falcon combat aircraft has rolled off the new production line in Greenville,...

24 November 2022

Autonomous UAV winch trialled at AWE for British Army

A novel air-ground payload transfer device intended for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has been tri...

C4ISR news

25 November 2022

Gurutvaa Systems ramp up Dronaam C-UAS deliveries to IAF

Indian company Gurutvaa Systems has despatched the first bulk production lot of its Dronaam counter-...

24 November 2022

Norway to procure new artillery location radars from Thales

Norway will acquire three new mobile artillery location radars from Thales under a government-to-gov...

18 November 2022

Elbit Systems UK signs MOU with Draken Europe to deliver UAS services

Elbit Systems UK and British company Draken Europe have signed an agreement to collaborate on and su...

Industry news

22 November 2022

Update: First C-130J-30 for Indonesia produced

The first of five Lockheed Martin C-130J-30s ordered for the Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU) has condu...

21 November 2022

Thales, PT Len to upgrade Indonesian corvettes

The Indonesian Navy's (Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Laut: TNI-AL's) four Diponegoro-class cor...

21 November 2022

First C-130J-30 for Indonesia produced

The first of five Lockheed Martin C-130J-30s ordered for the Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU) has condu...

Land news

29 November 2022

Finland completes mid-life upgrade of XA-180 APCs

Patria announced in a press release on 23 November that it had completed the mid-life upgrade of the...

24 November 2022

Finland exercises option for 38 more K9 SPHs

Finnish Defence Minister Antti Kaikkonen has approved the Finnish Defence Forces' (FDF's) proposal t...

24 November 2022

Future Armoured Vehicles Survivability 2022: Hensoldt develops MUSS 2.0 APS

Hensoldt presented its Multifunctional Self-Protection System (Multifunktionales Selbstschutz-System...

Sea news

29 November 2022

Saab to build two signals intelligence ships for Poland

Swedish defence and security company Saab has been awarded a contract by the Polish Armaments Agency...

25 November 2022

New Dutch expeditionary survey vessel enters service

The Royal Netherlands Navy's (RNLN's) new expeditionary survey boat (ESB), HrMs Hydrograaf (H 8021),...

24 November 2022

ZEUS scopes combat system retrofit for DDG 1000 destroyers

Plans are being developed by the US Navy (USN) that would see key parts of the combat suite equippin...

Security news

25 November 2022

Update – Changing the guard: Concern over US withdrawal of F-15 jets from Okinawa

The withdrawal of two squadrons of US Air Force (USAF) Boeing F-15C fighter jets from Okinawa has pr...

21 November 2022

Canada eyes larger defence role in Indo-Pacific

Canada plans to bolster its military presence and partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region amid growi...

16 November 2022

RAAF refuels South Korea fighter jet for first time

Weeks after signing a formal arrangement to co-operate on air-to-air refuelling, Australia and South...

Weapons news

22 November 2022

JMSDF demonstrates enhanced BMD capabilities with first SM-3 Block IIA firing

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has demonstrated its ability to engage in enhanced co-...

09 November 2022

UK Dragonfire laser weapon demonstrator completes first high-power firings

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has completed the first trials of a high-powered, long-range Laser ...

08 November 2022

Iran unveils longer-range SAM

The Iranian military unveiled the longer-range Sayyad 4B surface-to-air missile (SAM) for its Bavar-...
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