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SICRAL 3 satellite programme reaches critical design review, details on future optical and satcom projects
Italy's geostationary (GEO) satellite communications programme SICRAL 3 (Italian System for Secure Communications and Alerts) has reached the critical design review...Full story -
Defense & Security 2023: DTI, ST Engineering partner on light vehicle
Thailand's Defence Technology Institute (DTI) and ST Engineering have teamed up to integrate a 4×4 light utility vehicle with the Singapore company's 120 mm Ground...Full story -
Defense & Security 2023: Norinco completes VT-4 deliveries to Thai army
China North Industries Group Corporation (Norinco) has disclosed that it has completed deliveries of all 60 VT-4 main battle tanks (MBTs) on order for the Royal Thai...Full story -
Defense & Security 2023: Marsun, TKMS pitch A-100 light frigate for Thai navy
Thai shipbuilder Marsun has teamed with ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) to offer the German company's MEKO A-100 light frigate to the Royal Thai Navy (RTN).Full story -
Germany forms panzer brigade to be stationed in Lithuania
The Bundeswehr is forming a panzer (armoured) brigade to be permanently stationed in Lithuania, the German Federal Ministry of Defence announced in a press release on 6...Full story -
Taiwan Army orders additional Kestrel anti-tank weapon systems
Taiwan's Republic of China Army (RoCA) has ordered an additional 5,962 Kestrel individual shoulder-launched anti-tank weapon systems (ATWSs) from state-owned National...Full story -
IFC 2023: Sweden charts next-generation fighter development
Sweden is considering its future next-generation combat aircraft requirements, having now launched Phase 1 of a concept exploration phase of a national study.Full story -
PLA arming Z-10 with new rocket pods
China is arming its new AVIC Changhe Aircraft Industries (Group) Company (CHAIG) Z-10 attack helicopter with at least two new types of rocket pods.Full story -
Germany to deploy Berlin-class oiler, first Type 125 frigate for Indo-Pacific tour
The German Navy will deploy its first-of-class Baden-Württemberg (Type 125) frigate and its second Berlin (Type 702)-class combat support ship, Frankfurt Am Main, to the...Full story -
UAE's coastguard using USV
The United Arab Emirates' (UAE's) Coast Guard Group contributed an unmanned surface vessel (USV) to the ‘Union Fortress 9' demonstration that was held on Yas Island in...Full story -
IFC 2023: Luftwaffe maps out vision for electronic warfare ‘loyal wingman'
The German Luftwaffe intends to operate its Eurofighter Elektronischer Kampf (EK) electronic warfare (EW) aircraft alongside a dedicated unmanned ‘loyal wingman', it was...Full story -
Defense & Security 2023: Norinco to supply Sky Saker FX80 UAV to Thai army
China North Industries Corporation (Norinco) has signed a contract with the Royal Thai Army (RTA) to supply its fixed-wing/vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) Sky Saker...Full story -
USAF to assess need for ‘post-F-16' affordable mass
The US Air Force (USAF) is to shortly begin assessing its longer-term requirement for an “affordable” aircraft that it can operate in the post-Lockheed Martin F-16...Full story -
Defense & Security 2023: Thailand, Rafael partner on Spike missiles
Thailand's Defence Technology Institute (DTI) has entered an agreement with Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense Systems to collaborate on producing the Spike family of...Full story -
Defense & Security 2023: Chaiseri launches 8×8 amphibious vehicle
Thai firm Chaiseri has unveiled its new 8×8 Armoured Wheeled Amphibious Vehicle (AWAV) at the Defense & Security exhibition in Bangkok.Full story -
UK looks to Netherlands tie-up for Serpens Deep Find radar
The UK has elected to pursue a government-to-government deal with the Netherlands for the procurement of a new Deep Find radar as part of a wider recapitalisation of the...Full story -
IFC 23: Poland sets out future F-35 ‘loyal wingman' plan
Poland is assessing the market as it looks to field an unmanned ‘loyal wingman' for its future fleet of Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II combat aircraft, the Deputy...Full story -
China deploys new infantry fighting vehicles along Taiwan Strait
The Eastern Theater Command (ETC) of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) has inducted a new type of 8×8 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) in an equipment awarding...Full story -
IFC 2023: Airbus details Eurofighter Halcon standards for Spain
The Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft to be delivered to the Spanish Air and Space Force (Ejército del Aire y del Espacio: EdAE) under the Halcon II procurement...Full story -
Finnish Navy Hamina-class FACs conduct first firings of Tp 47 torpedo
The Finnish Navy has conducted acceptance firings of the Torpedo 47 (Tp 47) lightweight torpedo from its Hamina-class fast attack craft (FAC).Full story