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Japan marks first landing of F-35B fighter on second Izumo-class ship
Another Izumo-class helicopter carrier has become only the second Japanese naval vessel to embark a fixed-wing fighter aircraft on its flight deck since the Second World...Full story -
Australia to procure SM-2, SM-6 missiles in AUD7 billion deal
Canberra is acquiring the Standard Missile-2 Block IIIC (SM-2 IIIC) and Standard Missile‑6 (SM-6) effectors under an AUD7 billion (USD4.6 billion) agreement with the...Full story -
Portuguese Army seeks multirole helicopters
The Portuguese Army is looking to acquire new multirole helicopters, with the country's Ministry of National Defence (MND) launching a procurement programme for EUR40.9...Full story -
Canberra plans new defence precinct for Western Australia
Australia's Department of Defence (DoD) has announced plans to establish a Commonwealth Defence Precinct at Henderson shipyard in Western Australia. The new facility...Full story -
Quantum Systems updating Twister and Vector UAVs
Quantum Systems is extending the endurance of its Twister unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from 75 to 90 minutes, Casey Martin, the company's head of business development,...Full story -
Steadicopter unveils Golden Eagle Heavy Strike UAV
Steadicopter unveiled a missile-armed version of its Golden Eagle rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on 14 October at the Association of the United States Army...Full story -
US Army seeks information on contracted helicopter pilot training, potential UH-72A replacement
The US Army has released a request for information (RFI) seeking to learn how contractors might provide initial flight training for helicopter pilots, including...Full story -
Ex-HMS Swiftsure enters final phase of dismantling
The first of the UK Royal Navy's (RN's) decommissioned nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) to undergo dismantling and recycling at Babcock's facilities in Rosyth...Full story -
Ajban Mk2 enters UAE service
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) released a video showing locally made Nimr Ajban Mk2 4×4 armoured vehicles in service with its forces for...Full story -
UK demonstrates new infrared countermeasures capability
The UK has completed end-to-end tests of a new infrared (IR) countermeasures capability intended to protect Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft against IR-guided manportable...Full story -
First RAF Wedgetail receives livery ahead of delivery
The first of three Boeing E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning Mk 1 (AEW1) aircraft for the United Kingdom has been rolled out in its Royal Air Force (RAF) livery.Full story -
AUSA 2024: Elbit brings MATR-X to America
Elbit Systems of America featured its Multi-Mission AESA Tactical Radar – X-band (MATR-X) at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) 2024 conference in...Full story -
Feature: UK faces hard choices on future combat air capability
Set against the twin challenges of a deteriorating security situation in Europe and the constraints of an already taut defence budget, one of the biggest debates playing...Full story -
216 Sqn to lead RAF effort to field unmanned ‘loyal wingmen'
The UK Royal Air Force's (RAF's) 216 Squadron will lead the service's effort to field an unmanned ‘loyal wingman' capability over the coming years.Full story -
Netherlands procures NASAMS and NOMADS air-defence systems
The Dutch Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace announced on 14 October that the Netherlands is procuring the National Manoeuvre Air Defence System...Full story -
Russian Tigr seen at Equatorial Guinea's parade
The presence of a Russian tactical vehicle during Equatorial Guinea's military parade on 12 October supports earlier reports that Russian troops have deployed to the...Full story -
US CNO says service on track to complete two-thirds of surface ship maintenance on time
The US Navy (USN) is on track to more than double the percentage of surface ship maintenance completionsif finished on time, said Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the chief of...Full story -
Australia to transfer 49 M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine
Australia is gifting 49 M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine to bolster the latter's ongoing fight against the Russian invasion.Full story -
Netherlands details Leopard 2A8 MBT procurement
Dutch State Secretary for Defence Gijs Tuinman has detailed his country's procurement of 46 Leopard 2A8 main battle tanks (MBTs) in co-operation with Germany in a letter...Full story -
US Air Force B-2 Spirits bomb hardened targets in Yemen
The US Air Force (USAF) has employed multiple Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit stealth bombers to hit five “hardened underground weapons storage locations” in Yemen,...Full story