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MilDef touts recent acquisitions, looks for more
MilDef's three recent acquisitions have made the Sweden-based information technology (IT) provider a more well-rounded supplier to its military customers, according to...Full story -
PAC-3 interceptor communicates with the AN/SPY-1 radar for first time
Lockheed Martin's Patriot Advanced Capability – 3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor successfully communicated with the AN/SPY-1 radar, a key...Full story -
L&T, Navantia propose S-80 submarine design for India's P-75(I)
Indian engineering firm Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has formed a teaming arrangement with Spanish shipbuilder Navantia to offer the latter's S-80 submarine design for India's...Full story -
Update: Netherlands orders GDELS bridging systems
The Netherlands signed a contract for three new bridging systems with General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) – Bridge Systems on 30 June, the Dutch Ministry of...Full story -
Navantia cuts steel for new submarine rescue ship for Spanish Navy
Navantia staged a steel-cutting ceremony for the Spanish Navy's new submarine rescue ship (Buque de Acción Marítima Intervención Subacuática: BAM-IS), to be named...Full story -
Equatorial Guinea negotiating Chinese frigate acquisition
Equatorial Guinea's Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue visited China Shipbuilding Trading Company (CSSC) twice during an official tour to China that began on 4...Full story -
US Army awards USD117.5 million contract for next-gen FLIR sensor
The US Army programme for third-generation FLIR sensors entered into low-rate initial production (LRIP), the service announced on 6 July.Full story -
Egypt makes big donation to Niger's military
The Armed Forces of Niger (FAN) has received a large consignment of military equipment from Egypt, the country's Ministry of National Defence (MDN) announced on 8 July.Full story -
French Navy's fire-damaged SSN Perle operational again
The French Navy's fire-damaged Rubis Améthyste-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) Perle (S 606) has been returned to active service following the successful...Full story -
Rheinmetall to build F-35 fuselages at new Weeze facility in Germany
Rheinmetall will establish a new facility at Weeze for the production of Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) fuselage sections.Full story -
Elbit to supply two patrol aircraft to APAC country
Elbit Systems announced that it has won a contract to supply two long-range patrol aircraft (LRPA) to an Asia-Pacific (APAC) country.Full story -
Indonesia ‘committed' to KF-21 project despite payment plan delay
Indonesia is “committed” to the joint development of the KF-21/IFX fighter development programme despite missing a deadline to provide South Korea with a payment...Full story -
Austria and Switzerland intend to join Sky Shield
Austria and Switzerland signed a letter of intent (LOI) to join the German-led European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI) on air defence during a trilateral meeting with...Full story -
US government report cites naval operational challenges and geopolitical tensions because of Arctic climatic shifts
A new Arctic landscape being sculpted by climatic changes is recasting US naval concepts and the global geopolitical framework associated with the region, according to a...Full story -
BAE Systems launches FalconWorks to explore ‘what comes after the next'
BAE Systems has stood up the new FalconWorks division within its Air business to explore “what comes after the next”, the head of the new unit, Dave Holmes, told Janes...Full story -
Update: UK awards E-Scan radar contract for Typhoon
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded BAE Systems GBP870 million (USD1.1 billion) for further development and integration of the European Common Radar System Mark...Full story -
China adds additional J-16s, J-20s to operational units
China has augmented its operational units with additional numbers of Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) J-16 multirole and Chengdu Aircraft Industries (Group) Company...Full story -
US Navy says Iranian warship fired on tanker
The US Navy's 5th Fleet has accused the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy (IRIN) of firing on a civilian tanker in international waters in the Gulf of Oman on 5 July.Full story -
New Royal Navy minehunting mother ship conducts landmark trials with USVs
The UK Royal Navy's (RN's) new minehunting mother ship has conducted its first trials with autonomous unmanned surface vessels (USVs) in what has been hailed by the...Full story -
France successfully launches military satellite
France's Syracuse 4B military satellite was successfully launched onboard the Ariane 5 rocket from the Guiana Space Centre on 6 July, the Directorate General of Armament...Full story