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Navy League 2023: US Navy contract provides for destroyer radar suit backfit
The USD619 million contract awarded to Raytheon on 29 March to buy SPY-6 radar sets for the US Navy (USN) also provides for the first SPY-6(V)4 versions to be backfit on...Full story -
Navy League 2023: New aircraft carrier radar suite set to go online in fourth quarter
With all the hardware installed on aircraft carrier John F Kennedy (CVN 79) for its SPY-6(V)3 radar suite in 2022, Raytheon is preparing to start bringing the radar...Full story -
Navy League 2023: Milestones reached on LPD programme
The US Navy (USN) awarded a contract for the next landing platform dock (LPD) amphibious ships while onboard testing on the enhanced radar suite is scheduled for the...Full story -
Navy League 2023: US Navy task order calls for DDG(X) radar analysis
Raytheon is working under a US Navy task order to analyse whether the service's future proposed guided-missile destroyer (DDG(X)) fleet should be outfitted with a radar...Full story -
ADASI demonstrates Garmoosha to Middle Eastern militaries, continues trials for UAE customer
Edge Group subsidiary ADASI demonstrated its Garmoosha light unmanned helicopter to a number of armed forces in the Middle East, including the UAE Navy in February 2023,...Full story -
SOFINS 2023: Actronika presents haptic feedback suit
French company Actronika unveiled a virtual tactical training system centred around a haptic feedback suit at the SOFINS 2023 defence exhibition held near Bordeaux,...Full story -
SOFINS 2023: Navy commando develops innovative grappling hook system
The Skeye Hook – a remote controlled grappling hook – was displayed for the first time at the SOFINS 2023 defence exhibition held near Bordeaux, France.Full story -
SOFINS 2023: Safran debuts Navkite autonomous maritime navigation system
Safran unveiled its Navkite maritime navigation system at the SOFINS 2023 defence exhibition, held near Bordeaux, France.Full story -
US, Japan explore development of hypersonic interceptor
The United States and Japan are exploring a partnership to jointly develop “glide phase intercept defensive capability” to counter hypersonic weapons, the US Missile...Full story -
DARPA seeks new space-based mass targeting software
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing a new satellite-based targeting software, capable of tracking upwards of 1,000 individual terrestrial...Full story -
Show boat: China's latest escort mission hints at wider export ambitions
In early February 2023, the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) conducted a duty handover ceremony in the Gulf of Aden. The ceremony was carried out between ships of...Full story -
Virgin Orbit to lay off most of its staff
Small-satellite launch provider Virgin Orbit plans to lay off about 675 employees, or about 85% of its workforce, to reduce expenses amid a cash shortage, the US-based...Full story -
Update – Ukraine conflict: Leopard 2A6 and Challenger 2 MBTs delivered to Kyiv
Ukraine has received German and Portuguese Leopard 2A6 and UK Challenger 2 main battle tanks (MBTs). The Portuguese Ministry of National Defence tweeted on 27 March that...Full story -
NATO opens innovation hub in UK
The first NATO Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) office was formally opened in London on 30 March, the authority announced.Full story -
Poland orders new radars for Pilica VSHORAD system
The Polish Armament Agency has signed a PLN1.1 billion (USD255.4 million) agreement with the PGZ-Pilica+ consortium for the Bystra radar, the authority announced on 29...Full story -
Ukraine conflict: Germany orders 10 PzH 2000 SPHs to replace those sent to Kyiv
Germany's Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology, and In-Service Support (Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der...Full story -
BEL to supply multiple technologies to Indian Armed Forces
Indian public sector undertaking (PSU) Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has secured multiple contracts from the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) to supply systems...Full story -
PLA's 73rd Group Army receives ZBL-09 vehicles
The Eastern Theater Command (ETC) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has inducted China North Industries Group Corporation's (Norinco's) ZBL-09 (also known as Type...Full story -
India signs contracts to acquire air and coastal defence systems
The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded contracts to supply Akash Weapon System (AWS), next-generation maritime mobile coastal batteries-long range (NGMMCB-LR),...Full story -
Two ALH accidents in three weeks raises questions about safety
The crash of a second Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Dhruv in three weeks has raised questions about the operational safety of the...Full story