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Update: New Zealand receives first P-8A
New Zealand has received the first of four Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft ordered in 2018.Full story -
Pentagon poised to ship Patriot missile battery to Ukraine
The US Department of Defense (DoD) and White House are finalising plans to deploy a Patriot air-defence battery to Ukraine, with final administration approval of the...Full story -
Marina de Guerra del Peru launches second landing platform dock vessel
The Peruvian Navy's second landing platform dock (LPD) multi-purpose ship BAP Paita (AMP-157) was launched from the Servicios Industriales de la Marina (SIMA) in Callao...Full story -
Rheinmetall identifies markets for KF51 Panther tank
Rheinmetall is targeting Leopard 2 operators with its KF51 Panther main battle tank (MBT), company officials working on the vehicle told defence journalists in Berlin on...Full story -
Luftwaffe submits Eurofighter EK study ahead of jammer selection by end of year
The Luftwaffe has submitted to its service chief a market study geared at informing the electronic attack payload for its Eurofighter Elektronischer Kampf (EK) aircraft.Full story -
Airbus to launch autonomous aerial refuelling trials with unmanned aircraft in 2023
Airbus Defence and Space (DS) is to begin trials of a new capability enabling its A330-200 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) to aerial refuel an unmanned receiver...Full story -
BAE Systems awarded USD294 million to modernise amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge
The US Navy (USN) awarded BAE Systems a USD294.7 million contract to dry-dock the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) for more than 20 months to do maintenance...Full story -
I/ITSEC 22: Marathon's robotic targets provide new training opportunities
Marathon Targets has devised new ways of using its autonomous robotic targets (ARTs) to support training, which are being employed by the US Marine Corps (USMC).Full story -
Australia's future extra-large UUV named ‘Ghost Shark'
Australia's push to develop extra-large unmanned underwater vehicles (XLUUVs) has been officially named the ‘Ghost Shark' programme in a ceremony on 12 December that...Full story -
Update: Thales wins major French communications contract
Thales has been selected as the prime contractor for increment 3 of the French Army's communications network programme.Full story -
Australia, India deploy integrated combat formations in bilateral drill
The Australian and Indian armies have conducted a bilateral training exercise with newly formed integrated combat units along India's western border with Pakistan.Full story -
Thales wins major French communications contract
Thales has been selected as the prime contractor for increment 3 of the French Army's communications network programme.Full story -
Update: Elbit Systems to supply Skylark I-LEX UAS to Australian Army
The Australian Army will be procuring Elbit Systems' Skylark I-LEX unmanned aerial systems (UASs) equipped with electro-optic (EO), and automatic dependent...Full story -
Kuwait exercises new tanks
Kuwait's new M1A2K tanks were displayed in the emirate for the first time during Exercise ‘Pearl of the West 2022', which was held with French forces from 25 November to...Full story -
VIDEX 2022: Vietnam operationalises locally developed unmanned vehicles for CBRN defence missions
The People's Army of Vietnam has operationalised an indigenously developed unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) and locally made multirotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)...Full story -
VIDEX 2022: Vietnam configures submarine rescue ship for hydrographic survey, medical operations
The Vietnam People's Navy (VPN) is in the process of fitting out its sole submarine rescue vessel such that it can also conduct hydrographic survey and medical relief...Full story -
Japan selects Patria's AMV for Type 96 replacement programme
The Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) has selected Finnish company Patria for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's (JGSDF's) wheeled armoured personnel carrier (WAPC)...Full story -
Estonia orders HIMARS
The Estonian Centre for Defence Investments (ECDI) announced in a press release on 3 December that its director general, Magnus-Valdemar Saar, had signed a contract with...Full story -
VIDEX 2022: Vietnam-developed air-defence radar commences final trials with army
A locally developed S-band medium-range 3D air-defence radar has commenced final trials with the People's Army of Vietnam (PAV) and the system is set to be deployed in...Full story -
VIDEX 2022: Vietnam Army deploys locally developed UAV for scout, targeting operations
The People's Army of Vietnam (PAV) has inducted a locally developed fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for scout and target acquisition missions across several...Full story