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South Korea prioritises offsets on KF-21 programme
South Korea has added its domestically developed KF-21 (Boramae) fighter aircraft to its list of priority defence offset projects during the coming few years.Full story -
Snakehead LDUUV prototype completes ‘milestone' IPOE demonstration
The US Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport has revealed an end-to-end demonstration of a so-called intelligence preparation of the operational...Full story -
SNC to trial ISR high-altitude balloon for UK MoD
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has selected Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) unmanned high-altitude balloon (HAB) as part of Project Aether, the company announced on 10...Full story -
France completes Mali withdrawal
The French military announced on 15 August that it has completed its withdrawal from Mali, saying the last unit from its main base at Gao had crossed into Niger earlier...Full story -
QNu Labs to deliver quantum communication systems to Indian Army
The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has decided to procure quantum key distribution (QKD) systems from Bangalore-based QNu Labs to enhance secured communication for the...Full story -
Qatar Emiri Air Force receives first Typhoons, readies aircraft for QRA duty
Four Qatari Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft are to depart from BAE Systems Warton site “within days” to take up quick reaction alert (QRA) duty ahead of the FIFA...Full story -
Australia plans to drop PC-21 from attack controller training
Australia is “developing options” to better meet Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) training.Full story -
Iran hosting UAV competition for Russia's Army Games
An Iranian base that is allegedly used to train foreign terrorists to operate unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is hosting part of the International Army Games 2022,...Full story -
First Italian PPA departs on maiden deployment
The first of the Italian Navy's new class of multirole offshore patrol ships (Pattugliatore Polivalente d'Altura: PPA), ITS Paolo Thaon di Revel (P 430), has set sail...Full story -
Taiwan engages US on missile sustainment
Taiwan has awarded the US a contract to sustain missile systems operated by the Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF). The deal – worth TWD2.5 billion (USD84 million) –...Full story -
US Army to receive four Mid-Range Capability battery prototypes, fielding set for 2023
Lockheed Martin is poised to deliver four initial Mid-Range Capability (MRC) weapon system batteries to the US Army by the end of 2022. If all goes as planned the...Full story -
Indonesia, US conclude massive multinational military exercise with eye on China
The US and Indonesia have brought down the curtain on what has become Southeast Asia's largest multinational military exercise, part of which was held near disputed...Full story -
Details emerge on mesh hybrid networking system for EU's UGV programme
Details on the mesh communications system in development as part of the Integrated Modular Unmanned Ground System (iMUGS) programme, the European Defence Fund's (EDF)...Full story -
UK seeks new GEO satellite for Skynet
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is seeking a Narrowband Satellite System (NSS) for the Skynet Enduring Capability (SKEC).Full story -
UK prepares for Land GBAD procurement
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) published a prior information notice for the Land Ground Based Air Defence (Land GBAD) programme on the UK government's tender portal on...Full story -
Babcock and IAI to collaborate on radar for UK Serpens project
Babcock is to collaborate with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and subsidiary Elta Systems to offer a deep-find radar solution for the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD)...Full story -
China test-flies ‘improved' carrierborne UAV
China has claimed the successful test-flying of a new vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) intended for service aboard the People's...Full story -
USMC CH-53E marks first transport of JLTV to ship and back to shore
The US Marine Corps (USMC) used a Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion heavy-lift helicopter to transport a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) to a ship and back to shore for...Full story -
Update: Taiwan reports underplay ‘hundreds' of PLA aircraft in live-fire drills
China says it is dispatching hundreds of combat aircraft to the six live-fire zones around Taiwan. However, Taipei's daily air incursion reports show smaller figures....Full story -
RAF continues roll-out of A400M capabilities with first operational aerial refuelling
The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) is continuing the process of rolling out the capabilities of the Airbus A400M C1 Atlas, announcing on 11 August the first operational aerial...Full story