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Iraq orders new artillery
The Iraqi Ministry of Defence (MoD) has placed contracts with the United States and France for advanced weapons, including artillery, the state Iraqi News Agency cited...Full story -
China's Liaoning sorties more than 100 aircraft near Japan, Taiwan
The aircraft carrier Liaoning of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) navy flew more than 100 sorties in six days in a series of drills near Japan and Taiwan.Full story -
Joint fight: Pentagon‘s push for Mission Partner Environment
From the ‘coalition of the willing‘ that underpinned the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, the evolution of coalition warfare has been accelerated by the maturation of...Full story -
Taiwan conducts missile drills in southern waters
Taiwan's National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) – the country's primary military research and development (R&D) organisation – has conducted a...Full story -
Indo Pacific 2022: Australia to build new naval maintenance centre in Sydney
A new AUD1 billion (USD692 million) naval Regional Maintenance Centre (RMC) is to be built at Sydney's Garden Island defence precinct, Australian Minister for Defence...Full story -
Indo Pacific 2022: EOS launches marine version of R400S Mk 2 remote weapon station
Australian company Electro Optic Systems (EOS) formally launched its R400 Marine (R400-M) remote weapon station (RWS), mounting a 30 mm cannon, at the Indo Pacific 2022...Full story -
France receives first Servals
France's Ministry of Armed Forces received its first four Serval Véhicule Blindé Multi-Rôle Léger (VBMR-L) 4×4 light multirole armoured vehicles on 5 May. The Direction...Full story -
Defence Space 2022: UK Space Command details future plans
Having reached initial operating capability in April, the Commander of UK Space Command, Air Vice-Marshal Paul Godfrey, outlined the command's future plans.Full story -
USMC underscores continued importance of amphibious fleet
Even as the US Navy (USN) works through a study of the future fleet makeup, the US Marine Corps (USMC) plans to rely on the traditional amphibious forces, according to...Full story -
Ukraine conflict: Germany to supply PzH 2000s to Kyiv
Training of the Ukrainian artillery crews on the Panzerhaubitze (PzH) 2000 155 mm self-propelled howitzer (SPH) was scheduled to begin in the week of 9 May following...Full story -
F/A-18s to demonstrate ability to operate from Indian aircraft carriers
Boeing, which will demonstrate the ability of the F/A-18E Super Hornet to operate from Indian aircraft carriers, expressed confidence that the aircraft will exceed the...Full story -
Elbit Systems wins training contract for Dreadnought submarines
Elbit Systems UK has been selected to design and deliver training solutions for the Royal Navy (RN) Dreadnought Crew Training (DCT) programme, the company announced on 9...Full story -
Indo Pacific 2022: BMT positions ELLIDA design for Australia's SEA 2200 programme
Ship design firm BMT is positioning its ELLIDA multirole logistics support ship design for the Royal Australian Navy's (RAN‘s) Joint Support Ship Project, or SEA 2200.Full story -
Janes Welcomes Sheetal Shah as General Counsel
The trusted global agency for open-source defence intelligence welcomes Sheetal Shah as General Counsel.Full story -
Indo Pacific 2022: Thales, Ocius Technologies partner to develop unmanned ASW capability for Australia
Thales Australia has entered into a partnership agreement with Ocius Technologies “to advance the development and deployment” of a team of unmanned surface vehicles...Full story -
Ukraine conflict: US House okays USD40 billion for Ukraine
The US House of Representatives on 10 May approved a supplemental appropriations bill that would provide around USD40 billion in additional funding for Ukraine-related...Full story -
Indo Pacific 2022: Royal Australian Navy breaks cover on Speartooth large unmanned underwater vehicle
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has unveiled a large unmanned underwater vehicle (LUUV) that the service is developing with Melbourne-based defence electronics company,...Full story -
France orders more Jaguar and Griffon armoured vehicles
The Direction générale de l'armement (DGA), the French defence procurement agency, has ordered 88 more Jaguar 6×6 armoured reconnaissance vehicles and 302 additional...Full story -
Uruguay in negotiations to acquire A-29 Super Tucanos from Brazil
Uruguay is in active talks to buy 12 Embraer A-29 Super Tucanos from Brazil in a nearly USD40 million deal, sources in Brazil told Janes.Full story -
Indo Pacific 2022: Australia begins trials of Oceanwatch payload on S-100 UAVs
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has equipped its S-100 Camcopter rotor-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with the PT-8 Oceanwatch sensor payload.Full story