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Australia fast-tracks NSM Block 1A for RAN surface fleet
The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) is to fast-track the acquisition of the latest-variant Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA) Naval Strike Missile (NSM) Block 1A...Full story -
India tests enhanced Pinaka rockets
The Indian Army and the country's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) have trialled enhanced versions of 214 mm rockets used by the locally developed...Full story -
NATO details DIANA technology programme
NATO has revealed more details on the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) technology programme, whose charter was approved by allied foreign...Full story -
Argentina receives US State Department approval for T-6 sustainment and support deal
The US Department of State has approved a possible USD73 million Foreign Military Sale of T-6 Texan aircraft sustainment and related support to Argentina, the US Defense...Full story -
Kenya opens new pilot training centre
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta commissioned a new Aviation Centre of Excellence (ACE) at Laikipia Air Base on 7 April.Full story -
Brazil demonstrates H225M helicopter interoperability
To further boost naval aviation interoperability among the Airbus H225M helicopter crews of the Brazilian Armed Forces, the Brazilian Navy is hosting helicopters of the...Full story -
DSA 2022: China's Poly Defence displays GAM-10X anti-tank guided missile system
State-owned Chinese company Poly Defence displayed its indigenously developed GAM-10X anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) at the Defence Services Asia (DSA) 2022...Full story -
NATO approves charter of DIANA innovation accelerator with European headquarters in UK
NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels between 6 and 7 April approved the charter of the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) with a...Full story -
Canada unveils CAD8 billion defence budget increase
The Canadian government released a fiscal year (FY) 2022–23 federal budget on 7 April, which boosts defence spending by more than CAD8 billion (USD6.4 billion) over five...Full story -
SMi MRAS 2022: Updates on UK Heavy Lift Challenge
Speaking to Janes at the SMi Military Robotics and Autonomous Systems 2022 (SMi MRAS 2022) conference, London, James Gavin, head of the Future Capability Group (FCG) at...Full story -
Nordic ground forces increase integration in ‘Cold Response'
The recent Norwegian-hosted NATO exercise ‘Cold Response' provided a rare but important opportunity for Nordic ground forces to improve integration, a senior Norwegian...Full story -
Qatar receives first NH90 NFH helos
Qatar has received from Leonardo the first of 12 NHIndustries (NHI) NH90 NATO Frigate Helicopters (NFHs) ordered in 2018.Full story -
India enhances scrutiny of defence offsets
A total of 21 defence offset contracts in India during the past five years have been classified by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) as non-compliant, Ajay Bhatt, Minister...Full story -
Germany to arm UAVs
Germany is to arm its medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in a move intended for “improving the protection of soldiers on deployments...Full story -
SSTL to build satellite for UK's project MINERVA
UK Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) has awarded Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) a GBP22 million (USD28 million) contract to design and build a new satellite...Full story -
Training firms Top Aces, Blue Air join forces
Canada's Top Aces, which provides adversary aircraft to train fighter jet pilots in air-to-air combat, has expanded its portfolio by acquiring US-based Blue Air Training...Full story -
USAF, DARPA complete Lockheed Martin‘s HAWC test flight
Lockheed Martin's Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) completed a free flight test in mid-March, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)...Full story -
Sweden joins Common Armoured Vehicle System programme
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) has signed a technical agreement with Estonia,Finland, and Latvia to jointly develop a new 6×6 armoured personnel...Full story -
Navy League 2022: Problems with AARGM-ER first test addressed
The Pentagon's chief weapons tester disclosed that a July 2021 test of the US Navy's new AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range (AARGM-ER) from...Full story -
SMi MRAS 2022: iMUGS conducts Arctic demonstration, readies for swarming and autonomy trials
Speaking to Janes at the SMi Military Robotics and Autonomous Systems 2022 (SMi MRAS 2022) conference in London, Martin Jõesaar, chief of project office – integrated...Full story