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NAVSEA awards industry studies for new AS(X) submarine tender
The US Navy (USN) awarded three concept refinement and preliminary design contracts on 4 April for studies to support the acquisition of a new class of submarine tender...Full story -
BAE Systems brings HMS Dragon PIP conversion to Portsmouth
BAE Systems has switched the major power generation upgrade for the UK Royal Navy (RN) Type 45 air defence destroyer HMS Dragon from the Cammell Laird yard in Birkenhead...Full story -
Update: India's Helina ATGM tested at high altitudes
India's Helina fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) has been successfully flight tested at high altitudes.Full story -
India plans to develop combat UGV based on Arjun tank
India's state-run Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is planning to develop a new combat unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) based on India's Arjun Mk 1A...Full story -
SMi MRAS 2022: Switzerland details recent robotic and autonomous systems programmes
The Swiss Federal Office for Defence Procurement (armasuisse) is trialling robotic quadruped, remote-controlled spider excavators and various drones.Full story -
India's Helina ATGM tested at high altitude
India's Helina fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) has been successfully flight tested at high altitude.Full story -
Israel outlines successes for offset in 2021
Israel's Industrial Cooperation Authority (ICA) announced on 10 April that the organisation had facilitated USD926 million in offset agreements in 2021 through 183 new...Full story -
HAL, IAI to develop B767 multi mission tanker
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) have signed an agreement to transform passenger Boeing 767s to Multi Mission Tanker Transports...Full story -
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