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DALO details plans to acquire inspection ROVs
The Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) has released further details of its request for information (RFI) to procure at least two remotely...Full story -
Update: France orders H160M helos for armed forces
France has contracted Airbus to begin production of the H160M Guépard (Cheetah) helicopter for the country's military, with an award disclosed by the Minister for the...Full story -
Philippine Army to boost its aircraft capabilities
On 15 December the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Lieutenant General Andres Centino, said that the manned airborne capabilities of the...Full story -
Rapid Dragon completes system-level flight-test series
The US Air Force Rapid Dragon Program successfully completed its final system-level flight test on 16 December with “a live fire of a current inventory cruise missile...Full story -
Netherlands retires CH-47D Chinooks
The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) has retired the last of its Boeing CH-47D Chinook heavy-lift transport helicopters.Full story -
USN awards new SM-2 production contract for FMS customers
The US Navy (USN) has contracted with Raytheon Missiles and Defense for a second buy of new-production Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) anti-air missiles for Foreign Military...Full story -
South Korea completes deployment of upgraded CBRN reconnaissance vehicle
South Korea's Ministry of National Defense has unveiled a new armoured personnel carrier (APC) concept that can better withstand chemical, biological, radiological, and...Full story -
Next-Generation Interceptor competitors complete SRR milestone
The competing interceptor design technologies vying to deliver the US Missile Defense Agency's (MDA's) Next-Generation Interceptor (NGI) requirement have both...Full story -
DARPA awards Phase 2 contracts for Manta Ray UUV demonstrators
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Martin Defense Group (formerly Navatek) and Northrop Grumman contracts to build full-scale unmanned...Full story -
France orders H160M helos for armed forces
France has contracted Airbus to begin production of the H160M Guépard (Cheetah) helicopter for the country's military, with an award disclosed by the Minister for the...Full story -
Greece orders Viking Norsafe Hellas speedboats for Hellenic Army
Greece's General Directorate for Defense Investments and Armaments (GDDIA) signed a framework agreement on 14 December with Viking Norsafe Hellas on the procurement of...Full story -
New details emerge on PLA's Z-10 attack helicopter
Video footage released by stated-owned China Central Television (CCTV) on 20 December shows new details on the weapon systems for the Changhe Aircraft Industry (Group)...Full story -
BAE Systems assembling three M88A3 HERCULES prototypes
BAE Systems is poised to begin delivering M88A3 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift and Evacuation System (HERCULES) prototypes to the US Army next year after...Full story -
Korean Air signs agreement to develop stealth UAVs
Korean Air announced on 22 December that it has signed an agreement with Korea Research Institute for Defense Technology Planning and Advancement (KRIT) to research...Full story -
US approves EMALS, AAG, sale to France
The US government has approved the Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of aircraft launch and recovery systems intended to equip France's next-generation aircraft carrier.Full story -
Long-overdue MLU of Greek Hydra-class frigates gains traction
The US State Department has approved the possible sale of equipment for the mid-life upgrade (MLU) of the Hellenic Navy's four Hydra (Meko 200 HN)-class frigates for an...Full story -
USMC ‘successfully' conducts MRIC prototype live-fire test
The US Marine Corps (USMC) announced that it “successfully” used its Medium Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) prototype to target cruise missiles during a 16 December...Full story -
UK and Japan agree future fighter engine development
The United Kingdom and Japan have agreed to the joint development of engine technology for the both the Tempest and F-X future combat aircraft programmes.Full story -
Russia tests Orion UCAV in air-to-air role
Russia has tested an Orion unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) in an air-to-air engagement against a rotary wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) during tests in Crimea,...Full story -
Spain approves Tiger III upgrade
Spain has approved its participation on the Tiger Mk III upgrade, to be conducted alongside partners France and Germany.Full story