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Maintenance failures and human error led to fatal 2020 USMC AAV mishap, investigations find
A combination of maintenance failures and human error led to the fatal assault amphibious vehicle (AAV) mishap on 30 July 2020 that caused the deaths of eight marines...Full story -
Estonia to receive Blue Spear missiles
The Estonian Defense Forces are due to receive the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)-made Blue Spear land-to-sea missile system, IAI said in a statement on 6 October.Full story -
UK MoD brings in new management to fix troubled Ajax programme
A senior UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) official has been drafted in to take over the running of the Ajax reconnaissance vehicle programme in a bid to get the troubled...Full story -
Update: North Korea conducts test-launch of new surface-to-air missile
North Korea's Academy of Defence Science (ADS) has test-launched what it claims to be a newly developed surface-to-air missile.Full story -
UK to streamline Afghan strike approval process
UK Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace has revealed that his ministry is working to streamline the approval process for future kinetic strikes against terrorist...Full story -
Lebanon receives ‘Little Bird' helos
Lebanon has received six MD Helicopters Inc (MDHI) MD 530 ‘Little Bird' scout and light-attack rotorcraft from the United States.Full story -
US Air Force awards Boeing C-17A large sustainment contract
The US Air Force on 27 September awarded Boeing a performance-based logistics (PBL) contract worth USD3.5 billion for the C-17A Globemaster III transport aircraft...Full story -
Beardsell & Sons showcase new trench warfare technologies
Beardsell & Sons, based in Cumbria, in the United Kingdom, has developed the Universal Battle Trench, a new system for building safe and better-protected infantry battle...Full story -
HHI lays keel for RoKN's first KDX-III Batch II guided-missile destroyer
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has announced that it held a keel-laying ceremony on 5 October in Ulsan for the first of three Sejong Daewang...Full story -
USAF deploys Bomber Task Force to UK
The United States has deployed Rockwell B-1B Lancer bombers to the United Kingdom, with the Bomber Task Force (BTF) arriving at Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford in...Full story -
Royal Thai Air Force begins receiving H135 training helicopters
The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has begun receiving Airbus H135 training helicopters, according to images posted by the service on social media on 15 September.Full story -
North Korea promotes new five-year military plan amid heightening tensions with Seoul
North Korea's launch in late September of a claimed hypersonic missile shone light on the country's five-year plan to develop ‘defence science and weapon systems'.Full story -
F-35 completes nuclear flight trials
Nuclear flight trials of the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) have been completed, paving the way for the type receiving its nuclear design...Full story -
Taiwan progresses ‘special’ funding plan as relations with Beijing deteriorate
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) has advanced its plan to allocate TWD240 billion (USD8.6 billion) in additional military funding to enhance the island’s sea and air combat capability.Full story -
US Army launches Chinook Block 2 production
The US Army has launched Block 2 production of the Boeing CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopter, with the manufacturer announcing two awards valued at a combined USD165...Full story -
Singapore lodges concerns with Malaysia over airspace incursion
Singapore has registered its concerns with Putrajaya over the September 2021 incursion of a Malaysian government helicopter into the republic's airspace.Full story -
Indian Coast Guard takes delivery of another Sankalp-class OPV
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has taken delivery of another Sankalp-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV).Full story -
Germany certifies A319 OH Open Skies aircraft
The Bundeswehr announced on its website on 30 September that its new Airbus A319 OH (Offener Himmel: Open Skies) aircraft is being certified by its Streitkräftebasis...Full story -
Airbus to pay USD1.04 million to settle overbilling case
Airbus US Space & Defense Inc, formerly Airbus Defense and Space Inc (ADSI), has agreed to pay USD1.04 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims...Full story -
Belgium ends F-16 air operations in Mideast
Four Belgian F-16 combat aircraft returned to Kleine–Brogel airbase in Belgium on 1 October from a 12-month Operation ‘Desert Falcon' (ODF) deployment to al-Azraq,...Full story