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Update: Boeing delivers first-production Super Hornet Block IIIs to US Navy
Boeing has delivered the first two of 78 contracted F/A-18 Block III Super Hornets to the US Navy (USN), which took delivery of the first platform on 31 August.Full story -
Update: India dissolves OFB, sets up new defence firms
The Indian government has established seven companies to undertake the industrial activities of the 41 defence factories operated by the state-owned Ordnance Factory...Full story -
Update: Airshow China 2021: Chinese air force unveils EW variant of J-16 multirole fighter aircraft
The People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has unveiled an electronic warfare (EW) variant of the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) J-16 multirole fighter aircraft...Full story -
Update: Pentagon, Lockheed Martin agree to adjust F-35 delivery expectations
The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin have agreed to adjust expectations for future deliveries, also known as a production rebaseline, of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike...Full story -
General Dynamics Mission Systems to prototype Hammerhead encapsulated mine
General Dynamics Mission Systems has been selected to develop and prototype the US Navy's (USN's) new Hammerhead encapsulated anti-submarine warfare (ASW) mine system.Full story -
Swedish Armed Forces request GlobalEye
The Swedish Armed Forces has made a formal request to procure the Saab GlobalEye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft on 1 October.Full story -
Korean Air wins contract to develop low-visibility technologies for UAVs
Korean Air (KAL) announced on 30 September that it has been selected to support the local development of low-visibility unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).Full story -
Czech Republic orders CAESAR SPHs
Czech Defence Minister Lubomír Metnar signed the contract for 52 CAESAR self-propelled howitzers (SPHs) in Prague on 30 September in the presence of French Armed Forces...Full story -
Airshow China 2021: CASC unveils CH-817 micro-surveillance and attack VTOL UAV
Chinese defence prime China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) has unveiled its backpackable Cai Hong-817 (Rainbow-817, or CH-817) micro-UAV at Airshow...Full story -
MK VI patrol boat order for Ukraine confirmed
Plans to rebuild Ukraine's naval capability have taken a further step forward after US company SAFE Boats International received an USD84.2 million contract to deliver...Full story -
North Korea conducts test-firing of new anti-air missile
North Korea's Academy of Defence Science (ADS) has test-fired what it claims to be a newly developed anti-air missile.Full story -
Sweden developing counter-jamming capability for Gripen to nullify ‘cheapest A2AD weapon of all time'
Sweden and Saab are developing the means to counter jamming of the global navigation satellite systems (GNSSs) of the Gripen combat aircraft in order to deny the enemy...Full story -
Terma bags contracts to supply Indonesia with electronic warfare, anti-submarine systems
Terma has received a contract to supply the Indonesian Navy (Tentara Nasional Indonesia – Angkatan Laut: TNI-AL) with a third-party electronic support measures (ESM)...Full story -
Australia to replace lost Growler
A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Boeing EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft that caught fire and suffered serious damage during an aborted take-off in 2018 is...Full story -
Rheinmetall readies new 155 mm self-propelled artillery system
Rheinmetall is using internal funding to develop a new 155 mm wheeled self-propelled (SP) artillery system to meet the potential requirements of the home and export...Full story -
Hyundai's acquisition of DSME delayed again
Hyundai Heavy Industries' (HHI's) acquisition of rival South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co (DSME) has been delayed again, according to...Full story -
IT firm SAGE Black gets new owner
US information technology business Criterion Systems has completed its third acquisition of 2021 by purchasing SAGE Black Consulting & Contracting, which provides...Full story -
NAVSEA award takes ESSM Block 2 into full-rate production
The US Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) has awarded Raytheon Missiles & Defense a contract worth up to USD1.28 billion for full-rate production (FRP) of the Block 2...Full story -
Griffon to explore selling Telephonics subsidiary
US conglomerate Griffon Corporation has launched a review of “strategic alternatives” for its Telephonics subsidiary, including whether to divest the defence electronics...Full story -
US DoD tests out five ‘cheap' counter-drone systems
The Pentagon is on the hunt for cheaper ways to down small aerial drones and recently hosted a demonstration at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona to test out five such...Full story