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US Air Force loses bid protest over planned award to Sikorsky for HH-60W upgrades
The US Air Force (USAF) has lost a bid protest filed by Sierra Nevada Corp (SNC) over the service's intention to sole-source a potential USD980 million indefinite...Full story -
Navy League 2021: US Navy says no to using Triton UAV for airborne early warning, control
The US Navy (USN) is uninterested in using the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton high-altitude long endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial system (UAS) for airborne early warning...Full story -
Discussions for bundled amphibious ship contracts continue between USN and HII
The US Navy (USN) and Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) are continuing to discuss a combined deal for amphibious assault and transport dock ships, according to Chris...Full story -
US Army conducts first RCV-M live-fire testing
The US Army is conducting shakedown testing with four Robotic Combat Vehicle – Medium (RCV-M) prototypes, and as part of this phase, has begun live-fire tests with the...Full story -
US approves potential sale of F-16 support to Greece
The US State Department has approved a potential USD270 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to provide sustainment materiel and services, as well as related equipment,...Full story -
SOUTHCOM head nominee pledges to work with Argentina to acquire Western warplanes
If confirmed as the next commander of US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), US Army Lieutenant General Laura Richardson pledged to have a “whole-of-government approach” to...Full story -
Two Sandown-class minehunters retire as UK starts manned MCM rundown
Two Sandown-class minehunters have been retired from the UK Royal Navy (RN) ahead of transfer to the Ukrainian Navy.Full story -
Ghana lines up L-39NG jet acquisition
Ghana's defence minster sought parliamentary approval for the procurement of six L-39NG aircraft from the Czech company Aero Vodochody on 2 August.Full story -
US State Department approves sale to Taiwan of 40 M109A6 Paladin SPHs
The US Department of State has approved a potential USD750 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Taiwan of 40 155 mm M109A6 Paladin self-propelled howitzers (SPHs) and...Full story -
US State Department approves sale to Japan of additional RIM-116C missiles
The US State Department has approved a potential USD61.5 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Japan of up to 44 RIM-116C Block 2 Rolling Airframe Missiles (RAMs) along...Full story -
Japan, Australia launch defence technology projects
Japan and Australia have launched two long-term projects to research defence science and technologies.Full story -
Navy League 2021: US Navy awaits testing of final four carrier Ford weapons elevators
The final four Advanced Weapons Elevators (AWEs) on the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford (CVN 78) are going through – or being prepared for – testing and...Full story -
China launches third Type 054A/P frigate for Pakistan Navy
The Pakistan Navy (PN) announced on 3 August that China's Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai has launched the third of four Type 054A/P frigates on order for the...Full story -
Navy League 2021: US Navy plans to increase testing to prove LCS combining gear fix
The US Navy (USN) plans to subject the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) combining gear fix to a much greater degree of normal propulsion-plant testing to ensure the new...Full story -
Vietnam reveals further details of new submarine rescue capabilities
Vietnam's Z189 shipyard has given further details of the country's new underwater rescue capabilities, following delivery of the Vietnam People's Navy (VPN) dedicated...Full story -
Turkmenistan's air force operating new M-346FA, C-27J, and A-29 aircraft
Video footage released by Turkmenistan's state-owned media indicates that the country's air force is operating three newly acquired aircraft types: the Leonardo M-346FA...Full story -
India's first locally built aircraft carrier begins sea trials
India's first indigenously designed and built aircraft carrier, the future INS Vikrant, left the country's southwestern port of Kochi on 4 August to embark on its maiden...Full story -
First Sadral installation for modernised La Fayette-class frigate
FS Courbet has become the first of three French Navy La Fayette-class frigates to be refitted with MBDA's Sadral ship self-defence missile system.Full story -
Israeli defence budget moves forward with government agreement
Israel's ministries of defence and finance reached an agreement together with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on a new annual defence budget for 2022, worth ILS58 billion...Full story -
Poland launches Miecznik coastal defence frigate programme
The Polish Armaments Inspectorate (AI) ordered three coastal defence frigates on 27 July from a consortium led by Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (Polish Armaments Group, PGZ)...Full story