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MAKS 2021: Kazakh firm takes stake in Russian aircraft manufacturer
Kazakhstan Aerospace Industries (KAI) has taken a 20% stake in Russian aircraft manufacturer Baikal-Engineering, the Kazakh government's Ministry of Industry and...Full story -
Indian Navy conducts maiden exercise with Carrier Strike Group 21
The Indian Navy (IN) participated in a bilateral passage exercise with Carrier Strike Group 21 (CSG21) – led by Royal Navy (RN) aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth – in...Full story -
Australian Army acquires DroneShield RfOne MKII C-UAS sensors
Australian counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) specialist DroneShield has sold several of its RfOne MKII long-range direction-finding sensors to the Australian...Full story -
DAPA rolls out capability support measures
South Korea's Defence Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has outlined a series of measures to support the national defence industry to respond to challenges...Full story -
Artificial intelligence firms Shield AI, Heron Systems join forces
Shield AI announced on 22 July that it has acquired Heron Systems, bringing together two US software companies that are developing artificial intelligence (AI) pilots...Full story -
INS Tabar seen with new combat system upgrades
The Indian Navy's Project 1135.6 (P1135.6) guided-missile frigate, INS Tabar (F44), has been upgraded with new combat systems.Full story -
Russia moves equipment away from training ground near Ukrainian border
Video footage and imagery sourced from social media and analysed by Janes between 13 July and 21 July appears to show that Russia has begun to withdraw equipment from a...Full story -
Greece receives first Rafale combat aircraft
The Hellenic Air Force (HAF) has officially received its first Dassault Rafale combat aircraft.Full story -
India's DRDO conducts test launches of indigenously developed manportable ATGM and SAM systems
India's government-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) test-fired on 21 July a manportable anti-tank guided missile (MPATGM) being developed for...Full story -
Blighter to supply B402 radars for international AFV fleet
The UK's Blighter Surveillance Systems has been contracted to provide at least 25 of its B402 target acquisition radars to a European armoured fighting vehicle (AFV)...Full story -
South Korea suspends project to replace the K1A submachine gun
The project to replace the K1A submachine gun, the main weapon of the Republic of Korea Army's (RoKA's) Special Warfare Command, has been temporarily suspended following...Full story -
Israel, TKMS agree schedule for offset discharge
The Israeli Ministry of Economy and Industry (MoEI) announced on 20 July that it had reached an agreement with Germany's Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) over the...Full story -
Taliban seeking to isolate major population centres in Afghanistan, says US JCS chairman
The Taliban are putting pressure on the outskirts of provincial centres in Afghanistan in a bid to isolate the country's major population areas from the government in...Full story -
Boeing bullish on Asia-Pacific despite Covid challenges
Boeing sees strong opportunities for growth in Asia-Pacific defence markets despite current challenges related to Covid-19, a company official has said.Full story -
South Africans deploy to Mozambique
The initial elements of the force that the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is deploying to Mozambique have begun arriving at Pemba, images that began to...Full story -
Navy League 2021: Ford provides US Navy lessons for other programmes
The growing costs and broken schedules the US Navy (USN) experienced in developing and building aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford (CVN 78) have provided lessons for...Full story -
Australian, US armies mark new level of interoperability at Exercise ‘Talisman Sabre'
The Australian and US armies have marked a new level of interoperability between the two services with the first-ever firings of Patriot surface-to-air missiles on...Full story -
Kuwaiti airbase upgrade revealed
The Kuwaiti Air Force's (KAF's) Ahmed al-Jaber Air Base is to undergo a significant upgrade to accommodate its new Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet multirole aircraft as...Full story -
Navy League 2021: US Navy sees command-and-control as key for unmanned operations
As the US Navy (USN) works towards the development of unmanned platforms, the service is focusing on the command-and-control (C2) of those systems and integrating them...Full story -
First footage of Russia's S-500 air defence system released
The first footage of the Almaz-Antey S-500 Prometey (‘Prometheus') air and missile defence system (GRAU designation 55R6M), shown conducting a test launch, has been...Full story