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US Air Force issues airworthiness approval for Kitty Hawk's Heaviside eVTOL aircraft
The US Air Force's (USAF's) Agility Prime programme has issued airworthiness approval to Kitty Hawk for its Heaviside tilt propeller electric vertical take-off and...Full story -
USN to continue development of submarine-launched MEDUSA UUV
The US Navy (USN) is progressing the development of its new Mining Expendable Delivery Unmanned Submarine Asset (MEDUSA), with plans to demonstrate a prototype system in...Full story -
GA-ASI delivers first Reaper for the Netherlands
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) delivered the first MQ-9A Reaper medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for the...Full story -
IRGC Ground Forces receive new weapons
Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced on 7 July that its ground forces have received a range of new, advanced weapons that included tactical ballistic...Full story -
Egypt inaugurates major new naval base
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi inaugurated a large new naval base in the west of the country on 3 July.Full story -
AeroVironment develops new Crysalis ground control solution
AeroVironment has developed a new ground control solution (GCS) called Crysalis that will provide command and control (C2) of compatible company unmanned aircraft...Full story -
Nuclear site under construction in Iran: Janes produces ground-breaking data-driven study in partnership with Stanford
Janes, the trusted global agency for open-source defence intelligence, has worked in partnership with Stanford produce a comprehensive assessment of a nuclear site under construction in Iran using next-generation ‘structured observation management’ techniques.Full story -
Finland offered partner status in Eurofighter
Finland is being offered partner status in the Eurofighter programme as part of the consortium's bid for Finland's HX fighter procurement, BAE Systems representatives...Full story -
Hyundai Rotem delivers two MPUGVs for RoKA trials
Hyundai Rotem announced on 7 July that it has handed over to South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) two multipurpose unmanned ground vehicles...Full story -
Philippine Air Force grounds its C-130 transport fleet following fatal crash
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) has grounded its fleet of C-130 medium transport aircraft after a fatal crash on 4 July in the southern Philippine province of Sulu.Full story -
Number of Chinese vessels entering contiguous zone of disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands reached record level in first half of 2021
The number of Chinese government vessels spotted in the contiguous zone of the Japanese-controlled but Chinese-claimed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands hit a record high in the...Full story -
Turkey joins NATO Baltic Air Policing for first time since 2006
Turkey has joined the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission for the first time since 2006, with a detachment of Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcons arriving at Malbork Air...Full story -
USAF reveals further B-21 Raider details, new image
The US Air Force (USAF) has posted further details of the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider on its official website, as well as a new artist's rendering of the stealth bomber...Full story -
DAPA launches 'component registry' to bolster import substitution efforts
South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) launched a ‘domestic component registration system' on 7 July as part of wider efforts to promote import...Full story -
DAPA launches 'component registry' to bolster import substitution efforts
South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) launched a ‘domestic component registration system' on 7 July as part of wider efforts to promote import...Full story -
Pentagon cancels JEDI cloud computing contract
The US Department of Defense (DOD) has cancelled its contract with Microsoft on the controversial Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud computing...Full story -
UK to begin AH-64E transition in Q4
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is to begin flight operations of its newly acquired Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters in the coming weeks, ahead of...Full story -
US Army to outfit 64 Stryker vehicles with new network capability
Over the coming weeks the US Army's 2nd Cavalry Regiment will begin outfitting 64 Stryker double v-hull vehicles inside Germany with a package of network technologies...Full story -
Asia-Pacific, Middle East to dominate global offset opportunities over the coming decade, Janes data shows
The potential value of obligations linked to defence offsets and industrial co-operation requirements across the Asia-Pacific region are forecast by Janes to reach about...Full story -
China's third aircraft carrier taking shape
Recent aerial images of the aircraft carrier under construction at the Changxingdao shipyard in Shanghai show that the island unit has been installed and that most of...Full story