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Pentagon pursuing V-22 software changes to better present existing information to pilots
The Pentagon is working on a pair of software changes to its fleet of Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotors that will have the aircraft better display existing information...Full story -
US Army Secretary nominee defends modernisation portfolio
Christine Wormuth, the Biden administration’s nominee to be the next US Secretary of the Army, vowed to lawmakers that in the role she will push forward with the...Full story -
USAF plans to reduce fighter aircraft fleet to about four platform types
The US Air Force (USAF) plans to reduce its fighter fleet from seven platform types to about four, or “4+1”, according to its chief of staff.Full story -
Image suggests new widebody variant of CAIG Z-8G helo is in PLAGF service
An image has emerged on Chinese online forums suggesting that the new widebody variant of the Changhe Aircraft Industries Group (CAIG) Z-8G medium-lift transport...Full story -
EU tracks Chinese and Russian vaccine disinformation campaigns
China and Russia have shifted their pandemic-related disinformation strategies against the West from distortions about face-masks and the Covid-19 virus itself to...Full story -
UK and US confirm Russian responsibility for SolarWinds attack
The US and UK governments on 15 April 2021 attributed the high-profile SolarWinds intrusion campaign in December 2020 to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service...Full story -
KAI proposes developing indigenous military transport aircraft
Korea Aerospace Industry (KAI) has released a promotional video showing computer-generated imagery (CGI) of the multirole military transport aircraft the company is...Full story -
US Army concludes trial of Chinook fitted with King Stallion engines
The US Army, Boeing, and General Electric (GE) have concluded trials of an NCH-47D Chinook heavy-lift helicopter fitted with the more powerful GE T408 engines of the...Full story -
Germany, Poland agree to defend each other's airspace
Germany and Poland have agreed to allow each other’s combat aircraft to cross their national borders in the event of a quick reaction alert (QRA) scramble.Full story -
US Army PrSM test flight pushes 400 km range
Lockheed Martin is billing the latest flight test of a US Army’s Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) prototype as a ’success’, after it flew about 400 km to a target site at...Full story -
France receives upgraded motorised floating bridges
The Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA), the French defence procurement agency, announced on its website on 6 May that it had received and delivered the first four...Full story -
PLAGF's Xinjiang Military Command operating ZBL-09 IFV
Chinese state-owned media revealed on 12 May that the People’s Liberation Army Ground Force’s (PLAGF’s) Xinjiang Military Command has begun operating the China North...Full story -
Malaysia retains Boustead as shipbuilder for LCS programme
The Malaysian government has decided to retain state-affiliated Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS) as the shipbuilder for the country’s troubled Maharaja Lela (Gowind)-class...Full story -
MHI conducts first test flight of upgraded variant of SH-60K naval helicopter
Japanese company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) announced on 12 May that it has conducted the first test flight of an upgraded variant of its SH-60K multirole naval...Full story -
IRGC harasses US warships again
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy (IRGCN) has indicated that its recent harassment of US Navy (USN) vessels is part of a renewed policy of confrontation rather...Full story -
Janes analysts shortlisted in the 2021 Aerospace Media Awards
Insights from the trusted global agency for open-source defence intelligence were shortlisted seven times in the 2021 Aerospace Media Awards.Full story -
Air Tractor, L3Harris reveal Sky Warden ISR and light strike aircraft
Air Tractor and L3Harris Technologies have revealed their latest intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and light strike platform, dubbed the AT-802U Sky...Full story -
Rolls-Royce to supply MTU generators for FFG-62 frigate programme
Rolls-Royce has been selected to supply MTU naval generator sets for the US Navy’s (USN’s) new FFG-62 Constellation-class guided missile frigate programme (previously...Full story -
Australian defence budget to rise to AUD44.61 billion
Australia’s defence budget for the 2021–22 financial year will rise by 4.4% to AUD44.61 billion (USD34.84 billion), including AUD1 billion for the Australian Signals...Full story -
Israel Shipyards to supply Shaldag Mk V fast patrol boats to Philippine Navy
Israel Shipyards announced on 12 May that it has won a tender to supply Shaldag Mk V fast patrol boats to the navy of an East Asian country, which Janes understands to...Full story