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Winning streak: China hits stride in armed MALE UAV exports
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Brewing up a storm: Tempest ushers in new era for UK combat aviation
When the UK revealed its Combat Air Strategy (CAS) at the Farnborough International Air Show in 2018, a main pillar of this strategy was ‘Team Tempest’. This team,...Full story -
Industrial action: Finnish defence-industrial capabilities
The requirement for the Finnish Air Force to replace its Boeing F/A-18C/D Hornet multirole combat aircraft by 2030 has brought with it the need to ensure that Finland...Full story -
Exercise ‘Steadfast Defender 2021' to test NATO's new command structure
NATO exercise ‘Steadfast Defender 2021’, which is being held between 12 May and 2 June, will be the first major test of the alliance’s adapted command structure,...Full story -
EU's proposed rapid reaction entry force faces many hurdles
The EU’s new goal of creating a so-called initial entry force for rapid expeditionary deployment to regions in crisis sounds good on paper but is fraught with thorny...Full story -
F-16 contractors leave Iraq's Balad again
The Lockheed Martin contractors who are supporting the Iraqi Air Force’s fleet of F-16 multirole fighters have left Balad Air Base again due to security threats, the US...Full story -
Elbit to cover costs of replacement Hermes 900 for Switzerland
Elbit Systems will cover the cost for Switzerland of replacing a Hermes 900 Heavy Fuel Engine (HFE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that crashed during pre-delivery trials...Full story -
Norinco's PCL-181 SPH in service with PLAGF's 80th Group Army
Chinese state-owned media revealed on 7 May that the China North Industries Group Corporation (Norinco) 155 mm PCL-181 wheeled self-propelled howitzer (SPH) has entered...Full story -
US Navy again accuses IRGCN of ‘unsafe' operations in the Strait of Hormuz
A number of Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) fast in-shore attack craft (FIAC) conducted unsafe and unprofessional manoeuvres on 10 May and failed...Full story -
Prize catch: Gremlins testing puts air-recoverable UAVs within reach
In late 2020, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) revealed that an industry team led by Dynetics (a subsidiary of Leidos) had come just short of...Full story -
South Korea's ADD announces development of autonomous navigation technology for UAVs
South Korea’s Agency for Defense Development (ADD) announced on 11 May that it has completed development of a new ‘sense-and-avoid’ navigation technology aimed at...Full story -
PLAGF's Xinjiang Military Command operating new 122 mm, 4×4 SPH
China continues to modernise the equipment and enhance the combat capabilities of the People’s Liberation Army Ground Force’s (PLAGF’s) Xinjiang Military Command, with...Full story -
India's military assists in fight against second Covid-19 wave affecting country
India’s military has been widely employed to assist the country in its fight against the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic by providing doctors, medical staff, and...Full story -
Northrop Grumman to develop sense-and-avoid solution for Triton
The US Navy (USN) has issued Northrop Grumman with a prototype and risk reduction contract for the development of a sense-and-avoid (SAA) capability for the MQ-4C Triton...Full story -
Update: Lockheed Martin, Pentagon establish bi-directional communications between fifth-generation aircraft, ground units
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and the Pentagon for the first time established bi-directional communications between fifth-generation aircraft in flight while also sharing...Full story -
Update: US Navy advances OASuW Inc 2 development
The US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Program Executive Office for Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons (PEO [U&W]), Precision Strike Weapons Program Office on 30...Full story -
Launcher set up at UK MoD Hebrides for GQM-163A firings
A US launcher asset dating from the late 1960s has been installed on the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) Hebrides range off northwest Scotland ahead of the 10-nation ‘At...Full story -
USN to deploy MQ-4C Triton HALE UAV to Japan for first time
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) in Tokyo announced on 7 May that the US Navy (USN) will temporarily deploy the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton high-altitude, long-endurance...Full story -
Philippines releases funding for ‘second horizon' procurements
The Philippine government has released funding worth about PHP12 billion (USD252 million) to support a series of acquisitions under the Armed Forces of the Philippines...Full story -
Hanwha Defence lines up K21-105 light tank for India
Hanwha Defense has told Janes it plans to offer its K21-105 Light Tank to meet a new requirement within the Indian Army. If selected for the programme Hanwha Defense...Full story