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Pentagon leaders detail outstanding issues of military withdrawal from Afghanistan
Pentagon leadership is still sorting through a host of issues tied to withdrawing US military forces from Afghanistan by 11 September, including how to provide future...Full story -
Logistics and data crunching should lead AI's first applications for allies, say officials
Artificial intelligence (AI) will impact “everything” in the defence domain, but its application to logistics, object-motion recognition, and rapid data-crunching should...Full story -
French defence minister details budget strategy
French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly updated the defence committee of the chamber of deputies, the lower house of France’s parliament, on the Loi de Programmation...Full story -
Hook in the sky: Russia ramps up its unmanned aerial capabilities
Russia, considered a pioneer in the development of manned aircraft, has turned to the development and deployment of advanced unmanned aerial systems (UASs). Moscow is...Full story -
Boeing outlines offset commitment on Indian P-8I programme
Boeing has confirmed that its anticipated sale of additional Boeing P-8I Neptune maritime multimission aircraft (MMA) to India will be accompanied by an offset...Full story -
Update: DSME launches fifth Daegu-class frigate for South Korean navy
South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has launched the fifth of eight Daegu (FFX-II)-class guided-missile frigates on order for the Republic of...Full story -
Indian Air Force receives first three aircraft for second Rafale squadron
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has begun receiving aircraft for its second squadron of French-made Dassault Rafale multirole fighters.Full story -
Sierra Nevada protests US Air Force's planned award to Sikorsky for HH-60W upgrades
Sierra Nevada Corp (SNC) is contesting the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) intention to sole-source a USD980 million contract to Sikorsky for HH-60W Jolly Green II combat search...Full story -
Seoul promotes greater co-operation in defence R&D
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) is updating rules related to military technology intellectual property (IP) to enable local institutions...Full story -
US Army leaders take budget cut warnings to Capitol Hill
US Army leaders are telling lawmakers that if the service incurs a deep funding cut in 2022 over this year’s USD176.6 billion spending level, then there will be...Full story -
Austal closes in on Philippine investment opportunity
Australian shipbuilder Austal is progressing plans to acquire a strategic shipyard in the Philippines that the government in Manila wants to be a key asset in the...Full story -
Iraqi Su-25s, UAVs grounded because of lack of spares
Iraq’s Russian-made Su-25 ground-attack aircraft and Chinese-made CH-4 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are currently grounded owing to a lack of spare parts, according...Full story -
Russian Navy ships continue to visit Sudan
The Russian Navy’s Amur-class repair ship PM-138 was photographed in Port Sudan on 2 May, continuing a series of recent visits after Khartoum reportedly halted work on a...Full story -
Phantom Works-led Arctic sensor consortium to demonstrate new concepts
The Integrated Remote Sensing for the Arctic (IRSA) Development Group (IDG) plans to demonstrate its capability for the first time from 18–25 August, consortium...Full story -
UK's Dstl kicks off next-generation anti-armour developments
The UK’s Defence and Science Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has disclosed details regarding the proposed roll-out of the British Army’s next-generation anti-tank...Full story -
Update: Australia removing Elbit software from army's battle management system
Elbit Systems Australia (ELSA) has been formally advised that the software it has provided for the Australian Army’s digital battle management system (BMS) under Project...Full story -
Delayed Ethiopian poll likely to be disrupted by ongoing conflict
Ethiopia’s general election, originally scheduled for August 2020 but delayed amid the Covid-19 pandemic, is set for 5 June. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is looking to...Full story -
Australia to build new facilities at HMAS Cairns to support Arafura-class OPVs
The Australian government announced on 4 May that it will invest AUD155 million (USD119.7 million) in new and upgraded facilities at Royal Australian Navy (RAN) base...Full story -
Lockheed Martin awarded contract for PrSM long-lead items
The United States Army Contracting Command has awarded Lockheed Martin a USD20 million contract for the procurement of long-lead item materials to support the...Full story -
Russian MoD summarises exercises in Crimea and on Ukrainian border
The Chief of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff, Army General Valery Gerasimov, has detailed the number of personnel and systems involved in a series of exercises...Full story