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Indian Army issues RFI for 350 ‘light tanks'
The Indian Army (IA) has invited responses from overseas and domestic vendors by 18 June to a request for information (RFI) regarding its planned procurement of 350...Full story -
US Army fields first IM-SHORAD to Germany
The US Army has begun fielding the new Initial Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (IM-SHORAD) system and the first weapon is now in Ansbach, Germany with the 5th...Full story -
PLAGF's 72nd Group Army conducts live-fire drills with new light 122 mm 6×6 SPH
China’s People’s Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF) has conducted a live-fire exercise using its new lightweight 122 mm self-propelled howitzer (SPH), which is being...Full story -
Two US Democrats vow to oppose additional F-35 requests to those in budget
US Representatives Donald Norcross and John Garamendi, both Democrats, vowed on 22 April to oppose authorising additional Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike...Full story -
Expanded complexity and scope mark first USN fleet exercise with unmanned systems
The US Navy will be mating manned and unmanned platforms and systems with greater complexity and scope than attempted in previous operations during April’s Unmanned...Full story -
EU aims to strengthen ATT implementation in Asia-Pacific
The European Union has launched a strategy to deepen defence and security ties with the Asia-Pacific including efforts to strengthen controls of transfers of military...Full story -
Fortem Technologies qualifies DroneHunter with FAAD C2
Fortem Technologies’ DroneHunter counter-unmanned aerial vehicle (C-UAV) system can now integrate with the US Army’s Forward Area Air Defense Command and Control system...Full story -
USAF to retrofit Reaper against jamming, fit further enhancements
The US Air Force (USAF) is upgrading its fleet of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) MQ-9A Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to be more resistant to...Full story -
Missing Indonesian Navy submarine found sunk, 53 declared dead
An Indonesian Navy (Tentara Nasional Indonesia – Angkatan Laut: TNI-AL) Cakra-class diesel-electric submarine (SSK) that went missing on 21 April has been found broken...Full story -
India's defence firms respond to Covid-19 crisis
Indian state-owned defence industrial enterprises are ramping up efforts to produce equipment and provide services in response to the country’s sudden surge in Covid-19...Full story -
SDA opens door to expanded, space-based electronic warfare
Ongoing work by the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency (SDA) to establish new military-centric satellite communications and networking systems has opened the door for...Full story -
Indian Air Force completes first Rafale fighter squadron
The Indian Air Force’s (IAF’s) first squadron equipped with Dassault Rafale multirole fighter aircraft is now complete after the final four aircraft arrived at Jamnagar...Full story -
SOCOM re-evaluates Global Analytics Platform update after SolarWinds breach
Officials at US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) are redrawing plans for a massive update to its command-wide battlefield intelligence analytics programme, in the wake...Full story -
Tsirkon hypersonic missile tests to be completed this year
Russia will complete trials of its Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile before the end of the year, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told a 20 April Ministry of Defence board...Full story -
Indian Navy issues RFI to lease 24 naval utility helicopters
The Indian Navy (IN) has invited responses from overseas vendors by 18 June regarding its planned lease of 24 twin-engined naval utility helicopters (NUHs) and related...Full story -
Israeli air defences miss errant Syrian SAM
Israel’s air defences failed to intercept a surface-to-air missile (SAM) that a Syrian S-200 (SA-5) system launched to counter an Israeli airstrike but that then coasted...Full story -
Airbus sees sustainment as key to UK NMH success
Airbus is to offer a solution for the New Medium Helicopter (NMH) requirement that provides long-term sustainment for the company, and for the United Kingdom’s...Full story -
ZALA Aero unveils hybrid engine UAV and GPS-independent UAS navigation system
The Kalashnikov Group’s ZALA Aero unveiled the ZALA 421-16E5G unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a hybrid powerplant and a navigation system for unmanned aircraft...Full story -
Communications malfunction hampers rescue of missing Indonesian submarine
An international effort to locate and rescue the crew of a missing Indonesian Navy (Tentara Nasional Indonesia – Angkatan Laut: TNI-AL) diesel-electric submarine (SSK)...Full story -
Hensoldt awarded ‘Quadriga' radar contract for Luftwaffe Eurofighters
Hensoldt has been awarded approximately EUR200 million (USD241 million) to build and deliver radar sets for the Luftwaffe’s fleet of Project Quadriga Eurofighter combat...Full story