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South Korea signs for MH-60R helos
South Korea has signed for 12 Lockheed Martin MH-60R Seahawk anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopters for USD447.2 million.Full story -
Saab selects partner for Australian production of Barracuda MCSs
Saab announced on 6 April that it has selected New South Wales-based company Global Defence Solutions (GDS) as its Australian industry partner to locally manufacture the...Full story -
US Air Force seeks EO/IR sensor options for MQ-9
US Air Force Material Command’s intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) directorate is gathering industry input for a slate of “alternative and improved”...Full story -
UK-India council pursues carrier opportunities
The UK-India Business Council (UKIBC) has stated an intention to support efforts towards bilateral co-operation on submarines and aircraft carriers with the aim to meet...Full story -
USMC to acquire two Reaper UAVs
The US Marine Corps (USMC) is to acquire a pair of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) MQ-9A Reaper medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial...Full story -
Lockheed Martin contracts L3Harris for Viper Shield F-16V Block 70/72 electronic warfare system
Lockheed Martin in February sole-sourced L3Harris a cost-plus development contract to put its new AN/ALQ-254(V)1 Viper Shield electronic warfare (EW) system on the F-16V...Full story -
Barak ER development finalised and in production
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has finalised development, and is in production of, theFull story -
US Navy starts RFCM pod trials from P-8A Poseidon
The US Navy (USN) has begun flight testing a new pod-mounted radio frequency countermeasure (RFCM) prototype developed for the P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft.Full story -
US Navy deployments end for LCS Freedom
The Littoral Combat Ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) returned to port on 12 April from what the US Navy (USN) identified as the ship’s final deployment.Full story -
Taiwan registers largest number of PLA aircraft entering its ADIZ since at least mid-September 2020
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) announced on 12 April that a total of 25 Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft entered the island’s air defence...Full story -
Leonardo to unveil UK New Medium Helicopter demonstrator
Leonardo is to unveil a demonstrator helicopter at its Yeovil plant in Somerset in May to spearhead its bid to win the UK’s recently announced New Medium Helicopter...Full story -
Update: US Air Force completes XQ-58A Valkyrie's first payload release test
The US Air Force (USAF) on 26 March completed the Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie’s first release from its internal weapons bay, and its sixth flight test.Full story -
US, UK surge surveillance flights over Ukraine and Black Sea
US and UK surveillance aircraft have surged their operations in response to Russia’s military build-up along Ukraine’s eastern border and in Crimea since the end of...Full story -
South Korea monitoring Pyongyang's moves amid signs of activity at Sinpo shipyard
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) revealed on 12 April that they are closely monitoring the moves of the North Korean military amid signs of activity at Sinpo...Full story -
Boeing begins Poseidon assembly for Norway
Norway’s procurement of five Boeing P-8A Poseidons took a major leap forward on 12 April, with the announcement by the manufacturer that assembly of the first maritime...Full story -
Rebels report first Moroccan UAV strike
A senior commander of the Western Saharan rebels was killed by a Moroccan unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), according to El-Bashir Mustapha Sayed, an advisor to the...Full story -
New Delhi issues RFI for 155 mm/52 calibre self-propelled howitzers for the Indian Army
India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has invited responses by 9 June from domestic and foreign original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to its request for information (RFI)...Full story -
Dive Technologies pushes 3D printing for AUV manufacturing
Massachusetts-based startup Dive Technologies is looking to leverage additive manufacturing (AM) technologies, commonly referred to as 3D printing, for large and...Full story -
Number of JASDF scrambles drops 23% in FY 2020/21
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) scrambled its fighter aircraft a total of 725 times in fiscal year (FY) 2020/21 in response to foreign military aircraft...Full story -
Oman establishes military pension fund
Oman’s ruler, Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said, issued a royal decree on 7 April creating a separate pension fund for the country’s armed forces and security services.Full story