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UK Defence Command Paper: New headmark set for for Royal Navy
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has set out plans to grow an increasingly forward-deployed Royal Navy (RN) surface fleet as part of the government’s wide-ranging...Full story -
UK Defence Command Paper: UK sheds light on industrial strategy objectives
The UK has cast more light on its future approach to defence and security procurement, industrial co-operation, exports and the defence of supply chains in the Defence...Full story -
UK Defence Command Paper: Combat aviation hit hard by review
The Defence Command Paper to map out how the UK allocates its resources so as to conduct its security, defence, development, and foreign policy commitments over the...Full story -
UK Defence Command Paper: RAF to cut Wedgetail buy
The Royal Air Force’s (RAF’s) planned procurement of five Boeing E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) is to be cut, the UK Defence Command Paper...Full story -
UK Defence Command Paper: RAF, Army battlefield helicopter recapitalisation plans laid out
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has laid out its plans for recapitalising its rotary-winged battlefield lift in the mid-2020s.Full story -
UK Defence Command Paper: RAF to axe older Typhoons
The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) is to axe its fleet of Tranche 1 Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft, just six years after extending their out-of-service date to 2040 in...Full story -
AFRL completes second Golden Horde demonstration, shifts focus to Colosseum digital weapon ‘ecosystem'
A second flight test performed under the US Air Force’s Golden Horde networked collaborative weapons programme has seen four testbed munitions communicate and...Full story -
UK, South Korea reportedly start talks on carrier technologies
The United Kingdom and South Korea have reportedly started talks on potential co-operation on aircraft carrier technologies.Full story -
US Navy seeks prototype data fusion system for CUAS
The US Navy is seeking industry input toward the development of a new High Level Data Fusion (HLDF) prototype system architecture, designed to augment command and...Full story -
Indian Navy commissions eighth and final Mk IV landing craft
The Indian Navy (IN) has commissioned its eighth and final Mk IV landing craft utility (LCU) platform ordered from state-owned shipyard Garden Reach Shipbuilders and...Full story -
Philippine Navy commissions second and final José Rizal-class guided-missile frigate
The Philippine Navy (PN) commissioned its second and final José Rizal-class guided-missile frigate in a ceremony held on 19 March at Pier 13 in South Harbor, Manila.Full story -
JMSDF commissions second Maya-class guided-missile destroyer
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned its second Maya (Improved Atago)-class Aegis-equipped destroyer in a ceremony held on 19 March in Yokohama...Full story -
Rafale F3-R standard declared fully operational
France has declared the F3-R standard Dassault Rafale combat aircraft to be fully operational.Full story -
Reforms boost small-business defence deals in India
The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has procured defence equipment from micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) worth INR305 billion (USD4.2 billion) in the...Full story -
US Navy sees larger unmanned aircraft fleet with expanded roles
The US Navy (USN) future air wing will include greater numbers of unmanned aircraft with expanded mission sets, Vice Admiral James Kilby, deputy chief of naval...Full story -
AUSA Global 2021: US Army protecting first FLRAA batch from other service requirements
The US Army is prioritising its initial batch of Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) platforms for its own needs and will not build pre-existing capability onto...Full story -
AI development, training at the tactical edge inches towards reality
The ability for networked communications, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) and other artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled end-user platforms to...Full story -
France commits to SonoFlash active/passive sonobuoy
France’s Direction générale de l'armement (DGA) has contracted Thales for the full development, qualification, and production of the SonoFlash combined active/passive...Full story -
Boeing scores new test milestones for MQ-25A test asset
Boeing has chalked up two new milestones during flight testing of a pre-production version of the US Navy’s (USN’s) MQ-25A unmanned aerial refuelling aircraft.Full story -
Update: Sabrewing Aircraft nears first flight of Rhaegal UAV half-scale prototype
Sabrewing Aircraft plans to perform the first flight of its Rhaegal unmanned heavy-lift, long-range half-scale prototype aircraft by the end of March, Ed De Reyes,...Full story