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Aero India 2021: HAL's loyal wingmen break cover
The state-owned company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has revealed the Combat Air Teaming System (CATS) family of ‘loyal wingmen’ or ‘manned-unmanned warriors’,...Full story -
Systematic updates Frontline mounted C2 software suite
Systematic has developed a new version of its Frontline command and control (C2) software, the company announced on 4 February. Frontline is the mounted element of...Full story -
Sikorsky-Boeing nears return to wind tunnel FLRAA testing
Sikorsky-Boeing is returning to the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC), located at Moffett Field in Mountain View, California, in...Full story -
Poseidon build for Norway begins
Norway’s procurement of five Boeing P-8A Poseidons took a major leap forward on 29 January, with the announcement by the manufacturer that production of the first...Full story -
Pearson Engineering unveils mine avoidance and emergency clearance systems
Pearson Engineering has launched its Threat-Sense and Threat-Pathway air-scatterable and surface placed mine clearance solutions: a machine learning-based mine detection...Full story -
Northrop Grumman touts Fire Scout UAS for shipborne ASW
Northrop Grumman is touting its MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned aircraft system (UAS) as a future ship-based anti-submarine warfare (ASW) platform, with a recent trial off the...Full story -
Duterte approves procurement of 15 more Black Hawk helicopters for Philippine Air Force
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the acquisition of 15 more Sikorsky Black Hawk multirole helicopters for the Philippine Air Force (PAF), Cabinet...Full story -
Aero India 2021: Indian Air Force issues RFP to HAL for 70 basic trainers
The Indian Air Force (IAF) issued a request for proposals (RFP) to state-owned company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the planned acquisition of 70 Hindustan...Full story -
Australia to procure new landing craft and amphibious vehicles
Canberra will invest up to AUD800 million (USD610 million) to acquire new fleets of Australian-built amphibious vehicles and landing craft, Defence Minister Linda...Full story -
Aero India 2021: Indian TEDBF naval fighter showcased by HAL
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has showcased for the first time its Twin-Engine Deck Based Fighter (TEDBF) concept for the Indian Navy (IN), with a scale model...Full story -
RAF to begin UK-based Protector UAS trials in July
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is to launch United Kingdom-based trials later this year geared at facilitating the entry into service of its General Atomics Aeronautical...Full story -
South Korea enacts ‘foundational' defence industrial legislation
The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) in Seoul has announced the enactment of a ‘foundational’ new law that aims to expand the national defence...Full story -
Update: Lockheed Martin reports reduced F-35 deliveries for 2020 due to Covid-19
Lockheed Martin delivered fewer F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft to domestic and international customers than planned in 2020, with the ongoing...Full story -
Pentagon freezes proposed troop drawdown plans in Germany
Plans to pull US troops out of Germany and redistribute them are on ‘freeze’ while the Biden administration reviews why the decision was made and how it will affect the...Full story -
US Navy prepares for shipbuilding plan changes
After releasing a shipbuilding plan in December 2020 that called for a significant fleet increase, US Navy (USN) officials say they now expect a course change with the...Full story -
Iran flight tests new solid rocket motor
Iran announced that it had tested a new satellite launch vehicle (SLV) called the Zoljanah for the first time on 1 February, saying it uses a new, more powerful...Full story -
Aero India 2021: HAL awarded contract for 83 Tejas LCA aircraft
The Indian government has formally awarded state-owned company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) a contract to produce 83 indigenously designed Tejas Light Combat...Full story -
Update: US Air Force reduces number of most critical KC-46A deficiencies
The US Air Force (USAF) reduced from six to four the number of most critical Category 1 deficiencies in the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus aerial refuelling tanker programme on...Full story -
Kazakhstan receives first Buk-M2E air-defence system from Russia
Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced on 1 February that it has taken delivery of its first battalion set of the Russian-made 9K317M2E Buk-M2E (SA-17...Full story -
Egyptian Air Force displays SCALP cruise missile
An MBDA SCALP cruise missile appeared for the first time in official Egyptian military media when one was seen in a 2 February video of a joint exercise with the French...Full story