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Nov 19, 2020, 17:09
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Gareth Jennings
The United Kingdom is to set up a Space Command, with operations set to begin in 2021.
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Nov 19, 2020, 17:09
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Gareth Jennings
The UK government has committed itself to the Future Combat Air System Technology Initiative (FCAS TI) in general and the Tempest future fighter in particular as part of...
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Nov 19, 2020, 14:15
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced plans to boost defence spending by £16.5 billion over the next four years, and create several new entities meant to counter increasingly sophisticated threats.
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Nov 19, 2020, 12:15
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Robin Hughes
The French government has selected MBDA to develop its Missile Haut de Trame/Missile Longue Portée (MHT/MLP – High Tier Missile/Long Range Missile) concept as the...
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Nov 19, 2020, 12:13
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Gareth Jennings
The Boeing F-15EX Advanced Eagle combat aircraft and KC-46A Pegasus tanker are the first platforms earmarked by the US Air Force (USAF) for the roll-out of its...
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Nov 19, 2020, 12:12
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Kosuke Takahashi
Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding has launched the first of a planned fleet of 22 3,900 tonne-class multirole frigates for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
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Nov 19, 2020, 12:11
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Jeremy Binnie
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) revealed that its naval wing is now operating a roll-on, roll-off ship that can be used as an expeditionary floating base...
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Nov 19, 2020, 09:11
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Samuel Cranny-Evans & Riccardo Cociani
China’s People’s Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF) has conducted an exercise in the municipality of Chongqing demonstrating its ability to requisition and modify...
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Nov 19, 2020, 09:11
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Samuel Cranny-Evans
The US-UK Team Tercio has secured ongoing development funding for its Duelist situational awareness system for small units operating in urban environments, following its...
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Nov 19, 2020, 09:10
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Giles Ebbutt
Multinational training is at the heart of maintaining interoperability and effective coalition readiness but there are significant challenges in doing so, according to...
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Nov 19, 2020, 09:08
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Marc Selinger
Lockheed Martin has promoted longtime executive Paul Lemmo to president of its Sikorsky helicopter company, replacing Dan Schultz, who is retiring, the US defence...
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Nov 19, 2020, 09:08
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Marc Selinger
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to boost defence spending by GBP16.5 billion (USD21.8 billion) over the next four years and create new entities for artificial...
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Nov 19, 2020, 09:07
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Marc Selinger
The United States engineering firm Belcan has acquired software engineering provider Avista, which serves defence and other sectors, Belcan announced on 18 November.
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Nov 18, 2020, 16:42
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Pat Host
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has issued contracts to three industry teams to develop experimental aircraft (X-plane) based on active flow...
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Nov 18, 2020, 15:58
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Andreas Rupprecht & Gabriel Dominguez
Footage released by Chinese state-owned media on 17 November of the test facility at the Huangdicun naval airbase suggests that Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) has...
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Nov 18, 2020, 13:53
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Jeremy Binnie
The Libyan National Army (LNA), the powerful faction that controls eastern Libya, has displayed what appears to have been a South African-made 155 mm G5 gun-howitzer and...
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Nov 18, 2020, 10:36
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Gareth Jennings
Iraqi Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcons have undertaken their first combat operation since the recent return to the country of contractors who had been evacuated...
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Nov 18, 2020, 09:06
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Ashley Roque
The Pentagon confirmed plans to slash US troop levels in Afghanistan from about 4,500 down to 2,500, and in Iraq from 3,000 to 2,500 before President-elect Joe Biden is...
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Nov 18, 2020, 09:05
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Pat Host
The US Navy (USN) in October acquired a logistics unmanned aerial system (UAS) prototype developed by Skyways of Austin, Texas, to demonstrate long-range naval...
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Nov 18, 2020, 09:04
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Dmitry Fediushko
Russia’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Protection Troops are testing the TOS-2 Tosochka multiple rocket launcher (MRL), the service’s commander,...
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