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Indonesia launches two more PC-40-class patrol vessels
Indonesian shipbuilder PT Caputra Mitra Sejati has launched two more PC-40-class patrol boats on order for the Indonesian Navy (Tentara Nasional Indonesia – Angkatan...Full story -
US Army seeking mobile camouflage systems for combat vehicles
The US Army is calling on industry to propose innovative, mobile camouflage systems (MCSs) that will better conceal its moving ground combat vehicles.Full story -
Pentagon awards GE Aviation contract modification for engine parts
The US Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) on 24 July awarded GE Aviation a contract modification worth about USD259 million for supplies related to aircraft engine platform...Full story -
NORTHCOM eyes private-sector satcom for Arctic operations
US Northern Command (NORTHCOM) faces challenges in securing satellite communications (satcom) in Arctic regions and is seeking to experiment with private-sector satcom...Full story -
Uzbekistan begins upgrading its T-64 MBTs
The Uzbek army has begun upgrading its fleet of T-64 main battle tanks (MBTs) to the T-64MV standard following a series of successful user trials, the State Committee of...Full story -
Portugal seeks to upgrade its Pandur II AFVs
The Portuguese Army is seeking to improve the Pandur II 8×8 armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) for its Intervention Brigade amid a broader effort to improve the type,...Full story -
Austal ‘cuts metal' for second Cape-class patrol boat for RAN
Australian shipbuilder Austal announced on 22 July that it has begun work on the second of six ‘evolved’ Cape-class patrol boats on order for the Royal Australian Navy...Full story -
Armenia claims Azerbaijani UAV kills
Armenia has displayed the remains of Israeli-made Azerbaijani unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) it claims to have destroyed in clashes earlier this month along the border...Full story -
UK MoD formally receives P-8A Strategic Facility from Boeing
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has received from Boeing a new GBP100 million (USD127 million) facility for the P-8A Poseidon MRA1 maritime multimission aircraft (MMA),...Full story -
First of five Saudi corvettes launched
The first of the five Avante 2200 corvettes that Spain’s Navantia is building for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF) was launched at the company’s San Fernando yard on...Full story -
Lockheed Martin willing to settle over Pentagon fees incurred managing poor F-35 spare parts
Prime contractor Lockheed Martin is willing to settle with the Pentagon over hundreds of millions of US dollars in labour costs that the armed services incurred in...Full story -
QinetiQ completes UK's first airborne MUM-T demonstration
UK-based systems and technology group QinetiQ has delivered what it claims to be the UK’s first successful demonstration of an airborne team comprising both manned and...Full story -
Smart Shooter announces lightweight remote weapon station
The Israeli company Smart Shooter unveiled on 21 July its Smash Hopper light weapon station that allows an assault rifle to be remotely controlled to provide a “one shot...Full story -
No future coming together of FCAS/SCAF and Tempest, French Senate reports
The Future Combat Air System (FCAS)/Système de Combat Aérien du Futur (SCAF) and Tempest programmes are likely to remain competitors according to a French Senate report...Full story -
Franco-Italian Horizon MLU feasibility study contract awarded to Naviris
Naviris, the 50/50 joint venture (JV) between Fincantieri and Naval Group, is to conduct a feasibility study into the mid-life upgrade (MLU) of the four Franco-Italian...Full story -
Further details emerge of South Korea's procurement of Indra air-surveillance radars for air bases
Further details have emerged about South Korea’s order of air-surveillance radar (ASR) systems from Spanish company Indra to support operations at military air bases.Full story -
DroneShield readies AI-driven C-UAS systems for USAF
DroneShield’s first contract win with the US Air Force (USAF) was driven by its use of artificial intelligence (AI) in its counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS)...Full story -
Royal Thai Army to trial Black Widow Spider AFV prototype
The Royal Thai Army (RTA) is set to begin trials of a new prototype of the locally developed Black Widow Spider wheeled armoured fighting vehicle (AFV).Full story -
US Army delivering M1A2C Abrams tanks to soldiers
Soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, have begun receiving the US Army’s M1A2C Abrams main battle tank (MBT), also known as the known as the M1A2 System Enhancement Package...Full story -
US Navy certifies carrier Ford's sixth advanced weapons elevator
The US Navy (USN) certified the sixth Advanced Weapons Elevator (AWE) aboard aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) on 22 July before turning it over to the ship’s...Full story