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Covid-19: Zipline seeks permission to establish humanitarian operation in US
Zipline, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) medical delivery service, is seeking to establish a humanitarian operation in the United States to deliver personal protective...Full story -
RAND report cites options to address navy surface fire support gaps
As the US Navy (USN) readies its recently delivered guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) for offensive surface strike testing and training, the service is...Full story -
USAF releases M7.2+ upgrade to more than 600 F-16s
The US Air Force (USAF) has released the latest software and hardware upgrade planned for more than 600 of its Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon combat aircraft, the...Full story -
Covid-19: India set to ‘ramp up' defence production following lockdown
The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has called on state-owned defence enterprises to prepare to return to work and to “ramp up production” following the end of a...Full story -
Covid-19: Leonardo adapts helmet/mask for helo crews
Leonardo UK has adapted a helmet and mask system that is designed to enable military helicopter crews to continue to fly during the coronavirus pandemic.Full story -
Lithuania buys third Hunt-class MCMV from UK
Lithuania is acquiring a third ex-Royal Navy (RN) Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel (MCMV), the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has revealed.Full story -
US SPACECOM commander dismisses Iranian ‘webcam' satellite
The Noor-1 satellite that Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) launched on 22 April is a ‘tumbling webcam’, according to General Jay Raymond, the commander of...Full story -
South Korea to develop new submachine gun to replace K1A
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced on 31 March that it has begun seeking offers from local weapon manufacturers to develop a...Full story -
Lithuania acquires Wingman and Watchdog C-UAS systems
The Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence (MoD) has purchased an undisclosed number of counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) to support operations both at home and...Full story -
US Air Force hopes military flight certification of Agility Prime aircraft eases civil certification
The US Air Force (USAF) hopes its military flight certification process will ease the separate certification process necessary to permit aircraft participating in its...Full story -
Austal awarded contract to build six Cape-class patrol boats for Australian navy
Canberra announced on 1 May that it will be investing about AUD350 million (USD225 million) in a programme for the construction and supply of six Cape-class patrol boats...Full story -
US stops releasing Afghan airstrike metrics, citing peace process with Taliban
The United States has stopped the public release of its airstrike numbers in Afghanistan after more than a decade, with the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan...Full story -
US Army test-fires PrSM prototype at shorter range
Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control has test-fired its US Army Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) prototype for the third time with this go-around striking a target at...Full story -
AirMap offers digital airspace management system for US Air Force Agility Prime
AirMap is offering its autonomous aircraft digital airspace management system for the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) Agility Prime electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL)...Full story -
Covid-19: Boeing selling bonds to endure pandemic
Boeing has offered USD25 billion in bonds for sale to help it survive the aviation industry downturn caused by the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), according to the US...Full story -
Russian paratroopers drop on Arctic
Russia’s Airborne Troops (VDV) performed the world’s first group airdrop on 26 April from an altitude of some 10,000 m in the Arctic using special parachute systems and...Full story -
Flyt Aerospace bids its Red Hummingbird hoverbike for US Air Force's Agility Prime
Flyt Aerospace is offering its Red Hummingbird pilot-optional, fully-electric hoverbike for the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) Agility Prime electric vertical takeoff and...Full story -
Boeing ramps-up Red Hawk testing
Boeing has ramped-up flight trials of the T-7A Red Hawk jet trainer, noting its “busiest week ever” on 1 May.Full story -
South Korea plans to upgrade its SSM-700K anti-ship missile
South Korea is planning to enhance the performance of the locally developed SSM‐700K Haeseong (C-Star), sea-skimming, anti-ship missile, which has been in service with...Full story -
Beijing says it opposes ‘countries from outside the region' bolstering naval presence in South China Sea
China’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) said on 30 April that it opposes what it referred to as “countries from outside the region” bolstering their naval presence in...Full story