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Jun 10, 2020, 16:02
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Igor Bozinovski
A team of 14 Ukrainian pilots, engineers, and designers from the Odessa Aviation Plant (OAP) have returned home from Uganda after repairing and upgraded six training and...
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Jun 10, 2020, 16:02
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Gareth Jennings
The US Navy (USN) issued a sole-source contract notification for the commencement of low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the Northrop Grumman AGM-88G Advanced...
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Jun 10, 2020, 16:02
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Pat Host
A brief picket involving workers took place on 30 March at GE Aviation’s facility in Lynn, Massachusetts, where the company makes the T408 turboshaft engine that powers...
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Jun 10, 2020, 16:02
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Andrew Tate
China will have a naval fleet of 425 ‘battleforce’ ships and submarines by 2030 – an increase of almost 20% over the next 10 years – according to a US Office of Naval...
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Jun 10, 2020, 16:02
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Juan Ju
The China North Industries Corporation (Norinco) announced on 25 March that it has completed deliveries of its Red Arrow 12E (‘Hongjian-12E’, or HJ-12E) man-portable...
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Jun 10, 2020, 16:02
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Gareth Jennings
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Boeing USD1.5 billion to build P-8A Poseidon maritime multimission mission aircraft (MMA) for the US Navy (USN), South...
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Jun 10, 2020, 16:02
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Gabriel Dominguez
South Korea has begun adopting a new locally developed port surveillance system that can “more effectively” detect, identify, and respond to low-noise underwater...
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Jun 10, 2020, 16:02
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Thomas Bullock
The Russian armed forces have begun implementing steps to prepare for, and tackle, the spread of Covid-19. On 25 March, following an order from President Vladimir Putin,...
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Jun 10, 2020, 16:02
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Gareth Jennings
South Korea is to integrate advanced identification friend or foe (IFF) and datalink systems onto its Lockheed Martin KF-16 Fighting Falcon combat aircraft as part of a...
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Jun 10, 2020, 16:01
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Gareth Jennings
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) has begun flight trials of the first production-standard MQ-9B SkyGuardian unmanned aircraft system (UAS), the company...
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Jun 10, 2020, 16:01
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Pat Host
The US Air Force’s (USAF’s) chief of staff sees the US military services better collaborating on weapon systems if future defence spending declines due to the novel...
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Jun 10, 2020, 16:01
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Gareth Jennings
The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has stood-up an experimental unit dedicated to developing an operational ‘swarming drones’ capability, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) told...
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Jun 10, 2020, 16:01
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Charles Forrester
The risk of cyber-attacks against government targets, as well as disinformation campaigns, is on the rise during the Covid-19 pandemic, with the requirement for...
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Jun 10, 2020, 16:01
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Kosuke Takahashi
The Japanese Ministry of Defense's (MoD's) Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) has confirmed to Jane’s that it plans to pursue a Japan-led development...
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Jun 10, 2020, 16:01
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Robin Hughes
The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on 28 January released a pre-solicitation notice – in the form of a draft request for prototype proposal (DRPP) and system...
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Jun 10, 2020, 16:01
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Pat Host
The Pentagon has restricted gun use on Lot 9 and newer Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) conventional variants to combat-only after...
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Jun 10, 2020, 16:01
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Michael Fabey
The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) departed Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, on 3 February to...
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Jun 10, 2020, 16:01
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Nicholas Fiorenza
Latvian Defence Minister Artis Pabriks and his Finnish counterpart, Antti Kaikkonen, signed a technical agreement to improve the mobility of their armed forces by...
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Jun 10, 2020, 16:01
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Marhalim bin Abas
Malaysia is set to convert two PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) CN-235 transports into maritime patrol aircraft (MPAs).
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Jun 10, 2020, 16:01
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Robin Hughes
The US Air Force (USAF) is expected to declare an initial operating capability (IOC) with the Raytheon Missile Systems GBU-53/B StormBreaker glide munition on the Boeing...
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