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Uzbekistan conducts first FD-2000 air-defence test
Uzbekistan’s Air Defence Force has conducted its first practical test of the Chinese FD-2000 medium-range air-defence system against a target drone, according to a video...Full story -
Red Hawk passes critical design reviews
Boeing and the US Air Force (USAF) have successfully completed the critical design reviews (CDRs) for the T-7A Red Hawk advanced jet trainer aircraft.Full story -
Oshkosh Defense seeks TerraMax growth
Oshkosh Defense is targeting an increasing range of applications for its TerraMax Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) autonomous technology, with the company seeing uses for...Full story -
Elbit unveils new micro UAS
Israel's Elbit Systems unveiled its Magni micro multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on 20 November, saying it is designed for squad, platoon, and company levels.Full story -
Update: Air Tractor files fresh bid protest over US Air Force light attack procurement
Air Tractor is protesting the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) light attack aircraft procurement over the determination that lead to the Textron Aviation AT-6B Wolverine becoming...Full story -
Dubai Airshow 2019: China's Chengdu promotes J-10C export variant
The Chengdu Aerospace Corporation (CAC), one of two major fighter aircraft design and production centres in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), revealed the export...Full story -
NATO receives first AGS Global Hawk
The first of five Northrop Grumman RQ-4D Global Hawk high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for NATO arrived at the type’s future operating...Full story -
MBDA positions ‘disruptive' interceptor solution for TWISTER missile defence project
MBDA is positioning a developmental disruptive endo-atmospheric missile concept for the interceptor component of the nascent European Timely Warning and Interception...Full story -
Afghanistan receives final MD 530F helos
Afghanistan has received the last of 60 MD Helicopters Inc (MDHI) MD 530F Cayuse Warrior light attack and reconnaissance rotorcraft that have been delivered from 2011.Full story -
Indonesian Navy conducts inaugural firing of shore-based 76 mm gun
The Indonesian Navy (Tentara Nasional Indonesia – Angkatan Laut: TNI-AL) has conducted the first test firing of a shore-based 76 mm gun that has been installed at a...Full story -
D&S 2019: RV Connex builds Thai profile
Thai company RV Connex is positioning itself as one of the country’s fastest growing private-sector defence companies, with developing capabilities across segments...Full story -
HHIC hands over second PKX-B-class patrol craft to RoKN
South Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC) has handed over the second Patrol Killer Experimental-B (PKX-B)-class fast attack craft on order...Full story -
LM continues to push F-35 to Germany
Lockheed Martin continues to promote its Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) to Germany, despite the country’s government excluding the aircraft...Full story -
Details emerge of new Chinese armoured breaching vehicle
Details have emerged about a new Chinese amphibious vehicle described as an armoured breaching vehicle in a 23 November video released by state-owned broadcaster China...Full story -
Update: Europe must defend itself, but not at the expense of NATO
Europe must take greater collective responsibility for its own defence but this should not come at the expense of the trans-Atlantic NATO alliance, senior government and...Full story -
Seoul lodges complaint with Pyongyang over firing drills near inter-Korean maritime border
South Korea has lodged a complaint with North Korea about what it described as artillery firing drills conducted by Pyongyang on 23 November from an islet near the...Full story -
Iran uses new SAM with indigenous HAWKs
A new type of surface-to-air missile was used with a Mersad system during a recent air defence exercise, Iranian media coverage from 22 November showed.Full story -
German Navy delays NH90 Sea Lion flight operations
The German Navy will not begin flight operations with its new NH90 Sea Lion helicopter for the time being because it does not meet the necessary safety and quality...Full story -
MBDA Deutschland pitches air-launched Enforcer missile
MBDA Deutschland is pitching an air-launched version of its Enforcer missile to Germany and beyond, a senior company representative told Jane’s on 27 November.Full story -
Afghanistan orders additional MD 530F helos
Afghanistan is to receive a further 12 MD Helicopters Inc (MDHI) MD 530F Cayuse Warrior light attack and reconnaissance rotorcraft, to add to the 60 already delivered.Full story