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USV operates with offboard ECM payload in NATO NEMO trial
Thales UK has demonstrated the operation of an offboard electronic countermeasures (ECM) payload from an unmanned surface vessel (USV) testbed as part of a NATO...Full story -
AAF 2.0: UK advances autonomous platforms in amphibious operations
The UK Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Marines (RM) have completed a major experimental exercise as part of the work to develop the Future Commando Force (FCF) and Littoral...Full story -
Safran, MTU agree framework for future fighter engine
Safran and MTU have agreed details on the development of a next-generation aircraft engine to power the New Generation Fighter (NGF) for France, Germany and Spain.Full story -
Expodefensa 2019: BlueBird Aero Systems' WanderB UAV makes regional debut
BlueBird Aero Systems’ WanderB vertical take-off-and-landing (VTOL) electric mini unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) made its Latin America debut on 2 December at the...Full story -
Expodefensa 2019: Saab says Colombia wants new fighters, in a break from past practice
The Colombian Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Colombiana: FAC) wants to procure new fighter aircraft to rejuvenate its fleet, a move that would break from past practices of...Full story -
Expodefensa 2019: Leonardo M-346FA aircraft makes show debut
Leonardo’s M-346FA fighter attack/light combat aircraft made its debut with a model shown at the Expodefensa trade show on 2 December as the company is promoting the...Full story -
SISU's new GTV 4×4 gets more powerful engine
Finland’s SISU has revealed details of its General Purpose Vehicle (GPV), a variant of the GTP 4×4 armoured vehicle that was released in 2018. The GPV has been modified...Full story -
Singapore commissions Special Operations Command Centre
The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has commissioned the Special Operations Command Centre (SOCC) as part of wide-ranging efforts to secure the country against the growing...Full story -
Netherlands MoD updates VOSS soldier system
The Netherlands Ministry of Defence (MoD) displayed its latest version of the Verbeterd Operationeel Soldaat Systeem (Improved Operational Soldier System: VOSS) at the...Full story -
USAF retires CALCM cruise missile
The US Air Force (USAF) has retired the Boeing AGM-86C/D Conventional Air-Launched Cruise Missile (CALCM) that has been operational for nearly 35 years.Full story -
Update: Saab flies first series-production Gripen E for Sweden
Saab has flown the first series-production Gripen E aircraft for Sweden, the company announced on 3 December.Full story -
MDHI reveals Block II advancement for MD 530G helo
MD Helicopters Inc (MDHI) has announced an improved Block II (2) variant of the MD 530G armed reconnaissance/light attack rotorcraft that it has developed in partnership...Full story -
Czech Republic orders eight ELTA MADRs
Czech Undersecretary of Defence Filip Říha and the director of the International Defense Cooperation Directorate in the Israel Ministry of Defense (SIBAT), Yair Kulas,...Full story -
Ukraine begins trials of Limpid see-through armour
The Ukrainian Army has begun trials of Limpid Armor’s Land Platform Modernisation Kit (LPMK), a see-through armour situational awareness system, on one of its BTR-4E...Full story -
China mass producing Y-9 surveillance aircraft
China is mass producing Shaanxi Aircraft Industry Group Corporation (SAIC) Y-9 special mission aircraft, according to a report published by the state-owned Global Times...Full story -
Sikorsky Colombia grows amount of native-born Black Hawk MRO personnel
The number of Sikorsky Colombia native-born Black Hawk utility helicopter maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) personnel at its Tolemaida Air Base facility has grown...Full story -
Iran dismisses latest European assessment of its ballistic missiles
Tehran has dismissed the latest European claims about its ongoing ballistic missile developments – including a new type of manoeuvring re-entry vehicle – in violation of...Full story -
Sikorsky in Colombia finishes Black Hawk production with unfinished airframe outside US for first time
Sikorsky has, for the first time, taken an unfinished Black Hawk utility helicopter airframe to finish production outside the United States at its hangar at the...Full story -
Damen building landing ship for Nigerian Navy
The Nigerian Navy has ordered a landing ship from Damen, it was confirmed on 9 December, when a ceremony was held at the Albwardy Damen Shipyard in Sharjah in the United...Full story -
NATO awards contracts for Alliance Future Surveillance and Control capability
The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) announced on its website on 5 December that it had awarded six contracts for the Alliance Future Surveillance and Control...Full story