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Study says USAF faces unsustainable budgetary and force structure challenge
Rapidly growing operations and maintenance (O&M) costs are forcing the US Air Force (USAF) to request record budgets despite having an all-time low force structure, a...Full story -
Rheinmetall announces large air defence contract
Rheinmetall announced on 30 October that it had been awarded a EUR210 million (USD234.3 million) contract to supply its latest short-range air defence systems to an...Full story -
US Air Force budgets USD6.75 million in prize money for upcoming Hypersonics Pitch Day
The US Air Force (USAF) has budgeted USD6.75 million in prize money that could be spread among nine competitors at its first-ever Hypersonics Pitch Day (HPD) on 7...Full story -
Dutch receive first operationally-assigned F-35A
The first operationally-assigned Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter for the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) arrived in-country on 31 October.Full story -
Northrop Grumman begins testing of SEWIP Block 3 hardware
Northrop Grumman has revealed that it has begun testing of engineering development model (EDM) hardware developed under the US Navy’s (USN’s) Surface Electronic Warfare...Full story -
North Korea releases image of 31 October weapon test
An image released by North Korea’s state-run media shows that the weapon system the country tested on 31 October was the same ‘super-large multiple rocket launcher...Full story -
HHIC awarded contract for four more PKX-B-class patrol craft
South Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC) announced on 31 October that it has won a KRW246 billion (USD211 million) contract for the...Full story -
MAKS 2019: RAC MiG unveils export version of MiG-35
United Aircraft Corporation subsidiary Russian Aircraft Corporation (RAC) MiG has developed an export-oriented variant of its Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-35 multirole combat...Full story -
UK artillery has nearly 15% personnel shortfall
Frontline units of the British Army’s artillery branch are nearly 15% short of their regular and reserve personnel, according to data released to Jane’s under the UK’s...Full story -
US Second Fleet on course for FOC in 2019
The US Second Fleet remains set to achieve full operational capability (FOC) in 2019, reaching this milestone by the end of December, Second Fleet commander Vice Admiral...Full story -
Taliban attack two northern Afghan cities as latest round of peace talks with US concludes
The Taliban militant group launched attacks on Puli Khumri, the capital of Afghanistan’s Baghlan Province, on 1 September just a day after it overran several parts of...Full story -
MDA conducts THAAD intercept test using remote launcher
The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Ballistic Missile Defense Operational Test Agency, and elements of the US Army E-62 Battery – 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade –...Full story -
Navantia launches Australia's second replenishment vessel
Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has launched the second auxiliary oiler replenishment (AOR) vessel on order for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).Full story -
Damen launches second of two 2,300-ton corvettes for Pakistan Navy
Dutch shipbuilder Damen has launched the second of two 2,300-ton corvettes on order for the Pakistan Navy (PN) at its facilities in Galati, Romania.Full story -
Saudi spokesman says Yemeni prison was not bombed
The Saudi-led coalition was unaware that prisoners were being held at a facility that it bombed on the night of 31 August-1 September, according to spokesman Colonel...Full story -
Update: Navantia launches Australia's second, final Supply-class AOR ship
Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has launched the second and final Supply-class auxiliary oiler replenishment (AOR) ship on order for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).Full story -
MSPO 2019: PGZ unveils missile carrier vehicles for Ottokar Brzoza programme
PGZ has unveiled two new missile carrier vehicle concepts with four different possible base platforms for the Polish Ottokar Brzoza tank destroyer programme at the 2019...Full story -
Indian Air Force commissions eight Apache attack helicopters
The Indian Air Force (IAF) commissioned its first batch of eight Boeing ‘AH-64E(I)’ Apache Guardian helicopters in a ceremony held on 3 September at the Pathankot Air...Full story -
US Air Force targeting legacy platforms for cuts in preparation for near-peer competition
The US Air Force (USAF) is considering divesting legacy capabilities and platforms that do not fit with its plans for success in future warfare, according to the...Full story -
UK flying training under fire from watchdog
An outsourcing project to revamp UK tri-service aircrew training has failed to provide the country’s armed forces with the required numbers of aviators, according to a...Full story