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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 -
TLVS JV expecting German MEADS contract in 2020
The Tactical Air Defence System (Taktische Luftverteidigungssystem: TLVS) joint venture (JV) of Lockheed Martin and MBDA expects the German government to award the...Full story -
Airbus presses for German Tornado decision to meet electronic attack requirements
Airbus is pressing the German government to expedite its Panavia Tornado replacement decision so that it can develop the electronic attack (EA) capabilities needed for...Full story -
Malaysia considers ‘fighter exchange' offer from Russia
Malaysia has received an offer from Russia to part exchange its fleets of Russian multirole combat aircraft for new models, Defence Minister Mohamad Sabu has confirmed...Full story -
Pakistan launches fourth Azmat-class fast attack craft
Pakistan's state-owned Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works (KSEW) launched on 27 November the fourth missile-capable Azmat-class fast attack craft (FAC(M)) on order...Full story -
First drugs submarine seized in Spain
Police forces in Spain have seized what is believed to be the first known submarine used to transport drugs into Europe from Latin America.Full story -
Rheinmetall develops new long-range howitzer
Rheinmetall plans to develop and manufacture a new 155 mm gun with a significantly larger chamber and longer, 60-calibre barrel, the company said in a 27 November press...Full story -
Germany on-course to issue heavy-lift helo contract in late 2020
Germany is expected to issue a contract for the Schwerer Transporthubschrauber (STH) heavy-lift helicopter in the final quarter of 2020, one of the two competing...Full story -
North Korea releases images of 28 November weapon test
Images released by North Korea’s state-run media show that the weapon system the country tested on 28 November was the same ‘super-large multiple rocket launcher [MRL]’...Full story -
Malaysia looking to lease helicopters to replace grounded Sea Kings
Malaysia is looking to lease helicopters to replace its fleet of grounded Sikorsky S-61 Sea King medium-lift transport helicopters.Full story -
Russia develops multilayered C-UAS system
Russian defence equipment exporter Rosoboronexport, a subsidiary of the state-owned Rostec group, has developed a four-stage/dual-use counter-unmanned aerial system...Full story