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First-in-class Gremyashchiy corvette debuts during Russia's Navy Day
The first-in-class Project 20385 corvette Gremyashchiy made its public debut in Russia’s Navy Day parade in St Petersburg on 28 July.Full story -
Image confirms J-20 fighter assigned to PLAAF combat unit at Wuhu
Chinese state-owned media have for the first time released an image of a Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAIG) J-20 fifth-generation multirole fighter bearing the...Full story -
GNPP Region unveils ISPUM-E unmanned MCM system
Russia’s GNPP Region, a subsidiary of the Tactical Missiles Corporation (KTRV), has unveiled its ISPUM/ISPUM-E (Integrated System for Search and Destruction of Mines)...Full story -
Belarus rolls out Berkut-3 UAV
Minsk-based company AGAT-Sistemi Upravlenia (AGAT Control Systems), a subsidiary of the state-owned Geoinformation Control Systems Holding, is finalising development of...Full story -
US Army to retrofit Apache helos with underwater crew escape system
The US Army is to retrofit its Boeing AH-64D/E Apache attack helicopters with an underwater escape system for the crew as part of a wider rollout of the aircraft’s...Full story -
Get SAT wins a contract to supply broadband battlefield Manpack
Get SAT in August 2018 secured a contract from an undisclosed armed force to supply mil-standard micronised tactical high-bandwidth broadband communications battlefield...Full story -
Images show likely configuration of sensor suite for PLAN's next carrier
Photographs published on Chinese internet forums show that further developments and modifications have been made to the superstructure of the land-based aircraft carrier...Full story -
DoD IG finds US Navy mismanaged backup aircraft and depot maintenance float allowance
The US Navy (USN) and US Marine Corps (USMC) mismanaged their backup aircraft and depot maintenance float allowance (DMFA), affecting the readiness of a portion of its...Full story -
Aselsan develops 40 mm air bursting munition system
Turkey’s Aselsan has completed development and testing of its Atom 40 mm high-velocity air bursting munition (HV ABM) and associated Atom 40 mm fire control unit (FCU),...Full story -
Vietnam to receive ScanEagle unmanned aircraft
The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is to field the Insitu ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) as part of a wider ramp-up of its airborne maritime surveillance...Full story -
Russian MoD expands Taifun-VDV 4×4 MRAP roles
Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) is set to receive two new specialised vehicles on the chassis of the K-4386 Taifun-VDV 4×4 mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP)...Full story -
Rheinmetall launches Mission Master Rescue model at CANSEC 2019
Rheinmetall has launched the rescue model of its Mission Master unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) at the CANSEC exhibition, held in Ottawa on 29 and 30 May, according to a...Full story -
USN plans to cut carrier-building man-hours by a third for planned Ford-class ships
The US Navy (USN) intends to cut the number of man-hours it takes to build the current planned fleet of Ford-class ships now slated for construction by about a third by...Full story -
Israel says Iran continues ballistic missile launches
Iran launched a Khorramshahr medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) in December 2018, the Israeli representative to the UN told the Security Council in a letter released...Full story -
General Atomics integrates its SkyGuardian UAS with L-3 Wescam's MX-20 EO/IR imaging system
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA‐ASI) plans to integrate its SkyGuardian and MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft system (UAS) with L3 WESCAM’s MX-20...Full story -
South Korea completes development of new 30 mm SPAAG system
South Korea has completed development of a new 30 mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) system based on the chassis of the Hyundai Rotem K808 8 x 8 armoured...Full story -
US Naval Research Lab modifying newly acquired Twin Otter for open architecture framework
The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) modified its newly acquired De Havilland Canada UV-18 Twin Otter twin-turboprop light transport aircraft to provide an open...Full story -
France reports surging defence export orders
The French government has reported that orders for defence equipment jumped by 31.4% to EUR9.12 billion (USD10.26 billion) in 2018, an increase on 2017’s EUR6.94...Full story -
US Army eyes near-term fielding of combat capable hypersonic and directed energy weapons
The US Army wants to field its first hypersonic missile battery by 2023, as well as a battery of Strykers equipped with 50 kW high-energy lasers by 2022, in a bid to...Full story -
Saudi Arabia continues to acquire arms from Eastern Europe
Saudi Arabia has continued to acquire Soviet-type weapons and equipment that are not known to be used by its own armed forces, according to reports released by the UN...Full story