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Combat systems testing starts for French FDI frigate
Combat management system (CMS) and sensor trials for the French Navy’s future Fregate de defense et d’intervention (FDI) frigates are set to start next month, the...Full story -
AUSA 2019: FLIR Systems announces new StormCaster-T camera for SkyRaider UAV
FLIR Systems is offering a new StormCaster-T thermal camera with FLIR Boson sensor for its R80D and R70 SkyRaider multi-mission unmanned rotorcraft that features a 15–75...Full story -
Franco-German Defence and Security Council push military and industrial co-operation
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron and their foreign and defence ministers met for a Franco-German Defence and Security Council in...Full story -
US unfazed by Beijing's capabilities in South China Sea, reiterates commitment to regional partners
The People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLAN’s) latest capabilities do not intimidate Washington and the US Navy (USN) remains committed to fly, sail, and operate in...Full story -
AUSA 2019: Raytheon wins US Army's LTAMDS prototyping contract
There was a question looming in the air during this year’s Association of the US Army 2019 (AUSA 2019) annual conference: which company would win the coveted contract to...Full story -
ADEX 2019: South Korea closes in on MOH 2 decision
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) is preparing to select a platform to meet a Republic of Korea Navy (RoKN) requirement for additional...Full story -
Civilian casualties in Afghanistan reach record-high levels, says UN
The number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan has reached record-high levels, with the United Nations recording from 1 July to 30 September 2019 the highest number of...Full story -
ADEX 2019: KAI could be 'open' to additional foreign partners on KFX
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) could be open to considering additional foreign partners on its project to develop the Korean Fighter Experimental (KFX) aircraft,...Full story -
Chile's frigate modernisation plans make progress
With the procurement of two Adelaide-class frigates surplus to the needs of Australia and the modernisation of its three Cochrane-class multipurpose frigates, the...Full story -
Pentagon delays F-35 full-rate production decision by 13 months
The Pentagon is delaying the full-rate production (FRP) decision for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) owing to a lack of progress with...Full story -
Bell plans V-280 autonomy demonstration in 2019
Bell is planning to perform an autonomy demonstration with its V-280 tiltrotor by the end of this year that will have the aircraft fly itself with a safety pilot on...Full story -
Update: AUSA 2019: AeroVironment markets Vapor electric rotary-wing UAV to US Army
AeroVironment is marketing its Vapor electric rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to potential US Army customers after it secured a contract earlier this year from...Full story -
EuroDASS unveils plan for new Typhoon DASS/EW suite
The four-country EuroDASS consortium – UK’s Leonardo, Italy’s Elettronica, Germany’s Hensoldt, and Spain’s Indra – has outlined its vision of a next-generation...Full story -
Russia's Ka-52M combat helicopter to receive AESA radar
Russia’s new Ka-52M combat helicopter will receive new targeting sensors instead of upgraded versions of present systems.Full story -
ADEX 2019: Hanwha Defense, Hyundai Rotem display prototype UGVs
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ADEX 2019: Kia Motors unveils new 2.5- and 5-tonne trucks
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Russia waits on China for delayed AHL development decision
Russia is waiting on a decision from China as to whether development of the Advanced Heavy Lifter (AHL) helicopter will proceed, a senior industry official told...Full story -
US completes operational transition from P-3C to P-8A
The US Navy (USN) has completed its operational transition from the Lockheed P-3C Orion to the Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, the service has announced.Full story -
AUSA 2019: Collins Aerospace on track for 400 Abrams M1A2 electric generator deliveries by 2021
Collins Aerospace expects to deliver more than 400 Abrams M1A2 battle tank electric generators to the US Army by 2021, a company spokesman said ahead of the ahead of the...Full story -
New NATO-Eurocontrol initiative to bore fast-track paths through Europe's airspace
NATO will soon exploit high-priority flight plan ‘tunnels’ to enable allied aircraft to swiftly deploy on short notice across Europe during crises.Full story