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IT²EC 2024: Saab to continue supporting British Army live training
The British Army has signed a GBP60 million (USD75.7 million) three-year support contract with Saab to improve its live training capability.Full story -
Navy League 2024: Findings from shipbuilding review spur US Navy secretary to seek foreign aid
Rocked by results of a recently completed shipbuilding study lambasting progress on new aircraft carriers, submarines and other major US Navy (USN) programmes, USN...Full story -
FIDAE 2024: Honduras purchases two additional Airbus H145s
The Honduran Ministry of Defense has purchased two Airbus H145s, the company announced on 10 April at the FIDAE 2024 air show in Santiago, Chile. Honduras previously...Full story -
Navy League 2024: Bell targets V-280 manned, V-247 unmanned platforms as replacement for USN MH-60R/S helicopters
The US Navy (USN) is starting to look for its next-generation maritime strike platform. Bell is offering a variant of its V-280 Valor tiltrotor teamed with its V-247...Full story -
FIDAE 2024: Boeing targets Brazil for P-8 sale
Boeing anticipates a requirement for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft from Brazil, for which it is pitching the P-8.Full story -
Serbia set to acquire Rafale fighters from France
Serbia and France will seal a deal on the procurement of 12 newly produced Rafale fighters for the Serbian Air Force and Air Defence (RV i PVO) in the next two months,...Full story -
Navy League 2024: Saildrone, Thales Australia partner to enhance surveillance capability of USVs
Thales Australia has signed an agreement with California-based Saildrone to collaborate on integrating its BlueSentry sonar system into Saildrone's Surveyor-class...Full story -
New Zealand plans P-8A deployment to enforce North Korea sanctions
New Zealand has said that it will deploy a Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to Japan for the first time in support of UN Security Council (UNSC) sanctions...Full story -
UDT 2024: DSIT debuts DogFish multimission sonar system
DSIT Solutions publicly unveiled its new multimission sonar system designed for operation onboard underwater vehicles at the Undersea Defence Technology (UDT) 2024...Full story -
Taiwan army to procure new rifles
The Republic of China Army (RoCA) will procure nearly 25,000 new 5.56×45 mm assault rifles called XT112 to replace in-service T65 and T91 assault rifles, a RoCA officer...Full story -
China tests HH-100 cargo UAV
The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) is preparing its HH-100 large cargo unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for flight-testing.Full story -
Burkina Faso receives Akinci UAVs
Burkina Faso now has at least two Bayraktar Akıncı unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) made by Turkish company Baykar, it was revealed on 8 April, when they were officially...Full story -
IT²EC 2024: BAE Systems and VRAI partner to bolster fast jet pilot training
BAE Systems has partnered with VRAI to leverage extended reality (XR) and artificial intelligence (AI) in order to enhance pilot training.Full story -
Navy League 2024: Submarine builder cites need for Virginia-class equipment orders with proposed budget cut
Following the US Navy (USN) decision to cut an expected Virginia-class attack submarine (SSN) from its proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget proposal, Chris Kastner, the...Full story -
Eurofighter economic impact study touts hundreds more potential sales
An economic impact study report published by the Eurofighter consortium on 9 April has predicted the potential sale of hundreds more of the multirole combat aircraft to...Full story -
Germany restructures Bundeswehr
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius announced in a press conference on 4 April that he had approved the restructuring of the Bundeswehr in response to Russia's...Full story -
Navy League 2024: Collins Aerospace shows off latest cockpit technology
Collins Aerospace is demonstrating its latest cockpit technology for sixth-generation manned combat aircraft at the Navy League Sea-Air-Space 2024 global maritime...Full story -
Ukraine conflict: Lithuania sends mobile command vehicles to Ukraine
Lithuania has supplied an undisclosed number of M577 armoured command vehicles to the Ukrainian army.Full story -
UK seeks Next Generation Red Air pilot training
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is seeking commercial contractors to deliver Next Generation Red Air (NGRA) pilot training for the Royal Air Force (RAF).Full story -
Navy League 2024: Dry dock RCOH work completed for aircraft carrier USS John C Stennis
HII's Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division completed the dry dock portion of the refuelling and complex overhaul (RCOH) of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C...Full story