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US Air Force provides X-60A hypersonic flight test details
The US Air Force (USAF) plans to use the first two test flights of its X-60A GOLauncher1 (GO1) hypersonic flight research vehicle as capability demonstrations before...Full story -
Belarus unveils Groza-P2 mobile counter UAV system
Belarus-based defence industrial group KB Radar has announced the development of the Groza-P2 mobile counter unmanned aerial vehicles (C-UAVs) jammer.Full story -
Belarus unveils Buk-MB3K SAM system
Belarus-based defence industrial group TSP OKB announced on 15 April its latest surface-to-air missile (SAM) system Buk-MB3K.Full story -
China claims development of new heat-resistant material for hypersonic aircraft
Chinese scientists have developed a new heat-resistant material for hypersonic aircraft that can endure more than 3,000°C from heating caused by its passage through the...Full story -
Russian UAV recovered in Libya
The media department for the militias defending Libya’s capital city released photographs on 30 April that showed a Russian-made unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that had...Full story -
Bangladesh Navy receives final two Chinese-made Type C13B corvettes
The Bangladesh Navy (BN) has received the two Shadhinota (Type C13B)-class corvettes it ordered from China in late 2015, according to a statement by Inter-Services...Full story -
USAF reports combat debut for F-35A
The US Air Force (USAF) has employed the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) in combat mission for the first time.Full story -
BAE withdraws from Canadian future aircrew training competition
BAE Systems has decided not to participate in Canada’s Future Aircrew Training (FAcT) programme, the country’s government disclosed on 29 April.Full story -
Russia donates Mi-8MT helos, BRDM-2M vehicles to Kyrgyzstan
Russia has donated two refurbished Mil Mi-8MT ‘Hip-H’ multirole medium helicopters and nine upgraded BRDM-2M 4×4 reconnaissance vehicles to the armed forces of...Full story -
Xponential 2019: US NRL develops Flying Sea Glider flying emplacement UUV
The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has developed a Flying Sea Glider underwater glider that delivers itself by flying above the water, extending the range of...Full story -
IDEF 2019: Aselsan reveals Gökdeniz naval close-in weapon system
Aselsan unveiled its new close-in weapon system (CIWS) for naval platforms at the International Defence Industry Fair 2019 (IDEF 2019) exhibition, held in Istanbul from...Full story -
Xponential 2019: Laflamme Aéro develops tandem-rotor UAV
Laflamme Aéro has developed a tandem-rotor helicopter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that the company hopes will be as cheap as the most affordable manned rotary-wing...Full story -
Sweden sends surveillance aircraft to eastern Mediterranean
Sweden has dispatched one of its Gulfstream S102B Korpen electronic intelligence (ELINT) aircraft to the Mediterranean to operate from a UK airbase on Cyprus.Full story -
US Army National Guard buying FlexTrain instrumented live training system
The US Army National Guard is buying two additional sets of Ravenswood Solutions’ FlexTrain instrumented live training system under a USD39.9 million contract that...Full story -
Nepal to receive M28 tactical airlifters from United States
Nepal is to receive a pair of PZL Mielec M28 short take-off and landing (STOL) light transport aircraft under a contract announced by the US Department of Defense (DoD)...Full story -
BQM-177A SSAT target achieves IOC
The US Navy’s (USN’s) new BQM-177A Subsonic Aerial Target (SSAT) has achieved Initial Operational Capability (IOC), the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) announced on...Full story -
Singapore's next-generation AFV seen with missile-capable remote weapons station
A possible missile-armed variant of the Singapore Army’s 29-tonne tracked Next-Generation Armoured Fighting Vehicle (NGAFV), a troop carrying variant of the service’s...Full story -
Sofia gives go-ahead for Su-25 overhaul, upgrade
On 27 February the Bulgarian government approved funding for the agreement between the Bulgarian Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Belarus’s 558th Aircraft Repair Plant (558...Full story -
UK reveals plans to buy new N-POD floating offboard decoy for soft-kill defence
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AFA Winter 2019: US Air Force halt on KC-46A acceptance continues
The US Air Force’s (USAF’s) indefinite halt on accepting KC-46A Pegasus aerial refuelling tankers from Boeing due to foreign object debris (FOD) concerns continues into...Full story