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ADEX 2019: Hanwha Defense unveils prototype of AS21 Redback IFV
South Korean company Hanwha Defense unveiled a prototype of its AS21 Redback infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) at the Seoul International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition...Full story -
First RAF Poseidon arrives in UK
The first of nine Boeing P-8A Poseidon MRA1 maritime multi-mission aircraft (MMA) for the Royal Air Force (RAF) arrived in the UK on 4 February.Full story -
DARPA Launch Challenge down to one competitor as launches loom
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Launch Challenge (DLC), an effort to increase the flexibility and pace of military launch, is down to one...Full story -
Chinese navy trials laser weapon
Chinese media have reported that a prototype laser weapon is being tested by the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).Full story -
BAE Systems looks to boost Indian outsourcing
BAE Systems held an event in New Delhi on 10 April to boost the scope of its industrial outsourcing across India.Full story -
DSME to deliver three more submarines to Indonesia
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) signed a contract on 12 April with representatives from the South Korean and Indonesian governments to deliver a second...Full story -
MBDA Deutschland eyes HELWS opportunity with German Navy
The German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology, and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) is expected to release a statement of work, and a subsequent...Full story -
Malaysia looks to exchange palm oil for materiel
Malaysia will look to leverage its expansive palm oil resources to support military procurement, a senior government official has stated.Full story -
US confirms Abrams MBT deal with Taiwan
The US State Department has made a determination to approve a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Taiwan of equipment including General Dynamics M1A2 Abrams main...Full story -
Update: Japan rejects foreign plans for next-generation fighter
The Japanese Ministry of Defense’s (MoD’s) Acquisition, Technology, & Logistics Agency (ATLA) has confirmed to Jane’s that it plans to pursue a Japan-led development...Full story -
D3A Defence debuts specialised mortar operator simulation system
UK-based D3A Defence has developed an end-to-end simulation system specifically designed to train mortar operators, and demonstrated the concept at the Defence...Full story -
Covid-19: USEURCOM weighing additional exercise changes and cancellations
The spread of the novel coronavirus is unlikely to abate any time soon and the US European Command (USEURCOM) is weighing how to proceed with large-scale exercises like...Full story -
Covid-19: DARPA's Biological Technologies Office takes on the pandemic
The threat of a devastating pandemic was a priority area for the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) long before the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) began...Full story -
Omega Air expects both growth, competition for US commercial air refueling services
The world’s only provider of commercial aerial refueling services expects both the market and competition to provide aerial refueling services to the Pentagon to grow as...Full story -
Deadliest recorded Islamic State attack in Chad indicates escalation in militancy in Lake Chad area outside rainy season
At least 92 Chadian soldiers and three civilians, including a village chief, were killed and 47 others were wounded during an overnight assault by the Islamic State’s...Full story -
Boeing bullish on Super Hornet, despite US Navy mulling cuts
Boeing is confident that it will continue to deliver F/A-18E/F Super Hornet combat aircraft to the US Navy (USN), despite the service disclosing that it is seeking to...Full story -
Indonesia reveals armed reconnaissance UAV development programme
PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI), a state-owned Indonesian aerospace company, has unveiled the first prototype of an indigenously developed medium-altitude, long-endurance...Full story -
Seoul approves construction of new naval assets
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced on 30 April that its project promotion committee – chaired by defence minister Jeong Kyeong-doo...Full story -
Surface Navy 2020: Insitu to outfit entire USCG national security cutter fleet with ScanEagles by end of year
Insitu is on pace to supply its ScanEagle endurance mini-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to the US Coast Guard’s (USCG’s) entire national security cutter (NSC) fleet by...Full story -
RAF chiefs approve increase in C-130J crews
UK Royal Air Force (RAF) chiefs have approved an uplift of aircrew and supporting engineering resources for their C-130J Hercules tactical airlift fleet in response to...Full story