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Optics11 signs agreement with Thales on fibre-optic towed array for RNLN Orka submarines
Dutch small or medium enterprise Optics11 has signed an agreement with Thales covering the exploitation of the company's OptiArray technology for the Royal Netherlands...Full story -
Egyptian military prepares for African Union deployment
The Egyptian Ministry of Defence effectively confirmed it will deploy a force to Somalia when it released a video on 27 November showing soldiers it said were preparing...Full story -
Summa Defence partners with Ukrainian firms for ‘industrial-scale' UAV production
Finnish defence and security technology group Summa Defence Ltd, in collaboration with its Ukrainian partners, plans to produce more than 1,000 unmanned aerial vehicles...Full story -
Poland orders hundreds of AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder missiles
Poland has ordered hundreds of RTX AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder short-range air-to-air missiles to equip its fleet of Western-built combat aircraft.Full story -
Babcock delivers first additive manufacturing work for UK's Project Tampa
Babcock International Group (Babcock) completed the first package of work for the UK Ministry of Defence's (MoD's) Project Tampa, according to a company press release on...Full story -
Australian Army 3rd Brigade takes delivery of initial Abrams M1A2 tanks
The Australian Army's 3rd Brigade has received its first four of 14 assigned General Dynamics Land Systems Abrams M1A2 SEPv3 (Systems Enhancement Package Version 3) main...Full story -
Canada signs for PC-21 training aircraft
Canada has signed for 19 Pilatus PC-21 training aircraft, the Swiss manufacturer announced on 28 November.Full story -
Update: Austria signs contract for EUR73 million SitaWare BMS supply
Austrian Armed Forces announced a major digitalisation with a EUR73 million (USD77 million) contract with Danish defence software company Systematic for its SitaWare...Full story -
US Army developing AESA radar for combat rotorcraft
US Army officials are looking to develop an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, specifically for the ground service's fleet of combat rotorcraft, according...Full story -
US Navy, L3Harris reach USD1 billion deal on MIDS JTRS
US Navy (USN) officials have reached a five-year deal with combat communications company L3Harris to procure its Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint...Full story -
Boeing says on track with contracted MQ-28A production
The production of MQ-28A Ghost Bat Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) on order by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), including three Block 2 aircraft, is on track...Full story -
USAF seeks C2, data relay capability for tactical drone swarms
Programme officials at the US Air Force (USAF) are soliciting information from industry to support the development of new command-and-control (C2), data relay, and...Full story -
South Korea commissions first KDX-III Batch 2 destroyer
The Republic of Korea Navy (RoKN) has commissioned the first of three new Sejong Daewang KDX-III Batch 2-class guided-missile destroyers.Full story -
USMC approves design for autocannon recce vehicle
The US Marine Corps (USMC) has approved the prototype design for the Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV) 30 mm autocannon variant, a spokesperson told Janes on 27...Full story -
Netherlands and Sweden receive new bridging systems
The Netherlands and Sweden have received their first new bridging systems from General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS).Full story -
BAE Systems' Herne XLAUV completes first in-water demonstrations
BAE Systems, in partnership with Canadian marine technology company Cellula Robotics, has successfully completed the first in-water trials and capability demonstration...Full story -
Lockheed Martin to launch key satellite prototypes
US defence conglomerate Lockheed Martin is poised to launch a pair of satellite technology demonstrators into orbit, which company officials say will prove out a series...Full story -
Thales demonstrated Storm 2 CEMA system, networked effects in Army Warfighting Experiment
Thales, working with British troops at the Army Warfighting Experiment 2024 (AWE24) at the Salisbury Plain Training Area in November, successfully demonstrated a...Full story -
UK MoD awards 18-year contract to Airbus for Skynet MILSATCOM modems
Airbus Defence and Space UK has signed an 18-year contract with the UK's Ministry of Defence (MoD) to deliver new-generation modems for the Skynet satellite...Full story -
US Coast Guard icebreaker departs for Antarctica
US Coast Guard (USCG) Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10), the only US heavy icebreaker, departed Seattle, Washington, on 22 November, beginning its deployment to Antarctica in...Full story