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Secubit offering small arms-hosted situational awareness system
US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is integrating weaponry readiness and maintenance enhancement solutions into its Android Tactical Assault Kit (ATAK), industry...Full story -
Italian government agrees timetable for Piaggio Aerospace restart
The Italian government’s Ministry of Economic Development has agreed on a plan for distressed aircraft and unmanned systems company Piaggio Aerospace.Full story -
Hyundai Heavy Industries agrees to take over DSME
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has signed a preliminary deal to take over rival shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, the two South Korean corporations have...Full story -
Serbia shows new helicopters and indigenous defence developments
The Serbian Armed Forces (SAF) showed their military capabilities during the ‘Sloboda 2019’ (‘Freedom 2019’) demonstration held on 19 October at Batajnica Air Base,...Full story -
Iraq takes first steps to producing its own military vehicles
Iraq’s Samar Alkhair factory, a subsidiary of the Iraqi State Military Industries Company, unveiled an indigenously produced, lightly armoured 4×4 vehicle at the IQDEX...Full story -
Finland receives quotations for Hornet replacement
The Finnish Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 31 January that it had received responses from five manufacturers as part of its Boeing F/A-18C/D Hornet replacement...Full story -
Arexis escort jamming pod begins testing ahead of flight trials
Saab has commenced ground qualification of a prototype low-band escort jamming pod being developed as part of its Arexis family of fast jet electronic warfare (EW)...Full story -
Raytheon to be awarded TMRR and EMD contracts for JSOW-ER missile
The US Navy (USN) is to award Raytheon a sole-source contract for the technology maturation risk-reduction (TMRR) and engineering, manufacturing, and development (EMD)...Full story -
Paris Air Show 2019: Elbit wins J-MUSIC contract for Luftwaffe A400Ms
Elbit Systems has been awarded a USD73 million contract from Diehl Defence to provide its J-Multi-Spectral Infrared Countermeasure (MUSIC) directed infrared (IR)...Full story -
Australia takes delivery of its first Boxer armoured vehicle
The first of 211 Rheinmetall Defence Boxer 8x8 armoured vehicles being acquired for the Australian Army at a cost of AUD5.2 billion (USD3.53 billion) was formally handed...Full story -
Update: Denel to return A400M work to Airbus
South Africa’s Denel announced on 30 March that it had reached an agreement with Airbus to transfer the component manufacturing work for the A400M Atlas medium...Full story -
C-Enduro USV delivered for military data gathering trials
L3 ASV has announced the delivery of a new long-endurance autonomous unmanned surface vessel (USV) to the Royal Navy (RN) for military data gathering trials in support...Full story -
Yemeni rebels claim ballistic missile attack against Dammam
The Yemeni rebel group Ansar Allah (the Houthis) claimed to have carried out its longest-range ballistic missile attack to date on 1 August, when it said it targeted a...Full story -
IDEF 2019: Turkey to buy 29 new armoured recovery vehicles
Following trials with a prototype multi-purpose armoured recovery crane (MPARC), developed by the Machinery Production Group (MPG) of Turkey, a total of 29 production...Full story -
New Zealand approves military vehicle projects
The New Zealand government has announced plans to procure high-mobility utility light vehicles and “protected vehicle mediums”.Full story -
Elbit trials TRAPS-USV sonar on Seagull USV
Elbit Systems' Seagull autonomous unmanned surface vehicle (USV) has completed integration and initial sea trials with a compact version of the Towed Reelable Active...Full story -
JFD to supply new DSRV for South Korea's ASR-II submarine rescue ship
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Avalon 2019: General Atomics firms up Team Reaper Australia
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) has firmed up the roles of the companies that will make up Team Reaper Australia in support of the Department of...Full story -
Covid-19: US Army identifies weapons testing efforts as a potential challenge
US Army acquisition officials are navigating the ongoing challenges of producing and testing new weapon systems during a global pandemic, and said they have identified...Full story -
Iran shows submarine-launched missile
The Islamic Republic of Iran Navy (IRIN) showed an anti-ship missile being launched from one of its Ghadir-class midget submarines on 24 February.Full story