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RAN mulls life extensions for all Collins-class boats
At least five and possibly all six of the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN’s) Collins-class submarines will have their life of type extended pending the availability of...Full story -
RAAF to fit Super Hornets with IRST
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is to equip its Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets with the same AN/ASG-34 podded infrared search-and-track (IRST) system as carried by...Full story -
ADEX 2019: Bell sees maritime capabilities as key to AH-1Z Asia-Pacific success
Bell is confident that the in-built maritime capabilities of its AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter will help it succeed in a number of upcoming competitions across the...Full story -
Avalon 2019: Boeing to partner with Australia on development of multimission unmanned aircraft system
Boeing and Australia’s Department of Defence (DoD) are to partner in developing a concept demonstrator for a large unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that will support and...Full story -
AUSA 2019: AeroVironment unveils Puma LE unmanned aerial vehicle
AeroVironment unveiled its new Puma LE unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on 14 October at the 2019 Association of the United States Army (AUSA) conference, touting the...Full story -
ADEX 2019: KAI offers upgraded Surion to export market
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) is offering an upgraded variant of its Surion Korean Utility Helicopter (KUH) to the international export market, with a prototype...Full story -
DARPA Launch Challenge prize money may not have been enough to hold competitors' interest
The prize money allotted for the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA’s) upcoming Launch Competition (DLC) may not have been enough to attract...Full story -
RoCAF's F-16 upgrade programme is ‘back on track', says Taiwanese defence minister
Taiwan’s programme to upgrade 142 Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF) F-16A/B fighter aircraft to the latest F-16V configuration is back on track, according to Defence...Full story -
USAF moves Raptors to Saudi Arabia
The US Air Force has deployed F-22 Raptor stealth fighters to Prince Sultan Air Base (PSAB) in central Saudi Arabia.Full story -
AFA Winter 2019: Rumoured US Air Force F-15 buy could be other fourth-generation aircraft
The rumoured US Air Force (USAF) purchase of new Boeing F-15 Eagle fighters could instead be other fourth-generation aircraft, as long as the service is buying 72...Full story -
NSM operations highlight LCS upgrades
The recent successful deployment of the US Navy (USN) Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) with a Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile...Full story -
Bangladesh Air Force orders Leonardo's Kronos Land radar
Italian company Leonardo announced on 29 October that it has signed a contract for the supply of an undisclosed number of Kronos Land 3D radar systems to the Bangladesh...Full story -
Boeing believes GBSD team with Northrop Grumman could beat Pentagon cost estimate
Boeing is proposing a teaming arrangement with Northrop Grumman to bid for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile...Full story -
DSEI 2019: BMT unveils multirole support ship design concept
Ship design and systems engineering house BMT has extended its family of afloat support and logistics vessel designs with the addition of a third offering, dubbed...Full story -
Chile advances reforms to military service and funding
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DSEI 2019: Athena C2 vehicle revealed
General Dynamics Land Systems-UK (GDLS-UK) presented the Athena command-and-control (C2) variant of the Ajax AFV family for the first time at the 2019 Defence and...Full story -
Covid-19: Leonardo confident of Falco Xplorer certification, despite coronavirus
Leonardo is confident that it can meet its end-of-year goal for certification of the Falco Xplorer unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), despite restrictions imposed on the...Full story -
DSEI 2019: Collins Aerospace launches new wideband HF radio set
Collins Aerospace at the 2019 Defence and Security Equipment International exhibition (DSEI 2019) has launched its new URG-IV high-frequency (HF) ground station,...Full story -
Aselsan signs for serial production of OMTAS IR seeker
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US Air Force progresses toward directed energy counter-UAV programme of record
The US Air Force (USAF) is moving toward a programme of record for directed energy (DE)-based counter-unmanned aerial vehicle (C-UAV) systems, according to a service...Full story