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LIMA 2019: Vietnam looks to procure Boeing's ScanEagle UAV
Boeing is close to securing a sale of its Insitu ScanEagle long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to Vietnam, a company official has confirmed to Jane’s.Full story -
DAPA cost analysis favours acquisition of locally developed platform for RoKMC's attack helicopter requirement
A cost analysis conducted by South Korea’s Defense Acquistion Programme Administration (DAPA) has concluded that a Republic of Korea Marine Corps (RoKMC) requirement for...Full story -
Germany's TKMS holds launch ceremony for Singapore's first Type 218SG submarine
German shipbuilder ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has held a launch ceremony for the first of four Type 218SG conventionally powered, air-independent propulsion...Full story -
LIMA 2019: Saab promotes ‘one platform' approach to meet Malaysia's air combat needs
Saab is offering to meet Malaysia’s near- and long-term air combat requirements through a ‘one-platform’ approach centred on its Gripen multirole fighter aircraft, the...Full story -
LIMA 2019: Malaysia considers counter-trade push to support military procurement
Malaysia is considering a move to push harder on the use of counter-trade – involving local commodities including palm oil – as a means to facilitate defence trade....Full story -
LIMA 2019: Russia set to clear Sukhoi Su-57 for export
The Russian government is set to grant authorisation for the export of the Sukhoi Su-57 PAK FA fifth-generation fighter aircraft, a senior Russian defence industry...Full story -
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 -
Singapore discloses further details of Invincible-class submarines
Singapore’s Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) has disclosed further details of its new Type 218SG air-independent propulsion (AIP)-equipped submarines, which have been...Full story -
Nigerian Air Force receives Paramount Marauders
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has received an undisclosed number of Marauder mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicles from South Africa’s Paramount Group.Full story -
Leonardo positions for Malaysian light fighter programme
Leonardo is working to meet a stated requirement within the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) to procure a light combat aircraft (LCA) or a fighter lead-in trainer (FLIT)...Full story -
PLAGF brigade in Eastern Theatre Command also operates new 155 mm SPH
Chinese state-owned television has revealed that the People’s Liberation Army Ground Force’s (PLAGF’s) new 155 mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer – believed to have the...Full story -
Covid-19: Kazakh military ramps up efforts to stem spread of coronavirus
Kazakhstan is ramping up the involvement of its military in the fight against the outbreak of the Covid-19 coronavirus in the Central Asian country.Full story -
US lawmaker suggests preventing proposed US Air Force tanker retirements
A US lawmaker on 11 March not only hinted at preventing the US Air Force (USAF) from reducing its legacy aerial refueling tanker fleet but suggested the service consider...Full story -
Covid-19: Spain's UME deploys multirotor UAVs to combat pandemic
Spain’s specialist Military Emergency Unit (UME) is making use of modified unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to support military intervention efforts to mitigate...Full story -
Covid-19: Boeing shuts down rotorcraft sites in Philadelphia
Boeing has temporarily closed its helicopter and tiltrotor manufacturing sites in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as part of wider company and national efforts to help...Full story -
US Air Force secretary implores Congress to provide base reconstruction supplemental funding
US Air Force (USAF) Secretary Heather Wilson has called for Congress to provide the USD5 billion supplemental request the USAF made in late March so it can rebuild a...Full story -
British Army orders four Rheinmetall Mission Master-Cargo UGVs
The United Kingdom armed forces have ordered four Mission Master-Cargo unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) from Rheinmetall Canada for its Robotic Platoon Vehicle (RPV)...Full story -
Iran unveils armed Ababil-3 UAV
Iran now has armed versions of its Ababil-3 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), it was revealed during an 18 April ceremony held to mark the delivery of three types of...Full story -
Update: DoD clears way for additional Triton UAVs for Australia
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has cleared the path to issue Northrop Grumman with a sole-source contract to supply Australia with two more MQ-4C Triton...Full story -
US concerned about China's activities at Lop Nur nuclear weapons test site
Activities at China’s Lop Nur nuclear weapons test site throughout 2019 are a cause for concern, according to a 15 April report by the US State Department.Full story