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IAI pitches MARS2 as ASTOR replacement for UK
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is proposing to provide a replacement to the UK for its soon-to-be-retired Raytheon Sentinel R1 Airborne Stand-Off Radar (ASTOR)...Full story -
TS47 torpedo completes first ship, submarine firings
Saab’s business unit Underwater Systems, the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (Försvarets materielverk/FMV), and the Swedish Armed Forces have disclosed details...Full story -
USMC: Moog's Reconfigurable Integrated-weapons Platform too heavy for JLTV
US Marine Corps (USMC) leaders are moving on with plans to field a new ground-based air-defence system built around the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) to defeat...Full story -
Turkey agrees in principle with Russia to procure second S-400 batch
Turkey has agreed in principle with Russia to procure a second batch of S-400 air defence systems, Ismail Demir, head of the Turkish Presidency of Defence Industries...Full story -
US Air Force seeks hardened artificial intelligence algorithms to assist aircraft piloting
The US Air Force (USAF) is in the early stages of developing artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms hardened against enemy attacks to command aircraft in partnership...Full story -
Canada to procure two new Challenger 650 liaison aircraft
Canada is to procure two new Bombardier Challenger 650 business jets to replace a pair of older 601-model aircraft that have been in service for more than 30 years.Full story -
Australia reports promising results in early hyperspectral trials for mine countermeasures
Australia has been conducting trials to understand if hyperspectral imaging technology can be adopted for shallow mine-countermeasures (MCM) operations and initial...Full story -
Scramjet test points to progress in China's hypersonic weapon development programme
China’s Institute of Mechanics recently conducted a successful ground-test of a scramjet engine that ran for 600 seconds, the institute said in a statement, which has...Full story -
Canada releases preliminary report on CH-148 Cyclone crash
The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone maritime and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter that crashed in the Ionian Sea on 29 April did not respond...Full story -
Carrier Nimitz deploys while Ford completes largest aircraft embark
Having finished a Covid-19 quarantine period, US Navy (USN) aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) deployed on 8 June from San Diego on the West Coast, USN officials...Full story -
Covid-19: Canadian aerospace group seeks national recovery plan
The Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC) is urging the Canadian federal government to develop a long-term strategy to help the country’s aerospace sector...Full story -
US Army to demonstrate its upgraded Chinook engine
The US Army is to demonstrate an uprated ‘next-generation’ version of the Honeywell T55-GA-714 engine on a Boeing CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter.Full story -
Bulgaria to begin F-16V pilot training
Bulgaria is to shortly despatch to the United States its first cadre of pilots to train on the Lockheed Martin F-16V Block 70 Fighting Falcon combat aircraft, the...Full story -
Raytheon completes near-field testing of first production AN/SPY-6(V)1 array at Radar Development Facility
Raytheon Missiles & Defense recently completed comprehensive near-field range testing on the first production AN/SPY-6(V)1 radar array processed through the company’s...Full story -
US Air Force issues RFI for next-generation ISR/strike, medium-altitude UAV
The US Air Force (USAF) on 3 June issued a request for information (RFI) from industry about next-generation intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR)/strike,...Full story -
AirTanker Voyager breaks UK to Falklands record
An Airbus A330 Voyager aircraft has broken the record for the fastest crossing between the United Kingdom and the Falkland Islands, completing the 2,657 km journey in...Full story -
US Army tests future PrSM seeker
The US Army recently completed the first captive-carry test of an advanced multi-mode seeker designed for its new Precision Strike Missile (PrSM).Full story -
More details emerge about South Korea's CIWS development plans
South Korean officials have revealed further details about the close-in weapon system (CIWS) their country is planning to develop for use on Republic of Korea Navy...Full story -
MHI secures contract to build prototypes of three new Type-16 variants
The Japan Ministry of Defense’s (MoD’s) Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) has awarded Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) a contract to build prototypes of...Full story -
NATO begins Phoenix familiarisation and training flights
NATO has conducted its first familiarisation and training flight of the Northrop Grumman RQ-4D Phoenix unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) the alliance is utilising for its...Full story