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German industry presses Berlin for Eurofighter Tranche 5 decision
Representatives of German industry have pressed Berlin to make good on its previously announced plan to buy Eurofighter Tranche 5 combat aircraft.Full story -
Ukraine conflict: Western countries pledge more air-defence equipment
Air-defence equipment was among the kit Western countries pledged to supply Kyiv in the lead-up to and during the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) meetingheld at...Full story -
AUSA 2023: L3Harris, Leidos, MAG Aerospace team up to bid for US Army HADES contest
L3Harris, Leidos, and MAG Aerospace announced a joint bid for the US Army's High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES) intelligence-gathering aircraft...Full story -
Israel-Gaza: Situation update, 12 October 2023
1510 h local time: “The air force continues to vigorously attack terrorist infrastructure throughout the Gaza Strip; So far the air force has dropped about 6,000 bombs...Full story -
France bets big on space, cyber, and robotics in new defence budget
France has allocated over a billion euros towards the space, cyber, and robotics domain in 2024, according to the 2024 Projet de loi de finances (PLF) defence budget.Full story -
Spain cements MH-60R purchase
Spain has confirmed the procurement of Lockheed Martin MH-60R Seahawk maritime helicopters, seven months after the proposed buy was approved by the US government.Full story -
AUSA 2023: Oshkosh Defense receives new order for remote JLTVs
Oshkosh Defense was awarded a contract to provide 24 remotely operated Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs) for the US Marine Corps (USMC) new anti-ship capability, the...Full story -
Update – AUSA 2023: General Micro Systems demos manpackable tactical operations centre
General Micro Systems (GMS) are demonstrating a manpackable computer prototype of its X9 Spider family of open distributed computing architecture (DCA) small form factor...Full story -
AUSA 2023: US land forces look to develop maritime surface vessel options for transporting people and equipment
As the US Army and US Marine Corps (USMC) plan for force distribution in more contested areas, they are examining more options for logistics, resupply, and troop...Full story -
Investigation under way into potential sabotage of Balticconnector pipeline
Finland's Central Criminal Police (CKP) has launched a preliminary investigation into “possible intentional damage” to the Balticconnector undersea gas pipeline and...Full story -
AUSA 2023: Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicles delivered to US Army
Five Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicles (CATVs) have been delivered to the 11th Airborne Division at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, on 1 October, Major General Brian Eifler,...Full story -
Sweden commissions preliminary design work on its new CV90s
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) and BAE Systems Hägglunds announced on 11 October that they had signed a pre-production contract on the preliminary...Full story -
F-35s operate from Sweden for first time as Nordic air forces strengthen co-operation
Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft operated from Sweden for the first time on 11 October, as part of the Nordic Cross Border Training...Full story -
DAPA talks with Indonesia to resolve KF-21 payment problems
The head of South Korea's Defence Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has visited Indonesia in a bid to resolve problems associated with Jakarta's delayed payments...Full story -
Moldova procures new tactical air-defence radar
Moldova has acquired a new tactical air-defence radar from Thales following a meeting between the French Minister of the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu and Moldovan...Full story -
Sweden upgrades Leopard 2s
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) announced on its website on 10 October that it had signed a contract on behalf of the Swedish Armed Forces with...Full story -
Ukraine conflict: Belgium joins Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands in promising F-16s to Kyiv
Belgium has joined Denmark, Norway, and the Netherlands in pledging the transfer of Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon combat aircraft to Kyiv.Full story -
Israeli company participating in army loitering munition programme
Israeli-based company UVision is developing a smaller munition in its family of loitering munitions that will participate in the US Army's only loitering munitions...Full story -
RAF reconstitutes 31 Squadron as new Protector unit
The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has reconstituted 31 Squadron ‘Goldstars' to operate the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) MQ-9B Protector RG1...Full story -
AUSA 2023: US Army North working to forecast the ‘Future of Homeland Defense'
US Army North is examining the impact of emerging technologies on homeland defence through to 2040, with implications for how the ground service would project power in...Full story