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Czechs retire Russian-built helicopters
The Czech Republic officially retired the last of its Russian-built helicopters on 15 October.Full story -
Malaysia allocates MYR2.4 billion for three more littoral mission ships
The Malaysian government has allocated a budget of MYR2.4 billion (USD507 million) to procure three more follow-on vessels to the country's Keris-class littoral mission...Full story -
Update: US MQ-9 unit to redeploy from Kyushu to Okinawa
The US military is redeploying a unit of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) MQ-9s from Kyushu island to Okinawa to enhance intelligence, surveillance, and...Full story -
UK to deploy naval task group and surveillance assets to Eastern Mediterranean
The UK government has announced plans to deploy a Royal Navy (RN) task force and surveillance aircraft to the Eastern Mediterranean as part of efforts to step up...Full story -
Ukraine conflict: NATO bolsters Baltics
The United Kingdom signed a long-term defence co-operation agreement with Estonia on the fringes of the 11–12 October meeting of NATO defence ministers in Brussels,...Full story -
AUSA 2023: Taking lessons from Ukraine, US ground forces look for more advanced manufacturing to boost readiness
The war in Ukraine is reshaping how the US Army is looking at logistics and readiness as the service examines more opportunities to boost those operations through...Full story -
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