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Update: Royal Australian Navy to acquire Bluebottle USVs
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is acquiring five Bluebottle unmanned surface vessels (USVs) to enhance its ability to experiment and advance the operational employment...Full story -
Colombian Navy awards contract to COTECMAR for first PES frigate, ocean patrol vessel, and logistic support ship
The Colombian Navy (Armada de la República de Colombia: ARC) awarded a contract to COTECMAR to build the service's first frigate under the Strategic Surface Platform...Full story -
Czechoslovak Group buys ammo maker Fiocchi Munizioni
Czech Republic-based conglomerate Czechoslovak Group (CSG) has expanded its foreign footprint by acquiring a 70% stake in Italian ammunition manufacturer Fiocchi...Full story -
State of mines: Future of naval mine warfare in Asia-Pacific
Mines constitute the most cost-efficient anti-access, area-denial (A2/AD) naval weapon. NATO's Naval Mine Warfare Centre of Excellence defines mines as small, easy to...Full story -
Saab to build two signals intelligence ships for Poland
Swedish defence and security company Saab has been awarded a contract by the Polish Armaments Agency to design and build two signals intelligence (SIGINT) ships for the...Full story -
Bulgaria signs LOA for follow-on F-16s
Bulgaria has signed a letter of offer and acceptance (LOA) for additional Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft that were cleared for sale by the United States...Full story -
Bombardier begins PEGASUS work for Luftwaffe
Bombardier has inducted the first Global 6000 business jet ahead of conversion to the Persistent German Airborne Surveillance System (PEGASUS) configuration for Germany.Full story -
US approves air-launched weapons package for Finland
The United States has approved the sale to Finland of 88 air-launched weapons valued at an estimated USD323.3 million.Full story -
South Korea sanctions LAH production programme
South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has approved the mass production of Korea Aerospace Industries' (KAI's) Light Armed Helicopter (LAH), the...Full story -
Carrier Ford returns as ship-class work advances
US Navy (USN) aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford (CVN 78) returned from its first official deployment in late November as shipbuilder HII acknowledged further work on...Full story -
Iranian navy upgrades frigate's air defences
The Iranian Jamaran-class frigate Sahand (74) has been upgraded with a new air-defence system, it was revealed when President Ebrahim Raisi boarded the ship during a...Full story -
Finland completes mid-life upgrade of XA-180 APCs
Patria announced in a press release on 23 November that it had completed the mid-life upgrade of the Finnish Defence Forces' (FDF's) XA-180 6×6 armoured personnel...Full story -
Swift win: Chinese military aircraft show links to Western technology
China's development of military air platforms continues to show strong links to designs and concepts originating from the West.Full story -
Royal Australian Navy to acquire Bluebottle USVs
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is acquiring five Bluebottle unmanned surface vessels (USVs) to enhance its ability to experiment and advance the operational employment...Full story -
Australia's IFV decision to follow strategic review
Australia has announced that the decision to supply 450 tracked infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) to the Australian Army will follow a strategic review.Full story -
Gurutvaa Systems ramp up Dronaam C-UAS deliveries to IAF
Indian company Gurutvaa Systems has despatched the first bulk production lot of its Dronaam counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) to the Indian Air Force (IAF).Full story -
Rheinmetall demonstrates new UGV to British Army at AWE
Rheinmetall has demonstrated its new Mission Master unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) module at theBritish Army Warfighting Experiment (AWE) Urban: Sustain and Protect (S&P)...Full story -
China's J-15 naval jet appears with indigenous WS-10 engines
A Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) J-15 ‘Flying Shark' naval fighter has been fitted with what appears to be a pair of domestically developed engines.Full story -
UK MoD issues PQQ for ISR space project
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has issued a pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) for Project Oberon, a programme that seeks high-resolution synthetic aperture radar...Full story -
Update – Changing the guard: Concern over US withdrawal of F-15 jets from Okinawa
The withdrawal of two squadrons of US Air Force (USAF) Boeing F-15C fighter jets from Okinawa has prompted concerns of a decline in US force capability in the...Full story