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New reform of NATO's partner-oriented Trust Funds hikes pressure on deliverables
With allied leaders agreeing, during the June 29–30 Madrid summit, to massively ramp-up the defence of NATO's home territory against external aggression, attention will...Full story -
Indian Navy issues RFI for Shipborne UAVs
India has announced an intention to procure 40 Naval Shipborne Unmanned Aerial Systems (NSUAS) for warships more than 100 m in length.Full story -
Australia to assess potential defects of Guardian-class patrol boats
Australia's Department of Defence (DoD) and shipbuilder Austal are flying specialists to several Pacific Island countries to assess possible technical defects of...Full story -
Poland signs for AW149 helicopters
Poland has signed for Leonardo AW149 helicopters, two weeks after the country's defence minister said a deal would be sealed “in the near future”.Full story -
US Army interested in enhanced M-SHORAD capability for ground threats
The US Army wants soldiers using the Stryker-based Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) weapon to also be able to target ground threats and is seeking information...Full story -
Aerojet Rocketdyne shareholders elect CEO slate to board
A slate of candidates led by Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO Eileen Drake has won the publicly traded company's contentious election for board of directors, defeating a group led...Full story -
Update: Sikorsky to deliver hundreds more Black Hawks to US Army and FMS customers
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has contracted Sikorsky to deliver 255 H-60 Black Hawk helicopters for the US Army and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers.Full story -
Greece submits letter of request for F-35
Greece's plans to acquire the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) have taken a step forward, with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis saying on...Full story -
Ukraine conflict: NATO invites Finland and Sweden to become alliance members
NATO leaders invited Finland and Sweden to become the alliance's 31st and 32nd members on the first day of their 29–30 June summit in Madrid. Speaking to journalists on...Full story -
Sweden signs for GlobalEyes
The Swedish government has contracted Saab to deliver two GlobalEye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft for the country's armed forces.Full story -
Ukraine conflict: Biden beefs up F-35 presence in UK
The United States is to send two additional squadrons of Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft to the United Kingdom as part of a wider...Full story -
Ukraine conflict: Baykar to commit entire Bayraktar production to Ukraine
Turkey's Baykar will devote all its capacities to meet the needs of the Ukrainian armed forces, Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on 28 June.Full story -
Japan to conduct combustion flight test of scramjet engine
Japan is preparing to conduct the first combustion flight test of its in-development scramjet engine. The engine is intended to power various hypersonic vehicles to...Full story -
Lockheed Martin, US Navy seek to develop operational concepts for ship-board laser
As the US Navy (USN) and Lockheed Martin work through the installation of the company's High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) on...Full story -
India tests Abhyas HEAT system at low altitudes
India has tested its locally developed Abhyas High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) off the country's east coast.Full story -
Indian Army orders mountain variant of WLR
The Indian Army has ordered six units of a new “mountain variant” of a weapon location radar (WLR) system developed by Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL).Full story -
Parker's bid for Meggitt advances
UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Kwasi Kwarteng is “minded to accept” the commitments that Parker Hannifin Corporation is...Full story -
Update: PLA aircraft fly into Taiwan's ADIZ on ‘anti-carrier' exercises
Twenty-nine Chinese military aircraft flew into Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on 21 June, in what was the third-largest air incursion of the zone by...Full story -
South Korea backs proposal to acquire additional F-35s
A defence subcommittee of the South Korean government has backed a proposal to purchase additional Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II stealth fighter jets.Full story -
India tests locally developed laser-guided ATGM
India test-fired on 28 June its locally developed laser-guided anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) from an Arjun main battle tank (MBT), the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in New...Full story