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Swiss 120 mm Thor mortar bomb completes development
Saab Bofors Dynamics Switzerland said it has completed a private-venture development of a 120 mm Thor mortar bomb, intended to enhance firepower for smoothbore mortars.Full story -
Russia's Yantar shipyard launches first Talwar-class ‘Batch III' frigate for Indian Navy
Russia's Yantar Shipyard has launched the first of four follow-on Talwar (Project 1135.6)-class guided-missile frigates being acquired by the Indian Navy (IN) as part of...Full story -
India, UK conclude maiden joint tri-service exercise ‘Konkan Shakti'
The armed forces of India and the United Kingdom have concluded their first bilateral tri-service exercise, ‘Konkan Shakti-21'.Full story -
LIG Nex1 selected for RoKN's CIWS-II programme
South Korean company LIG Nex1 has won a bid to locally develop and produce a new close-in weapon system (CIWS) to be deployed with Republic of Korea Navy (RoKN)...Full story -
UK Watchkeeper TUAV mid-life extension to come on line in 2026
The British Army aims to have the first enhancements to its Watchkeeper tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (TUAV) system ready by 2026. The project to rejuvenate the...Full story -
First F-15QAs head for Qatar
The first F-15QA Ababil combat aircraft for Qatar have departed Boeing's Missouri production facility for the Gulf emirate.Full story -
Thailand builds new ammunition factory in line with self-reliance target
The Royal Thai Army (RTA) has started operating a new factory to produce 5.56 mm ammunition, it has been announced. The RTA said the facility, in the northeastern...Full story -
Australia assesses submarine construction facilities following AUKUS decision
The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) is to start the process to assess whether the submarine construction facility it was preparing for the cancelled Attack-class...Full story -
Japan takes delivery of first KC-46A tanker aircraft
Boeing has delivered the first of four KC-46A Pegasus aerial refuelling tanker aircraft on order for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF).Full story -
Chinese test accelerates hypersonics weapons race with US
China's recent ‘hypersonic' vehicle testing is pushing the development race with the US for such a weapon into higher gear at a time when the Pentagon is seeking to...Full story -
Airbus reports lower revenue, higher income in Q3
Revenue at Airbus fell 6% to EUR10.5 billion (USD12.3 billion) in the third quarter of 2021, as fewer commercial airplane deliveries and less favourable foreign exchange...Full story -
Divestiture lowers Northrop Grumman's Q3 sales
Northrop Grumman's sales declined 4% to USD8.7 billion in the third quarter of 2021 because of the recent divestiture of an information technology services business, the...Full story -
NATO counting on complex policy interaction to get the technology it needs
The allies' latest plan to nurture and quickly absorb strategic technologies will hinge on the interplay of their four new policy initiatives for that end, according to...Full story -
KAI and KAL eye RoKA's future division-level reconnaissance UAV programme
South Korean aerospace companies are positioning to meet a potential Republic of Korea Army (RoKA) requirement for a next-generation, division-level reconnaissance and...Full story -
Forthcoming NATO report to include ‘hard-hitting' lessons on Afghanistan
Allied officials are soul-searching for answers to the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban in August despite NATO's 20-year effort to shore up the country's security and...Full story -
KAI to develop MUM-T system for locally developed RoK military helicopters
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has secured a KRW4 billion (USD3.4 million) contract from the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) in Seoul to fast-track...Full story -
China tests hypersonic weapon, US JCS chairman confirms
US Army General Mark Milley, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), confirmed on 27 October that China has tested a new hypersonic weapon system, describing...Full story -
Central Military District pulls more equipment from vehicle stores on Ukrainian border
The Russian Central Military District's (CMD's) 41st Combined Arms Army has begun withdrawing equipment from the Pogonovo training ground south of Voronezh city and...Full story -
Russia's Ataka-Shorokh acoustic UAV detector completes factory trials
Russia's Ataka-Shorokh acoustic detector of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has completed factory trials, state corporation Rostec announced in October.Full story -
PLA helicopters enter Taiwan's ADIZ for the first time
Chinese military helicopters have for the first time entered Taiwan's southwestern air-defence identification zone (ADIZ), according to data provided by the Ministry of...Full story