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New Zealand reassesses defence investment priorities
New Zealand's Defence Minister Peeni Henare has outlined plans to reassess the country's military modernisation requirements in the light of fiscal constraints stemming...Full story -
Baykar Makina unveils MIUS UCAV concept
Turkish unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufacturer Baykar Makina has unveiled concept drawings of its MIUS (Turkish for National Unmanned Aircraft System) unmanned...Full story -
Five teams win initial US Army OMFV design contracts
The US Army has selected five teams to proceed onward to the next phase of the revamped Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) programme, where they will spend the...Full story -
MAKS 2021: Kazakh firm takes stake in Russian aircraft manufacturer
Kazakhstan Aerospace Industries (KAI) has taken a 20% stake in Russian aircraft manufacturer Baikal-Engineering, the Kazakh government's Ministry of Industry and...Full story -
US Air Force issues Bridge Tanker RFI
The US Air Force (USAF) on 19 July made a request for information (RFI) from industry about a ‘Bridge' aerial refuelling tanker capability, formerly known as KC-Y, with...Full story -
Cobham makes bid for Ultra Electronics
Cobham Group has submitted a non-binding offer to acquire fellow UK-based company Ultra Electronics for GBP2.6 billion (USD3.6 billion) in cash, Ultra announced on 23...Full story -
Update: IAI launches StarLight AI for big data analysis
Elta Systems, a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) product called Starlight that helps turn large quantities...Full story -
British Army aims for entirely new collective training capability
The British Army intends to transform its collective training capability, including by adopting an industry partner to help resource and deliver training.Full story -
Romania's Aerostar signs MOU on UAV production
Romanian aircraft equipment manufacturer and services provider Aerostar has signed a collaboration agreement with UK joint venture U-TacS for the potential production of...Full story -
Appeal lodged against Spanish IFV turret contract
Israeli-owned Pap Tecnos has launched an appeal against Spain's decision to award the 30 mm turret contract for its new 8×8 Dragón infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) to...Full story -
MAKS 2021: Kazakh firm takes stake in Russian aircraft manufacturer
Kazakhstan Aerospace Industries (KAI) has taken a 20% stake in Russian aircraft manufacturer Baikal-Engineering, the Kazakh government's Ministry of Industry and...Full story -
Indian Navy conducts maiden exercise with Carrier Strike Group 21
The Indian Navy (IN) participated in a bilateral passage exercise with Carrier Strike Group 21 (CSG21) – led by Royal Navy (RN) aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth – in...Full story -
Australian Army acquires DroneShield RfOne MKII C-UAS sensors
Australian counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) specialist DroneShield has sold several of its RfOne MKII long-range direction-finding sensors to the Australian...Full story -
DAPA rolls out capability support measures
South Korea's Defence Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has outlined a series of measures to support the national defence industry to respond to challenges...Full story -
Artificial intelligence firms Shield AI, Heron Systems join forces
Shield AI announced on 22 July that it has acquired Heron Systems, bringing together two US software companies that are developing artificial intelligence (AI) pilots...Full story -
INS Tabar seen with new combat system upgrades
The Indian Navy's Project 1135.6 (P1135.6) guided-missile frigate, INS Tabar (F44), has been upgraded with new combat systems.Full story -
Russia moves equipment away from training ground near Ukrainian border
Video footage and imagery sourced from social media and analysed by Janes between 13 July and 21 July appears to show that Russia has begun to withdraw equipment from a...Full story -
Greece receives first Rafale combat aircraft
The Hellenic Air Force (HAF) has officially received its first Dassault Rafale combat aircraft.Full story -
India's DRDO conducts test launches of indigenously developed manportable ATGM and SAM systems
India's government-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) test-fired on 21 July a manportable anti-tank guided missile (MPATGM) being developed for...Full story -
Blighter to supply B402 radars for international AFV fleet
The UK's Blighter Surveillance Systems has been contracted to provide at least 25 of its B402 target acquisition radars to a European armoured fighting vehicle (AFV)...Full story