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Dive Technologies pushes 3D printing for AUV manufacturing
Massachusetts-based startup Dive Technologies is looking to leverage additive manufacturing (AM) technologies, commonly referred to as 3D printing, for large and...Full story -
Number of JASDF scrambles drops 23% in FY 2020/21
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) scrambled its fighter aircraft a total of 725 times in fiscal year (FY) 2020/21 in response to foreign military aircraft...Full story -
Oman establishes military pension fund
Oman’s ruler, Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said, issued a royal decree on 7 April creating a separate pension fund for the country’s armed forces and security services.Full story -
US committee proposes co-ordinated exports controls on China
Leaders of the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee have proposed legislation seeking to counter China’s efforts to develop advanced military technologies.Full story -
US adds Chinese supercomputing groups to its Entity List
The United States has added seven Chinese supercomputing enterprises to its trading blacklist over their alleged involvement in developing military systems for People’s...Full story -
Update: JSM successfully released from F-35A
The Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (Forsvarsmateriellm - FMA), in association with Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace (KDA), the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment...Full story -
US Navy seeks GPS alternatives for hypersonic weapons
The Department of the Navy is seeking prototype proposals for a non-GPS-based position, navigation, and timing (PNT) system, that will eventually be integrated into the...Full story -
Russian Caspian Flotilla amphibious vessels transfer to Black Sea
Russian threat capabilities against Ukraine were added to on 7 April when Moscow’s Ministry of Defence announced that more than 10 amphibious landing and artillery ships...Full story -
Pentagon budget 2022: White House reveals USD715 billion topline request
Apr 9, 2021, 17:25 by Ashley Roque & Michael FabeyThe Biden administration has notified Congress that it will request USD715 billion in discretionary funds for the Department of Defense (DoD) next year, an increase over...Full story -
South Korea rolls out prototype of its first indigenous fighter aircraft
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has rolled out a prototype of the multirole fighter aircraft being developed for the Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) under the...Full story -
Northrop Grumman maturing Firebird maritime capabilities
Northrop Grumman is maturing the maritime and littoral capabilities of its Firebird optionally-piloted unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for prospective customers, Janes was...Full story -
South Korea, Indonesia pledge closer industrial ties
South Korea and Indonesia have pledged to expand defence industrial co-operation as part of closer strategic ties.Full story -
New US Space Force directorate drafting ISR, intel requirements
The US Space Force’s intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) chief is pressing ahead with two service-level initiatives that will lay the requirements and...Full story -
Northrop Grumman completes IBR for US Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent
Northrop Grumman has completed the Integrated Baseline Review (IBR) for the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase of United States’ Ground-Based...Full story -
DARPA issues contracts for WiSPER secure comms development
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded contracts to three companies to investigate and develop wideband secure and protected radio interface...Full story -
Germany's blackned, Rheinmetall team to develop new IdZ soldier system
German company blackned has partnered with Rheinmetall to develop the next version of the German Army’s Infantryman of the Future (Infanterist der Zukunft: IdZ) soldier...Full story -
Hanwha Defense readies improved MPUGV prototype for RoKA trials
South Korea defence company Hanwha Defense’s Multi-Purpose Unmanned Ground Vehicle (MPUGV) is set to be evaluated by the Republic of Korea Army (RoKA) in the second half...Full story -
Russian Ground Troop Units and Iskander ballistic missiles identified at Ukrainian border by Janes
Apr 8, 2021, 15:58 by User Not FoundOpen-source intelligence specialists at Janes have identified fourteen ground troop units and several Iskander short-range ballistic missile systems at the Ukrainian border.Full story -
Chinese company Zhongtian Feilong unveils UAV ‘mothership'
Chinese company Zhongtian Feilong announced on 1 April that it successfully carried out a “technical verification” flight of a newly developed unmanned aerial vehicle...Full story -
US warns China against aggressive moves in South China Sea dispute with Philippines
The US State Department has warned China against making any aggressive moves in the South China Sea amid heightened tensions between Beijing and Manila over territorial...Full story