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China unveils flight simulator for AG600 amphibious aircraft
State-owned broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) has released footage showing that the Aviation Industry Corporation of China’s (AVIC’s) Flight Automatic Control...Full story -
Qatar confirms AW169 order
The Qatari Ministry of Defence confirmed it has ordered Leonardo AW169 helicopters on 15 February when it reported that Minister of State for Defence Affairs Dr Khalid...Full story -
Sweden commits to future GlobalEye buy
Sweden will procure the Saab GlobalEye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) platform to replace its ageing Saab 340 Erieyes, the country’s defence minister...Full story -
Indian Navy receives third Kalvari (Scorpène)-class submarine
India’s Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) has handed over to the Indian Navy (IN) the third of six Kalvari (Scorpène)-class diesel-electric attack submarines...Full story -
Turkey's ULAQ armed USV prototype enters sea trials
Turkish companies Ares Shipyard and Meteksan Defence launched the first prototype of their ULAQ weaponised unmanned surface vehicle (USV) in early February, according to...Full story -
Thailand progresses 4×4 vehicle plan
Thailand’s Defence Technology Institute (DTI) – a research and development (R&D) entity under the Thai Ministry of Defence (MoD) – has signed an agreement with the Royal...Full story -
Philippine Air Force displays recently acquired aerial assets
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) displayed a number of its recently acquired aerial assets during a visit by President Rodrigo Duterte to Clark Air Base, northwest of...Full story -
First US Marine Corps troops arrive in northern Australia for 10th MRF-D
The first group of about 200 US marines has arrived in Darwin as part of the 10th Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D), which will see about 2,200 personnel arrive...Full story -
Role of Russian FSO expands beyond presidential protection
The Federal Protection Service (Federalnaya Sluzhba Okhrany: FSO) traces its history back to the Ninth Directorate of the former Soviet Committee for State Security...Full story -
Indian Army leases four Heron TP UAVs from Israel
The Indian Army (IA) has leased four Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Heron TP medium-altitude, long endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for potential...Full story -
Vietnam orders L-39NG jets from Czech Republic
The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is to receive 12 Aero Vodochody L-39 jet trainer aircraft from the Czech Republic.Full story -
Brazil conducts extreme cold weather trials for KC/C-390 in Alaska
Brazil has conducted extreme cold weather testing of the Embraer KC/C-390 Millennium transport aircraft in Alaska.Full story -
Shortlisted contenders deliver prototype test and evaluation platforms for Australian IFV requirement
The two shortlisted contenders for Australia’s AUD18.1–27.1 billion (USD14–21 billion) infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) requirement have delivered a total of six...Full story -
USAF EMSO strategy due later this year
US Air Force (USAF) Chief of Staff General Charles Brown is pressing the service’s top brass to complete a new overarching battle plan for electromagnetic spectrum...Full story -
US Army assesses AI-enabled sensor-to-shooter system
US army units assessed a new artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled sensor-to-shooter and battlefield situational awareness system by Israel-based Rafael Advanced Defense...Full story -
Nurol Makina qualifies Ejder Yalçin mortar carrier
Turkey’s Nurol Makina announced that it has developed and qualified a new self-propelled mortar system based on its fourth-generation Ejder Yalçin 4×4 protected mobility...Full story -
Carrier decisions could indicate new US administration's naval national security stance, HII CEO says
Decisions the new Biden Administration makes on the makeup and capabilities of the US Navy (USN) aircraft carrier fleet could indicate the USN’s national security...Full story -
USAF awards autonomous target contract to US-UK team
The US Air Force (USAF) has awarded a nine-month contract to US company Mountain Horse Solutions and UK companies Digital Concepts Engineering (DCE) and tpgroup to...Full story -
Georgia developing indigenous surveillance and strike UAS
Tbilisi-based aviation plant TbilAviaMsheni (TAM) is developing Georgia’s first surveillance and strike unmanned aircraft system (UAS), dubbed Project T-31, the company...Full story -
Unmanned on the ground: Autonomous land system developments
Feb 12, 2021, 13:00 by User Not FoundWhile unmanned and autonomous capabilities have proliferated in the air domain, land systems have not been so quick to adopt such new technologies. In a report first published to Janes subscribers in December 2020, Scott Alexander reports...Full story