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Ukrainian state companies ready to produce BTR-4s
Ukrainian state-owned companies Kharkov Morozov Design Bureau (KMDB) and the Malyshev Plant have qualified as manufacturers of the BTR-4 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV),...Full story -
Pentagon budget 2020: DoD eyes buying 144 total F-15EXs over time
The Pentagon wants to buy eight Boeing F-15EX fighters in fiscal year 2020 (FY 2020) as part of a planned buy of 144 total aircraft over an unspecified number of years...Full story -
Delivery of China's heavy-lift helicopter forecast for 2032
The joint Sino-Russian project to develop and build a 40-tonne helicopter is expected to deliver the first aircraft in 2032, Chinese state-owned newspaper Global Times...Full story -
Pentagon budget 2020: MDA requests static budget, about USD9.4 billion
The White House’s proposed budget for the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) includes USD9.431 billion in fiscal year 2020 (FY 2020), which would mark a cut of USD1.06...Full story -
French Navy awards Airbus-led consortium RIFAN 2.1 contract
The French Navy is acquiring a secure data network for its vessels from a consortium comprising Naval Group, Rohde & Schwarz, and headed by Airbus.Full story -
Germany raises equipment readiness
Germany’s chief of defence staff (Generalinspekteur der Bundeswehr), General Eberhard Zorn, reported improvements in the readiness of the country’s military equipment to...Full story -
Kongsberg awarded contract to supply JSMs for Japanese F-35s
Norwegian company Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace announced on 11 March that it has signed a contract to provide “the initial deliveries” of precision-guided Joint Strike...Full story -
Indonesia leans towards Iver Huitfeldt class for frigate acquisition
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BEL-led team unveils new airborne weapon prototypes
A collaborative Indian industry team led by Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) has unveiled an array of new air-launched precision-guided weapons and lightweight cruise...Full story -
Romanian MoD details upcoming deployment to Mali
The Romanian armed forces are to deploy a helicopter unit comprising four IAR 330L Puma aircraft to Gao, Mali, under the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated...Full story -
Pentagon budget 2020: DoD officials appear sanguine on growing national debt
US defence officials previously feared that rising interest rates and growing federal debt would push the government’s net interest costs so high that they would squeeze...Full story -
US Air Force to buy handful of light attack aircraft
The US Air Force (USAF) will buy two to three aircraft each from Light Attack Experiment (LAE) participants Textron Aviation and Sierra Nevada Corp (SNC), but it is...Full story -
Singapore, Malaysia suspend overlapping maritime claims in waters off Tuas
The Malaysian and Singaporean governments have reached an agreement to suspend their respective claims over a maritime area off Tuas, in a bid to de-escalate tensions...Full story -
Naval Group team selected for BE/NL MCM programme
An industry team led by France’s Naval Group has been selected to provide Belgium and the Netherlands (BE/NL) with a next generation stand-off mine countermeasures (MCM)...Full story -
New Zealand's future hydrography ship begins sea trials
The Royal New Zealand Navy’s (RNZN’s) future hydrographic and diving support vessel, which will be known as HMNZS Manawanui once commissioned, has received its service...Full story -
Indonesia to receive ZOKA torpedo countermeasures for Nagapasa submarines
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US Air Force reveals additional KC-46A FOD containment details
Boeing is performing, on average, five sweeps per KC-46A Pegasus aerial refuelling tanker aircraft in its effort to contain the foreign object debris (FOD) issue that...Full story -
Boeing contracted to integrate LRSO cruise missile with the B-52H bomber
The US Air Force (USAF) Nuclear Weapons Center has awarded Boeing a USD250 million contract to integrate the Long Range Stand-Off (LRSO) cruise missile weapon system...Full story -
Raytheon awarded TBG concept maturation contract
As the United States continues to ramp up its efforts to field a hypersonic weapons capability – and close the gap with its peer adversaries – the US Defense Advanced...Full story -
Airbus Helicopters offers H145M for Australian SOF role
Airbus Helicopters has confirmed it is to bid its H145M battlefield support helicopter for Australia’s special forces requirement.Full story