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Bell's APT 70 eVTOL aircraft performs first flight
Bell’s Autonomous Pod Transport (APT) 70 scalable modular unmanned vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft completed its first autonomous flight in mid-August.Full story -
Bangladesh receives first of five UK-surplus C-130J transport aircraft
Bangladesh has received the first of five UK-surplus Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules transport aircraft ordered for the country’s air force.Full story -
GA-ASI contracted to deliver special mission upgrades for Reaper and Gray Eagle UAVs
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has contracted General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) to deliver upgrades to the special mission MQ-9 Reaper and MQ-1C...Full story -
Yemeni rebels unveil cruise missile, long-range UAVs
The Yemeni rebel group Ansar Allah (popularly known as the Houthis) unveiled on 7 July weapons that it has been using to attack Saudi Arabia in recent months, including...Full story -
French Navy's Albatros surveillance jet set for 2023 debut
The French Navy is planning to recapitalise its maritime surveillance force with the introduction of the Dassault Aviation Albatros – a customised Falcon 2000LXS...Full story -
UK announces ‘ambitious' defence space programme
The UK government has announced what it describes to be an “ambitious” defence space programme that will see more than GBP30 million (USD37.25 million) invested in a...Full story -
Lockheed Martin begins integration of Auto GCAS into F-35As
Lockheed Martin has begun integrating the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto GCAS) onto US Air Force (USAF) F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)...Full story -
French Air Force's DACAS declared operational on Rafale
The French Air Force has officially achieved initial operating capability (IOC) with its digitally aided close air support (DACAS) system aboard its two-seat Rafale B F3...Full story -
Navy League 2019: Bell positions V-247 Vigilant for evolving USMC MUX programme
Bell is designing its V-247 Vigilant unmanned tiltrotor as a solution for the US Marine Corps’ (USMC’s) emerging ship-based multi-mission aircraft requirement, Todd...Full story -
IMDEX 2019: Controp debuts upgraded ISea-25HD EO/IR payload
Israel’s Controp Precision Technologies took the opportunity at the IMDEX 2019 exhibition, held in Singapore from 14 to 16 May, to unveil an improved version of its...Full story -
THAAD exercise in Israel declared a success
An exercise that involved the rapid deployment of a US Army Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system battery to Israel for the first time was a success, the US...Full story -
MBDA revenues increase, order backlog grows
European missile manufacturing consortium MBDA announced in its annual results that the firm’s order book had hit a record EUR17.4 billion (USD19.78 billion) following...Full story -
Russian MoD to receive first Mi-38T rotorcraft by June
The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) is expected to receive its first Mil Mi-38T utility helicopter by June, a spokesperson from Rostec’s Russian Helicopters told...Full story -
South Korea planning to upgrade RoKA's K1A2 MBTs
The South Korean Ministry of National Defense (MND) is planning to improve the overall performance of the Republic of Korea Army’s (RoKA’s) K1A2 main battle tanks (MBTs)...Full story -
Covid-19: US Army delays upcoming IVAS soldier touchpoint
US Army soldiers were slated to begin a third soldier touchpoint with a militarised version of the new Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) in late July at Fort...Full story -
South Korea's Poniard guided rocket system passes Pentagon's Foreign Comparative Testing
South Korea’s Poniard (known locally as Bigung) multiple launch guided rocket system has passed the US Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) Foreign Comparative Testing: a...Full story -
First Sonar 2150 sonar fit completed on Type 23 frigate
The UK Royal Navy (RN) Type 23 frigate HMS Portland has become the first ship of its class to be fitted with the Sonar 2150 hull-mounted medium-frequency sonar.Full story -
Research papers point to PLAN's next-generation submarine technologies
Two Chinese research papers that emerged in early April through social media provide further evidence of significant technological developments that may be incorporated...Full story -
US Air Force awards Lockheed Martin U-2 aviation upgrade deal
US Air Force (USAF) officials have awarded Lockheed Martin a USD50 million deal to upgrade the avionics suite and mission and pilot interface systems aboard U-2...Full story -
Think tank proposes using US UAVs for ‘deterrence-by-detection' in great power competition
The United States should use its existing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) better for persistent, wide-area intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions...Full story