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Covid-19: US Army juggles air and missile defence testing delays
Testing new weapons in an ongoing challenge for US Army leaders in the face of the outbreak of coronavirus, and the service’s Air and Missile Defense Cross-Functional...Full story -
US Department of State approves possible sale of 73 SM-3 Block IIA missiles to Japan
The US Department of State has approved a possible USD3.29 billion Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of 73 Raytheon Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) Block IIA (RIM-161D) hit-to-kill...Full story -
TADTE 2019: NCSIST unveils Fire Cardinal mini-UAV
Taiwan’s National Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) has unveiled a new entry to its Hong Que (Cardinal) family of tactical mini-unmanned aerial...Full story -
AUSA 2019: SB>1 Defiant returns to flight after PTSB gearbox bearing creep delay
The Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 Defiant co-axial compound helicopter returned to flight in late September after a bearing creep issue in the Power System Test Bed (PTSB)...Full story -
Xponential 2019: Lockheed Martin adds tether to Indago 3 quadcopter UAV
Lockheed Martin has added a tether to its Indago 3 quadcopter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), providing the aircraft with continuous power compared with the limitations...Full story -
Covid-19: Austal signals strong 2020 despite pandemic impact
Australian naval shipbuilder Austal has said its business activities remain “largely unaffected” by Covid-19 and that it is on track to register annual increases in...Full story -
Diehl, Safran team for Hussar glide munition development
Diehl Defence of Germany and Safran Electronics & Defense of France have signed an co-operative agreement for the development of a lightweight tactical air-to-surface...Full story -
European FCAS fighter to be optimised for carrier ops
The manned New Generation Fighter (NGF) component of the Future Combat Air System/Système de Combat Aérien Futur (FCAS/SCAF) being jointly developed by Dassault Aviation...Full story -
DARPA issues new R&D awards for unmanned swarm technologies
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has issued nine new research and development (R&D) contracts since mid-April, designed to help agency officials...Full story -
Russian flotilla visits Cuba as part of global tour
A group of Russian naval vessels led by the Project 22350 frigate Admiral Gorshkov docked in Havana, Cuba, on 24 June as tensions between Moscow and Washington, as well...Full story -
UAVOS, KACST unveil Saker-1B autonomous-capable MALE UAV
UAVOS and the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) in Saudi Arabia have created a new medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle...Full story -
China carries out first sea-based satellite launch
China carried out its first-ever launch of a satellite from a sea-based mobile platform on 5 June. The event took place in the Yellow Sea using a Long March 11 rocket...Full story -
BAE Systems' AMPV deliveries are “on schedule”
New quality control measures may be hampering BAE Systems’ ability to deliver M109A7 self-propelled howitzers to the US Army in a timely fashion, but the service said...Full story -
Rostec unveils Sapsan-Bekas mobile C-UAV system
Avtomatika Concern, a subsidiary of the state-owned Russian corporation Rostec, took the opportunity at the Army 2019 exhibition, held in Kubinka near Moscow from 25–30...Full story -
Pentagon to send 1,000 additional troops to Poland, including an MQ-9 Reaper squadron
As part of Washington’s plan to beef up troop numbers inside Poland and establish a forward division headquarters there to deter potential Russian military actions, it...Full story -
Damascus capitalises on US withdrawal from northeastern Syria
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has launched a three-pronged move across Kurdish-controlled territory in the northeast of the country in a bid to fill the power vacuum left...Full story -
NORINCO marketing SH-15 155 mm artillery system for export
China North Industries Corporation (NORINCO) is marketing a 155 mm self-propelled (SP) gun-howitzer (GH) called the SH-15. The system’s builder is unconfirmed.Full story -
Orbital Corporation takes aim at tactical UAV propulsion opportunities
Australia’s Orbital Corporation is taking aim at what it believes is a growing customer requirement within the tactical-class unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) market for...Full story -
Aurora indefinitely delays first flight of Odysseus ultra-long-endurance UAV
Aurora Flight Sciences has indefinitely delayed the first flight of its Odysseus solar-powered high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle...Full story -
Images show North Korea fired ‘super large MRL' again on 9 March
Images released by North Korea’s state-run media show that one of the weapon systems the country fired on 9 March appears to have been the same ‘super-large multiple...Full story