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DIMDEX 2024: Qatar's special forces training centre opens new site
Qatar's Project 401 Special Operations Training Centre revealed its second site during the DIMDEX 2024 show held in Doha from 4 to 6 March.Full story -
Norway exercises option for additional TPY-4 radars
The Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) is procuring three additional TPY-4 multimission ground-based radars from Lockheed Martin after exercising a contract option...Full story -
DIMDEX 2024: Iran displays Gaza-armed ISTAR UAV with new details
The Iranian defence industry displayed its multirole Gaza-armed intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)...Full story -
Thai air force outlines plans for new fighters, unmanned systems
The Royal Thai Force (RTAF) has detailed plans to acquire a wide range of unmanned capabilities, missiles, and a priority procurement of new fighter aircraft in its 2024...Full story -
TNI-AU plans to deploy two new UAV squadrons
The Indonesian Air Force (Tentara Nasional Indonesia-Angkatan Udara: TNI-AU) has announced that it will add two additional unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) squadrons to its...Full story -
Thales completes factory acceptance tests for Type 31 frigate mission system
Thales has successfully completed factory acceptance tests (FATs) for the first Type 31 mission system, the company announced on 28 February.Full story -
Saab begins construction of Carl-Gustaf manufacturing facility in India
Swedish defence company Saab has started the construction of a new Carl-Gustaf manufacturing facility in India, Saab said on 4 March.Full story -
NATO Arctic exercise includes Finland as new member, elevates US Marine Corps' command role
With the kick-off of Exercise ‘Nordic Response 2024' in February in the Norwegian Arctic, NATO is including Finland forces for the first time as a new official allied...Full story -
Babcock awarded refit contract for second Vanguard-class SSBN
Babcock has been awarded a contract by the UK Submarine Delivery Agency to carry out the non-refuelling deep maintenance and life-extension (LIFEX) programme for the UK...Full story -
UK's swarming drone rollout stymied by ‘competing resource priorities'
The United Kingdom's effort to develop and field an unmanned ‘swarming drone' capability is being stymied by “competing resource priorities”, the government disclosed on...Full story -
China increases 2024 defence budget by 7.2%
The Chinese government has proposed a defence budget of CNY1.67 trillion (USD232 billion) for 2024, official state media has reported. The new expenditure represents a...Full story -
Update: Enhanced Chinese Sky Hawk stealth UAV conducts flight tests
China's Tianying (Sky Hawk) tailless low-observable, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has started flight-testing following upgrades to its “main parameters”. According to...Full story -
Boeing notches Canadian and German Foreign Military Sales
The US Navy (USN) has ordered 17 Boeing P-8 Poseidon anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft on behalf of foreign customers, according to the US Department of Defense's...Full story -
GEOST bets on focal plane, edge computing capabilities for PWSA fire control
Arizona-based sensor payload company GEOST is betting big that improved focal plane fidelity, coupled with artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled imagery processing at the...Full story -
Canadian defence plan costs increase by CAD51.5 billion, says PBO
Projected capital spending under Canada's Strong, Secure, Engaged (SSE) defence policy has increased by CAD51.5 billion (USD38 billion) since 2022, according to the...Full story -
Nexter qualifies Shard 120 mm APFSDS tank ammunition
KNDS's Nexter announced in a press release on 29 February that it had qualified its Shard 120 mm armour-piercing fin-stabilised discarding sabot (APFSDS) tank ammunition...Full story -
Denmark launches competition to replace coastal radars
Denmark has launched a EUR220 million (USD238.4 million) competition to replace its coastal radars in Bornholm and Skagen as well as on the Faroe Islands.Full story -
GCAP partners progress concept design
Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom are in talks on the preliminary design of the sixth-generation Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) aircraft, with discussions on the...Full story -
US to initiate deliveries of Taiwan's M1A2 Abrams tanks, HIMARS in 2024
The Republic of China Army (RoCA) will receive 38 M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks (MBTs), 11 M142 High-Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and associated...Full story -
Holding steady: Asia-Pacific defence spending shows signs of ‘normality'
In a global geopolitical and economic context of ever-increasing uncertainty, Asia-Pacific's defence spending growth in 2024 is, at first glance at least, remarkably...Full story