UV - Unmanned Vehicles
Aussie Bluebottles show signs of intelligence
Ocius Technology announced on 17 June that two of its Bluebottle autonomous persistent USVs had begun running scenarios off the coast of New South Wales ...
LWI - Land Warfare
Australia pieces together its NASAMS puzzle
Australia’s Department of Defence announced on 20 June the signing of an acquisition contract for the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) short-range ground-based air ...
LWI - Land Warfare
Australia selects NBC gear
OPEC Systems, an Australian company established in 1992, has signed a contract with Leidos Australia to supply four types of equipment as part of Project ...
NWI - Naval Warfare
Philippine Navy seeks two LPDs and other new vessels
On 17 June the Philippine Department of National Defense (DND) issued an invitation to bid for two LPDs for the Philippine Navy (PN), assets that ...
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MTSN - Training/Simulation
Philippines commissions FA-50 simulator
17th June 2019
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) commissioned an FA-50PH flight simulator on 14 June, this device having been provided by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), the maker ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Insight: Japan seeks to eliminate vulnerabilities in the southwest
14th June 2019
The Liaoning aircraft carrier and five accompanying surface ships of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) passed through the Miyako Strait, which separates Okinawa and ...
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NWI - Naval Warfare
Sri Lankan Navy receives ships from regional rivals
13th June 2019
The strategic importance of Sri Lanka in South Asia was underlined this week when the Sri Lankan Navy (SLN) took delivery of vessels from the ...
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MLF - Military Logistics
NZ replaces Hercules with....
11th June 2019
The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) has selected Lockheed Martin’s C-130J-30 Super Hercules as the preferred option to replace its incumbent fleet of C-130H tactical ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
Philippines orders UAS jammers from TRD
7th June 2019
TRD, a Singapore-based company, has successfully won a public bid to supply nine man-portable directional counter-UAS systems to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
South Korea completes development of 8x8 SPAAG
6th June 2019
The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) in South Korea announced on 4 June that it has completed development of a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) based ...
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NWI - Naval Warfare
Insight: China aspires to multiple carrier task groups
5th June 2019
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UV - Unmanned Vehicles
US allocates ScanEagles for Southeast Asian nations
4th June 2019
The US, via its FMS scheme, is supplying a total of 34 Insitu ScanEagle systems to four partner countries in Southeast Asia. In an announcement ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Shangri-La Dialogue 2019: ASEAN mute on international rule breakers
3rd June 2019
In sharp contrast to China’s bellicose tone at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, the voices of most ASEAN and others’ defence ministers were particularly muted ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Shangri-La Dialogue: China's belligerent address is detached from reality
2nd June 2019
While the speech by US Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan at the Shangri-La Dialogue yesterday was mild mannered, the same was not true of the ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Shangri-La Dialogue: Vagueness from US disappoints many
1st June 2019
The highlight of any Shangri-La Dialogue is Sino-US rivalry. However, China is probably rubbing its hands in glee after 1.5 days of the dialogue have ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
South Korea restarts K2 tank production
30th May 2019
Hyundai Rotem, South Korea’s sole MBT manufacturer, is restarting production of its 56t K2 tank after a two-year hiatus.
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DB - Digital Battlespace
Thailand to upgrade T-50TH trainers
29th May 2019
The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) is upgrading its T-50TH Golden Eagle trainer jet fleet. Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) won a contract to upgrade 12 ...
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NWI - Naval Warfare
First Philippine frigate launched
28th May 2019
The Philippine Navy’s (PN) most modern warship, the future BRP Jose Rizal, was launched in Ulsan by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) before a high-ranking PN ...
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UV - Unmanned Vehicles
New Zealand selects EOD robots from Roboteam
23rd May 2019
Roboteam, a Tel Aviv-based ground robotics developer, has won a contract from the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) for a suite of robots suitable for ...
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DH - Defence Helicopter
Afghanistan receives Indian-funded Mi-24V helicopters (update)
23rd May 2019
India handed over a pair of Russian-built Mi-24V attack helicopters to the Afghan Air Force (AAF) on 16 May during a ceremony at the air ...
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DH - Defence Helicopter
South Korea reboots naval helicopter tender
22nd May 2019
The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) in South Korea reissued an RfP on 2 May in its pursuit of obtaining 12 additional naval helicopters for ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
Australia resuscitates howitzer ambitions
19th May 2019
Australia is again on the hunt for a new self-propelled howitzer (SPH), seven years after it abruptly cancelled the Project Land 17 Phase 2 tender ...
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NWI - Naval Warfare
NZ navy’s hydrographic vessel arrives home
17th May 2019
The Royal New Zealand Navy’s (RNZN) new hydrographic and diving support vessel, HMNZS Manawanui, arrived in Wellington on 13 May after its 11,570nm delivery voyage ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
Harris to supply radios to New Zealand Army
10th May 2019
New Zealand announced in Q1 2019 that Harris Defence Australia had been chosen to deliver a new tactical communications network for the New Zealand Army, ...
