Defence Notes
PREMIUM: Space Force sticks with Rocket Lab despite curse of unlucky 13
Space payloads usually cost tens or hundreds of millions of dollars and their loss can be a huge setback for their operators. Launcher reliability is ...
Air Warfare
PREMIUM: Final captive-carry test heralds next chapter for ARRW
US efforts to rapidly develop and field hypersonic weapons within the next three years took a step forward on 8 August, with a final captive-carry ...
Land Warfare
PREMIUM: US donates 200 M1117 ASVs to Colombian Army
The US has approved the donation of 200 units of the M1117 Guardian Armoured Security Vehicle (ASV) to the Colombian Army under the Excess Defence ...
Naval Warfare
PREMIUM: Latest improved Kilo-class boat poised for comprehensive tests
The second Project 636.3 Varshavyanka (Improved Kilo-II class) diesel-electric attack submarine for the Russian Pacific Fleet is set to begin a comprehensive series of tests. According ...
Defence Notes
PODCAST: Global IFV market forecast, Link 16 for dismounted forces and Asia-Pacific round-up
Welcome to Episode 31 of the second series of The Weekly Defence Podcast. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and more. Sign up to an early email alert ...
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Air Warfare
PREMIUM: Japan researches future fighter technologies
Japan has not produced fighters since 2011, when the last F-2 was delivered. Therefore, Japanese companies such as Sumitomo Electric that produced radar domes and ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
AeroVironment enhances Puma range
11th August 2020
The Puma UAS product line from AeroVironment is being enhanced with a new smart battery and bungee launch system (BLS), the US company announced on ...
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Digital Battlespace
Blue Bear adds SATCOM to swarming C2 system
11th August 2020
UK technology company Blue Bear Systems Research has worked with Inmarsat and Cobham to add a SATCOM capability to its Centurion multi-domain swarming C2 system. ‘We have ...
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Digital Battlespace
GeoSpectrum claims breakthrough with compact underwater acoustic range
11th August 2020
Canada-based GeoSpectrum Technologies, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems, on 10 August launched its C-Bass family of compact Very Low Frequency (VLF) long-range acoustic underwater transducers. ...
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Naval Warfare
Canada names sixth AOPS
11th August 2020
The sixth Harry DeWolf-class Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) will be christened Robert Hampton Gray, the Canadian Department of ...
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Digital Battlespace
VectorNav claims disruptive development with new miniature inertial products
11th August 2020
VectorNav Technologies on 11 August launched a new line of inertial products called VectorNav Tactical Embedded. The product range includes VN-110E IMU/AHRS, the VN-210E GNSS-Aided ...
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Land Warfare
US Army orders 120mm ammunition from Rheinmetall
11th August 2020
US Army Contracting Command is to order tank ammunition from German manufacturer Rheinmetall Waffe Munition. An initial contract will cover 90 120x570mm DM53 penetrator cartridges ...
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Land Warfare
Dutch to use specially designed military quad bikes
11th August 2020
Defenture BV is to produce 249 diesel-fuelled quad bikes for the Dutch military, under a contract announced on 10 August. The deal, worth an undisclosed ...
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Military Logistics
First C-130J with new centre wing returns to RAF
10th August 2020
The UK RAF has received the first of 14 C-130J Super Hercules aircraft to have completed an Enhanced Service Life Centre Wing Box replacement by Marshall ...
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Special Operations
US Army picks Airbus to modernise special operations aircraft
10th August 2020
Airbus DS Military Aircraft Inc has received a maximum $10 million contract for sustainment and modernisation of five C-212-200 aircraft operated by US Army Special Operations ...
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Air Warfare
NAVAIR orders F-35 flight test instrumentation
10th August 2020
Lockheed Martin will develop and install flight test instrumentation systems for one F-35B Lot 14 aircraft and one F-35C Lot 14 aircraft for government testing, the ...
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Defence Helicopter
PREMIUM: Bell enhances industrial capabilities with FVL in mind
10th August 2020
Bell Textron officially unveiled its new 140,000ft2 (13,000m2) Manufacturing Technology Center at Fort Worth, Texas on 10 August, underlining its bullish mood regarding development and rapid ...
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Naval Warfare
BAE Systems to repair two USN destroyers
10th August 2020
BAE Systems Jacksonville Ship Repair is to undertake extended dry-docking work on USS Carney (pictured), plus depot modernisation of USS Winston Churchill. Work on the two ...
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Naval Warfare
Bahrain receives ex-RN patrol vessel
10th August 2020
The Royal Bahrain Naval Force (RBNF) on 7 August received an ex-RN patrol vessel in a ceremony in Portsmouth, UK. HMS Clyde (now RBNS Al ...
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Air Warfare
Second Israeli F-35 squadron is now operational
10th August 2020
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has assigned operational status to its second F-35I Adair squadron, following a final fitness inspection last week. Having undergone six ...
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Defence Notes
US picks SpaceX and ULA for NSSL Phase 2
10th August 2020
United Launch Alliance (ULA) and SpaceX rockets will be used to launch US Space Force payloads under National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2, the DoD announced ...
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Naval Warfare
Lockheed Martin to undertake more Aegis work for NAVSEA
10th August 2020
Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems has received a $65.28 million contract from US Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) for FY2020 Aegis Weapon System modernisation, ...
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Digital Battlespace
M-Code advances for GPS satellites
10th August 2020
The fourth Lockheed Martin-built GPS III Space Vehicle (GPS III SV04) has been shipped to Cape Canaveral in preparation for a September 2020 launch, US ...
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Defence Helicopter
PREMIUM: Australia seeks capability partner for SOF helicopters
8th August 2020
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) released an RfP on 4 August regarding a capability enhancement programme (CEP) for the army’s forthcoming special operations rotary-winged (SORW) ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
PREMIUM: UK delays Zephyr HAPS flight tests
7th August 2020
COVID-19 restrictions have forced the UK MoD to postpone Zephyr High-Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS) Operational Concept Demonstrator (OCD) flight trials, which were originally scheduled for summer ...
