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Naval Warfare

Royal Canadian Navy advances with the construction of its first River-Class destroyer

Scheduled for delivery by 2033, HMCS Fraser will be a major surface component of the Canadian maritime combat power.

Air Warfare

Paris Air Show 2025: Poland orders Apache targeting systems and will establish local support facility

In 2024, Poland agreed to purchase 96 Boeing AH-64E Apache combat helicopters in a deal worth as much as US$12 billion. The deal included 97 AN/ASQ-170 modernised target acquisition and designation sight/AN/AAR-11 modernised pilot night vision sensors (M-TADS/PNVS).

Air Warfare

Paris Air Show 2025: Airbus and France sign framework agreement for VSR-700

The framework agreement is for the future acquisition of the system under the French Navy’s SDAM programme. The agreement also paves the way for cooperation with other nations via government-to-government agreements.

Air Warfare

Paris Air Show 2025: Milkor and Hanwha partner to integrate the latter’s SAR payload into the Milkor 380

Hanwha Systems and Milkor announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Paris Air Show to integrate the Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) system into the Milkor 380 drone.

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Land Warfare

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Land Warfare

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Defence Notes

NATO releases report on defence spending 2012-2019

28th June 2019

NATO has released its defence spending figures for the period between 2012 and 2019 and it will make unhappy reading for some, including the Trump …
Land Warfare

South Korea ready to field self-propelled 120mm mortar

28th June 2019

Hanwha Defense has developed a new automatic, self-loading self-propelled 120mm mortar fitted inside a K200A1 tracked chassis for the Republic of Korea Army (ROKA).
Naval Warfare

LCS 17 completes acceptance trials

28th June 2019

USS Indianapolis, the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 17, has completed acceptance trials at Lake Michigan, the final large milestone before it is delivered to the …
Digital Battlespace

Kratos contracted for C5ISR work

28th June 2019

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has been awarded a $5.9 million contract award to provide C5ISR hardware and subsystems for an undisclosed missile defence-related programme. …
Defence Notes

Swiss ban aerospace firm Pilatus from operating in Saudi, UAE

27th June 2019

On 26th June Switzerland banned aerospace firm Pilatus from further operating in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates after finding the Swiss company gave …
Defence Notes

UK ‘likely’ to add remote carrier to Tempest programme

27th June 2019

The UK government has given its strongest hint to date that remote carrier and combat cloud solutions will be added to the BAE Systems led Tempest …
Digital Battlespace

BAE Systems to modernise US Navy C5ISR

27th June 2019

The US Navy has awarded BAE Systems a five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to modernise and maintain its C5ISR systems. The contract is valued at $90 million. …
Naval Warfare

Argentinian Navy OPV deliveries on the horizon

27th June 2019

Argentina’s naval forces should welcome the first of four OPVs from Naval Group in 2020, as work continues in the upgrade of L’Adroit in preparation …
Digital Battlespace

Raytheon's Multi-INT approach to airborne systems (Studio)

27th June 2019

This video is brought to you in partnership with Raytheon. Beth Maundrill, Deputy Editor, Shephard Media, speaks to Roy Azevedo, President, Space and Airborne Systems at Raytheon, …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Germany assesses Mikado UAV performance

27th June 2019

Germany has completed an evaluation of the Mikado UAS, testing incremental updates that have been introduced into the system. The Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, …
Training

Kratos UAVs used in war games

27th June 2019

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions announced on 24 June that its Unmanned Systems Division had completed missile firing exercises with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration …
Defence Notes

NATO agrees response to new Russia missile

27th June 2019

NATO on 26th June agreed a package of political and military measures to boost its defences against a controversial new Russian missile system. The alliance …
Military Logistics

US Army looks to logistics exoskeletons

27th June 2019

In its latest look at exoskeleton technologies, the US Army appears to be focusing application emphasis towards logistics functions. The most recent effort was outlined in …
Special Operations

Safran's first MFF delivery due

27th June 2019

Safran will deliver its first military freefall (MFF) ensemble to the French Army in the final quarter of 2019 as part of the Multi-Mission Parachute …
Land Warfare

Sweden signs framework agreement for Carl-Gustaf M4

27th June 2019

Saab has signed a framework agreement with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to provide the Swedish armed forces with the Carl-Gustaf M4 shoulder-launched weapon. …
Defence Helicopter

High hopes for Hughes BLOS technology

27th June 2019

Based on a unique through-the-rotor waveform that enables full motion video transmission, Hughes has recently demonstrated BLoS technology on-board Spanish NH90 TTH aircraft, with a collection of …
Naval Warfare

Intermarine completes pontoon for RN carriers

27th June 2019

Intermarine UK has completed the construction of a floating platform for the Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers. It has built a 24x12 metre pontoon that …
Defence Notes

US cyber attack on Iran shrouded in digital 'fog of war'

27th June 2019

A claim by US officials that a retaliatory cyber-attack ordered by the White House crippled Iranian missile launching systems will remain almost impossible to substantiate, …
Land Warfare

BAE and Iveco to develop new USMC amphibious vehicle variants

27th June 2019

BAE Systems and Iveco Defence Vehicles have jointly been awarded a $67 million contract modification by the US Marine Corps to develop new variants for …

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