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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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Naval Warfare

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Land Warfare

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Air Warfare

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Land Warfare

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Defence Notes

Insight: China’s marine corps eyes new missions far from home

27th June 2019

Expanding from the two brigades it possessed just a few years ago, the People’s Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps (PLANMC) that was established in 1953 …
Defence Helicopter

Serbia receives first H145M

27th June 2019

Airbus Helicopters has announced that following the delivery of the first H145M helicopter to Serbia in 2018, a local maintenance plant for SA 341/342 Gazelle helicopters …
Military Logistics

Marshall contracted to support additional Bangladeshi Hercs

27th June 2019

Marshall Aerospace and Defence has signed a contract with the Bangladesh air force for the support of additional C-130J Super Hercules transports that are being …
Land Warfare

Protolab delivers 6x6 PMPV to Finland

26th June 2019

Protolab has delivered the first Protolab 6x6 Protected Multi-Purpose Vehicles (PMPV) to the Finnish Defence Forces (FDF). The company is delivering four PMPVs to the …
Defence Notes

Pompeo holds talks in 'tariff king' India

26th June 2019

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 26th June, trying to chart a path that keeps the Asian ally …
Defence Helicopter

USN tests potential EW upgrade for MH-60R

26th June 2019

The US Navy’s Electromagnetic Maneuver Warfare Collaboration, Experimentation, Integration Team has prototyped and field-tested a hardware and software capability that could be provided as a …
Defence Notes

Slovakia to meet NATO defence budget target by 2022

26th June 2019

Slovakia will increase its military budget to the NATO target of 2% of gross domestic product by 2022, 2 years earlier than planned, President Zuzana …
Land Warfare

Specialist enhancements for new Arquus Scarabee

26th June 2019

Vehicle manufacturer Arquus is developing specialist trailer technology to enhance the capability of the Scarabee 4x4 light armoured vehicle (LAV) to support airborne operations, company …
Naval Warfare

BAE aims to boost RAN Hunter frigate supply chain

26th June 2019

BAE Systems is offering A$20 million in contracts to suppliers to support Australia’s Hunter-class Type 26-derived frigate acquisition. It is opening up opportunities to 150 …
Defence Helicopter

S-97's speed remains in testing

26th June 2019

The co-axial S-97 Raider programme has managed to successfully overcome software-based problems that caused a past hard landing incident. A new process of qualification has …
Land Warfare

Javelin tested using RWS on JLTV

26th June 2019

Oshkosh Defense and industry partners have participated in a flight test at the Redstone Test Center in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, during which a Javelin anti-tank …
Land Warfare

Lockheed receives ATACMS contract

26th June 2019

Lockheed Martin has received a $561.8 million production contract for Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) surface-to-surface missiles for the US Army and Foreign Military Sales …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Gaming-style solutions for downing drones (Studio)

26th June 2019

This video is brought to you in partnership with Raytheon. Beth Maundrill, Deputy Editor, Shephard Media, speaks to Evan Hunt, business development director for high energy lasers …
Military Logistics

US Army seeks new Stryker cannon sources

26th June 2019

The US Army is seeking new sources for the production of 30x173mm cannons. Service interest was outlined in a 24 June 2019 RfI released by …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Schiebel makes moves down under

26th June 2019

Schiebel Pacific (SPL) has opened a new office and workshop at Albatross Aviation Technical Park in Yerriyong, New South Wales, and has announced a new …
Defence Notes

Paris Air Show: Diehl’s Safran deal proposes new glide munition

26th June 2019

Diehl Defence and Safran signed a cooperation agreement on 17 June at the Paris Air Show to develop a new glide munition to equip current …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Singapore pursues AI projects for UAS

26th June 2019

Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA), in collaboration with ST Engineering, is exploring the use of AI for UAVs to allow groups of them …
Naval Warfare

India approves more P-8 aircraft

25th June 2019

On 20 June the Indian MoD approved the acquisition of an extra ten P-8I Neptune maritime patrol aircraft for the Indian Navy (IN), just the …
Naval Warfare

US Navy stresses simplicity in unmanned vessel design

25th June 2019

The US Navy wants its future unmanned vessels to have simpler designs than manned ships to ensure they are relatively inexpensive and can therefore be …

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