Despite bolstering its patrol fleet with new Evolved Cape-class vessels, the Royal Australian Navy’s offshore patrol vessel programme remains mired in delays, indecision and criticism over underwhelming capabilities.
The Hurjet is pitched as the front runner for the Spanish Air Force’s Advanced Jet Trainer replacement programme for its ageing F-5M aircraft.
The US Army also added that it would push to get the long-range assault aircraft online “years ahead” of its original 2030 timeline.
An amendment to the Brazilian Constitution currently under discussion would permanently assign 2% of annual GDP to the defence budget, potentially cementing modernisation programmes for the country’s armed forces.
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8th July 2022
Australia has ordered its first anti-ship missiles from Norway to equip its surface warships.
8th July 2022
In this bonus episode of the Shephard Defence Podcast, we bring you the second episode from the latest series of the Five Eyes Connectivity podcast.
8th July 2022
The US Navy uses the Coyote as a target for warship missile defence, and the vehicle recently achieved a milestone.
8th July 2022
Northrop Grumman is building a new missile integration facility in West Virginia.
8th July 2022
This delivery is part of a €4 billion programme that includes two OPVs, four corvettes and one landing platform dock.
8th July 2022
Allison Transmission will provide the X1100TM-5B propulsion solution for the US Army’s new M88A3 HERCULES prototype vehicle.
8th July 2022
Serco Australia and Civmec are touting their Oboe landing craft for an Australian Army tender.
7th July 2022
Mark Burnand, Chief Test Pilot at Leonardo Helicopters UK, talks through the advanced avionics on board the latest generation battlefield utility AW149 helicopter.
7th July 2022
The AW149 medium lift twin-engine multi-role helicopter is designed to ensure excellent performance, lower lifecycle costs and all-weather capability.
7th July 2022
African appetite for armed UAVs is reflected in the first visual evidence of TB2 procurement in Djibouti and Ethiopia.
7th July 2022
With deliveries scheduled in 2022-2023, MilDef will equip various variants of the M113 with computers, displays and network infrastructure for C2.
7th July 2022
India has sent its stealthy UCAV demonstrator soaring into the air for the first time, but a lot of work lies ahead.
7th July 2022
General Dynamics Land Systems will supply 96 vehicles under a $1.14 billion contract for the Mobile Protected Firepower programme.
7th July 2022
New Su-30SME fighters from Russia began trickling into Myanmar earlier this year.
6th July 2022
Technical faults have been reported in patrol boats being donated by Australia to its Pacific neighbours.
6th July 2022
The third Egyptian Gowind-class corvette completed initial sea trials on 5 July
6th July 2022
Saab Kockums in Sweden has laid the keel for the country’s first Blekinge-class A26 submarine at its shipyard in Karlskrona.
6th July 2022
With the selection of the BAE Systems CV90MkIV under the PBV programme, the Slovak MoD is one step closer to retiring its almost five decades-old fleet of BVPs.
6th July 2022
UK defence policy lacks coherence as the gap between rhetoric and reality remains as wide as ever, while the government remains focused on self-preservation instead of giving clear direction.
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