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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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Air Warfare

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Land Warfare

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Defence Helicopter

Slovakia leans towards Black Hawks

19th January 2015

The door may be closing on European helicopter manufacturers in Slovakia, with the country’s defence minister revealing the Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk transport helicopter is …
Digital Battlespace

Elbit to supply C4I systems to Israeli MoD

19th January 2015

Elbit Systems has won contracts for the supply of Command, Control, Computer, Communications and Intelligence (C4I) systems and communications systems to the Israeli Ministry of …
Defence Notes

L-3 delivers first Scarab GLTD

19th January 2015

L-3 Warrior Systems – Advanced Laser Systems Technology (L-3 ALST) has delivered the first Scarab Ground Laser Target Designator (GLTD) to South Korea, it announced …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Sky-Futures enhances UAS training

19th January 2015

UK company Sky-Futures is now a National Qualified Entity (NQE), meaning the company can now train its own remote pilots as well make recommendations to …
Naval Warfare

DSCT completes two patrol vessels

19th January 2015

Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT) in South Africa has completed building two FCS 5009 patrol vessels. These are the first vessels of their type built …
Digital Battlespace

US builds cyber mission force

19th January 2015

The US DoD is creating a cyber mission force designed to defend the US from the kind of cyber attack experienced by Sony in 2014. …
Naval Warfare

How naval technology aided AirAsia airliner search in Indonesia

19th January 2015

Naval assets and technology proved instrumental in locating the wreckage of AirAsia flight QZ8501, which crashed into the Java Sea with 162 passengers and crew …
Digital Battlespace

Ricoh unveils new digital binoculars

19th January 2015

Ricoh Americas has unveiled new NV-10A digital binoculars able to penetrate fog, smoke, rain and sand to provide a crisp, clear image even at night. …
Naval Warfare

Indian Navy launches landing craft

19th January 2015

The Indian Ministry of Defence has launched the third ship of the Landing Craft Utility (LCU) Mk IV project, Yard 2094, for the Indian Navy, …
Land Warfare

New Nammo ammunition facility starts production

16th January 2015

Nammo Lapua initiated production at a new ammunition facility in Sastamala, Finland, on 12 January, the company has announced. Nammo signed the acquisition agreement for …
Naval Warfare

US Navy expands SM-6 missile deployment

16th January 2015

The US Navy has authorised ships in the Aegis Combat Weapon System baselines 5.3 and 3.A.0 series to carry the Raytheon Standard Missile-6 (SM-6), the …
Defence Helicopter

Philippine military receives more AW109s

16th January 2015

The Philippine Navy (PN) and Air Force (PAF) have had their helicopter capability bolstered with the delivery of four disassembled AgustaWestland AW109 Power helicopters to …
Digital Battlespace

Swedish subs to get Exelis EW system

16th January 2015

Exelis has been awarded a contract to provide Swedish submarines with the latest model of the ES-3701 electronic warfare (EW) system, the company announced on …
Military Logistics

First French Atlas A400 begins maintenance

16th January 2015

On 12 January, one of the French Air Force’s Atlas A400M began its first maintenance visit at the Atelier Industriel de l’Aéronautique (AIA) aviation workshop …
Training

Meggitt wins small arms training contract

16th January 2015

Meggitt Training Systems has won a $31.7 million contract for indoor simulated marksmanship training systems from the US Marine Corps (USMC), the company announced on …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Boeing demonstrates SHARC in Hawaii

16th January 2015

Boeing has demonstrated the Sensor Hosting Autonomous Remote Crafts (SHARCs) off the coast of Hawaii, the company said on 13 January. SHARCs are used for …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Formation of Pterosaur UAVs soars in China

16th January 2015

A formation of Pterosaur UAVs has flown together in a 20-minute test flight for the first time. Four Pterosaurs took off from an unnamed airfield …
Naval Warfare

US Navy's JSOW C-1 set for operational testing

15th January 2015

The US Navy has completed integrated test and evaluation of its Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) C-1, according to an announcement on 12 January. The JSOW …
Digital Battlespace

Raytheon AESA radar completes flight test

15th January 2015

The Raytheon APG-79(V)X AESA radar system has successfully completed its first flight test, the company announced on 12 January. With this flight test, the system …

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