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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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Land Warfare

SilencerCo releases Omega rifle silencer

15th January 2015

SilencerCo has released its new Omega rifle silencer on 12 January. According to the company, Omega is the shortest, lightest and quietest full auto centerfire …
Military Logistics

Arotech receives new defence orders

15th January 2015

Arotech's power systems division has received new orders from a foreign defence ministry for batteries and power systems, the company announced on 12 January. The …
Uncrewed Vehicles

MQ-9 Reaper clocks record-high flight hours

15th January 2015

A General Atomics Predator B/MQ-9 UAS has clocked 20,000 flight hours, the company said on 12 January. This marks a record high for a single …
Digital Battlespace

NSPA programme completes complex radar project

15th January 2015

The Communications, Air and Missile Defence Programme (LD) of the NATO Support Agency (NSPA) has completed a major Hellenic Air Force radar project, it announced …
Land Warfare

Harris receives order from US Marine Corps

15th January 2015

Harris has received a new $15 million order from the US Marine Corps for expanding wideband tactical networking applications. Under the order, Harris will provide …
Naval Warfare

Piracy attacks on tankers increasing, says IMB

15th January 2015

SOUTH East Asia had more piracy attacks than the rest of the world combined in 2014, according to figures released by the International Maritime Bureau …
Land Warfare

SmartRounds introduces non-lethal smart bullets

14th January 2015

SmartRounds Technology announced its new 18mm non-lethal and non-impact smart bullets on 12 January. They are micro-controlled smart bullets (patent pending) that will be launched …
Land Warfare

Switzerland orders KMW Leguan bridge layers

14th January 2015

Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and the Swiss Defence Procurement Agency signed a purchase contract on 15 December 2014 for twelve Leguan bridge layers on a Leopard …
Defence Notes

UK's fairy land equipment budget

14th January 2015

The UK Ministry of Defence’s equipment budget is based on a dream world of accounting where they think their reduced cost forecasts will be met. …
Naval Warfare

Boeing to provide Nixie torpedo defence systems

14th January 2015

Boeing will supply the US Navy with an additional five AN/SLQ-25C surface-ship torpedo defence systems through its subsidiary, Argon ST, according to a 13 January …
Digital Battlespace

BAE Systems receives iSToRE contract

14th January 2015

The US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has awarded the Information Store (iSToRE) contract to BAE Systems, the company announced on 12 January. The contract will …
Digital Battlespace

US Army receives new AN/PRC-155 radios

14th January 2015

General Dynamics Mission Systems and Rockwell Collins has supplied over 1,200 AN/PRC-155 radios to the US Army, according to 12 January announcement by General Dynamics. …
Military Logistics

PLA Navy uses 3-D printers on warships

14th January 2015

The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has begun using 3-D printers to create replacements parts aboard its warships, as naval commanders study on-demand parts production. …
Defence Notes

Saab strengthens Malaysian industry ties

14th January 2015

Saab and DRB-HICOM Berhad subsidiary Defence Technologies have signed an industrial co-operation agreement, as announced by Saab on 13 January. The agreement adds the Gripen …
Defence Helicopter

Canada receives Chinook maintenance trainer

14th January 2015

The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) has received a maintenance training system for its CH-147F Chinook helicopter from Boeing, the company said on 12 January. …
Defence Notes

US Military receives 2,000th AN/PLM-4 RSS

14th January 2015

The US Military has received the 2,000th AN/PLM-4 Radar Signal Simulator (RSS) from Exelis, the company announced on 12 January. The AN/PLM-4 is designed to …
Digital Battlespace

Brazil's SGDC satellite cleared for manufacture

13th January 2015

The Brazilian Air Force announced on 9 January that the Geostationary Defence and Strategic Communications Satellite (SGDC) has completed its design review and received approval …
Military Logistics

Cyprus airbase set for solar facility installation

13th January 2015

The European Defence Agency (EDA) and a European energy consortium have signed a contract for installing and operating a solar facility at Paphos Airbase, Cyprus, …
Digital Battlespace

CGI Federal, DRS Laurel win CANES contracts

13th January 2015

CGI Federal and DRS Laurel Technologies have won separate contracts for Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) production units, the US Department of Defense …

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