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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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Digital Battlespace

SGA14: Companies compete for F-16 upgrade prospects at Singapore Airshow

12th February 2014

The regional fight for F-16 upgrade programmes continued at the Singapore Airshow with Lockheed Martin, Boeing and BAE Systems all touting their solutions. At the …
Land Warfare

SGA14: SAIC selects Kinetics Infinidrive HMX transmission

12th February 2014

Kinetics Drive Solutions will supply InfiniDrive HMX3000 transmission systems to Science Applications International (SAIC) for its upgraded tracked military vehicle solutions. Under the contract, which …
Digital Battlespace

SGA14: Singapore Airshow GM 200 display confirms air force purchase

12th February 2014

The Republic of Singapore Air Force has displayed its Shikra radar – based on the ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS) Ground Master (GM) 200 - on-board an 8x8 …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Italian Navy selects Schiebel’s Camcopter S-100 UAV

11th February 2014

The Italian Navy is set to become the first European navy to operate the Camcopter S-100 UAV following the signing of a contract with Schiebel. …
Uncrewed Vehicles

SeeByte enhances ROV CoPilot software capabilities

11th February 2014

SeeByte has launched a new Multibeam Imaging Sonar Mosaic Tool for use with the company’s SeeTrack CoPilot software. The tool can be used to quickly …
Land Warfare

Boxer moves up a weight

11th February 2014

The Royal Netherlands Army started to receive its first operational Boxer multirole armoured vehicles from January. The Netherlands has ordered 200 Boxer vehicles estimated at …
Defence Helicopter

Netherlands restricts NH90 flying hours

11th February 2014

Dutch NH90 aircrews are now restricted to flying a maximum of one hour a day due to cockpit noise level concerns, it has emerged. The …
Land Warfare

SGA14: Rafael introduces Iron Beam laser weapon system

11th February 2014

Iron Beam, Rafael’s new High-Energy Laser (HEL) system demonstrator, has made its debut at the Singapore Airshow. The system is designed to intercept close-range rockets, …
Defence Helicopter

SGA14: Elbit targets utility helicopter market for Brightnite piloting system

11th February 2014

Elbit is confident that its Brightnite multi-layered piloting system will appeal to utility helicopter operators whose only alternative currently are the more costly systems used …
Defence Helicopter

CH-53K helicopter powers up and spins rotor heads

11th February 2014

The first Sikorsky Ground Test Vehicle (GTV) prototype CH-53K helicopter in development for the US Marine Corps has been powered up and had its rotor …
Military Logistics

SGA14: Honeywell expects double digit growth in Asia-Pacific business

11th February 2014

Following on from success that has seen Honeywell record some $300 million of business per year from the Asia-Pacific (APAC) market, the company expects that …
Uncrewed Vehicles

SGA14: Super Heron takes on Swiss flavour at Singapore Airshow

11th February 2014

IAI’s new Super Heron Heavy Fuel (HF) UAV is being proposed for a Swiss heavy fuel MALE UAV requirement that is in the final stages …
Naval Warfare

SGA14: Rockwell Collins wins RoKN avionics contract

11th February 2014

L-3 Mission Integrations has awarded a contract to Rockwell Collins for the supply of its Flight2 avionics for integration aboard the Republic of Korea Navy’s …
Defence Notes

SGA14: New precision-guided missiles for ROKAF

11th February 2014

Raytheon has received a $31 million follow-on order to supply the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) more of its AGM-65G-2 Maverick air-to-ground missiles for …
Defence Notes

SGA14: US ops escape impact of sequestration

11th February 2014

In spite of sequestration, USAF operations in the Asia-Pacific remained relatively consistent in line with US priorities in the region, the commander of the US …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Lockheed Martin, AeroVironment team for international UAS market

10th February 2014

A newly signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) between AeroVironment and Lockheed Martin will see the companies join forces to explore new opportunities for unmanned aircraft …
Military Logistics

France orders additional PPT logistics vehicles

10th February 2014

The French DGA has placed an order for 250 logistic military trucks with the Iveco and Soframe consortium, as part of the Porteurs Polyvalents Terrestres …
Digital Battlespace

Peace Eagle AEW&C aircraft delivered to Turkey

10th February 2014

The first Peace Eagle Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft (AEW&C) for the Turkish armed forces has been delivered by Boeing to Konya Air Base …
Defence Helicopter

EASA grants AW189 helicopter type certification

10th February 2014

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has granted the AgustaWestland AW189 helicopter type certification following the completion of the final validation activities of the first fully …

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