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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

Thales UK wins over £100m ForceShield export order

15th January 2014

The Indonesian Ministry of Defence has awarded a contract in excess of £100 million to Thales UK for the supply of a ForceShield integrated advanced …
Land Warfare

SHOT 2014: ADCOR displays individual carbine design

15th January 2014

The A-556 ELITE carbine from Adcor Defense is being displayed at the SHOT exhibition in Las Vegas. The weapon was initially developed for the recently-cancelled …
Land Warfare

SHOT 2014: Tracking Point a game changer for tactical fire control

15th January 2014

Tracking Point is displaying an advanced scope for its Precision Guided Firearms (PGF) at the SHOT Show in Las Vegas. The company’s PGF scope design …
Defence Helicopter

US Navy continues MH-53 crash recovery

14th January 2014

The United States Navy has resumed search and recovery operations at the crash site of the downed MH-53E, after dive operations were suspended due to …
Land Warfare

Revision Military wins Advanced Combat Helmet contract

14th January 2014

Revision Military has been selected to supply the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) - Troop Support with 90,000 Advanced Combat Helmets (ACH) under a new contract …
Land Warfare

US Army selects new modular tactical holster

14th January 2014

ADS will supply the US Army with the ATK Blackhawk Serpa Tactical Holster under a five-year, $24 million IDIQ, multiple source contract announced on 13 …
Digital Battlespace

Harris secures NATO country Falcon radio order

13th January 2014

Harris Corporation will supply its Falcon multiband tactical radios to an unnamed NATO country under new orders worth $21 million announced on 13 January. According …
Land Warfare

BMT receives UK MoD support contract extension

13th January 2014

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has elected to extend the in-service support of its T101 and T102 radars by BMT Reliability Consultants. The company …
Land Warfare

Irish Piranhas to be fitted with Protector RWS

13th January 2014

Kongsberg will deliver its Protector Remote Weapon Stations (RWS) to the Irish defence force under a new contract announced on 10 January. The RWS is …
Land Warfare

MasterPiece Arms develops new short barrel rifle

10th January 2014

MasterPiece Arms has developed a new short barrel rifle (SBR) version of the MPA935SST called the MPA935SST-SBR Defender Semi-Auto. The weapon has been designed for …
Uncrewed Vehicles

US to supply Iraq with additional UAVs

10th January 2014

The US has agreed to supply Iraqi security forces with small and tactical UAVs under a Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to assist in the fight …
Defence Helicopter

Sikorsky wins $500m US Navy helicopter deal

10th January 2014

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Sikorsky a contract to supply the US Navy with 37 helicopters, valued at more than $500 million. …
Uncrewed Vehicles

DCNS integrates UAV with naval combat systems

10th January 2014

The French DGA and DCNS have successfully demonstrated that an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) can be integrated with the combat system of a naval warship …
Defence Helicopter

Libya interested in T129 helicopter

10th January 2014

Libyan interest in the T129 attack helicopter emerged during Prime Minister Ali Zeidan’s visit to Turkish Aerospace Industries’ (TAI) facilities in Turkey on 3 January. …
Naval Warfare

PIRIOU & DCNS awarded B2M programme contract

9th January 2014

PIRIOU and DCNS will design and construct three multi-mission ocean-going vessels for the French DGA under a new contract announced on 9 January. The vessels …
Land Warfare

Revision awarded PEO Soldier IHPS SPS contract

9th January 2014

Revision Military has been awarded a two year development-to-acquisition programme contract for PEO Soldier's Integrated Head Protection System (IHPS) Soldier Protective System (SPS). The programme …
Military Logistics

Oshkosh responds to Canadian MSVS SMP bid

9th January 2014

Oshkosh Defense Canada has submitted its bid for the Canadian government’s Medium Support Vehicle System (MSVS) Standard Military Pattern (SMP) programme. The Oshkosh MSVS SMP …
Uncrewed Vehicles

C-Enduro long endurance USV begins sea trials

8th January 2014

The C-Enduro long endurance marine unmanned surface vehicle (LEMUSV) under development by ASV has begun sea trials in Portchester, UK. The two day trials saw …
Defence Notes

Challenging year ahead for defence industry

8th January 2014

US aerospace and defence companies will continue to face challenges in the coming years despite the negotiated budget deal, industry representatives have suggested. Under the …

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