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M-345 officially enters service as trainer for Italian Air Force
The Leonardo M-345 High-Efficiency Trainer (HET) basic/advanced trainer is similar to the M-346, which is the second part of the Italian Air Force’s training system, but is a substantially smaller and less powerful aircraft.
Land Warfare
UK artillery factory opens as defence review inches forward
The new artillery and howitzer factory pre-dates the emphasis on this capability from this month’s Strategic Defence Review (SDR). The first joint industry-government meeting outlined in the review took place this week.
Naval Warfare
South Korea advances next-gen naval concepts for future force needs
HHI and Hanwha Ocean outline highly autonomous and unmanned-enabled designs as the ROKN explores force structure for the 2030s and beyond.
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Pentagon’s FY26 defence budget proposal is $130 billion more than US Congress plans to provide
The House Committee on Appropriations approved a FY2026 bill reducing investments in main defence programmes.
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Four million flight hours for Predator series
22nd September 2016
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems’ (GA ASI’s) Predator series family of aircraft has reached a new milestone, with the fleet having flown a combined four million …
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Digital Battlespace
USAF lab gets first Agile Condor pod
22nd September 2016
A new on-board processing pod system called Agile Condor has been delivered by SRC to the US Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), the company announced …
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Defence Helicopter
ADAS 2016: Indonesian Army Aviation reaps benefit of deployment
22nd September 2016
The Indonesian Army is learning valuable lessons from its helicopter detachment’s current deployment to Mali. The Indonesian Medium Utility Helicopter Unit (INDO MUHU) landed in …
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Military Logistics
DCNS delivers second Egyptian LHD
22nd September 2016
The second of two Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) vessels, Anwar El Sadat, has been handed over to the Egyptian Navy by DCNS. The Egyptian Ministry …
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Digital Battlespace
LAIRCM spotted on Australian C-130J
22nd September 2016
A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules airlifter on exercise was recently seen with a new directional infrared countermeasure (DIRCM) system installed. …
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Naval Warfare
ADAS 2016: Taiwan’s coast guard commissions cutters
22nd September 2016
Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration (CGA) commissioned a pair of what it called ‘1,000t’ cutters in Kaohsiung on 21 September. In fact, there displacement is actually …
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Land Warfare
Sweden takes Norwegian artillery order
22nd September 2016
The Swedish government has decided to fund the production of 24 FH77 BW L52 Archer 155mm/L52 wheeled self-propelled howitzers (SPH). They were originally intended for …
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Military Logistics
Rolls-Royce design for NZ support ship
22nd September 2016
The Polar-class logistics support vessel in development for the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) will be based on a Rolls-Royce concept design. Rolls-Royce announced that …
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Digital Battlespace
Leidos bags army geospatial mapping order
21st September 2016
Leidos has been awarded a contract to support the US Army Geospatial Center's (AGC) High-Resolution, 3-D (HR3D) Geospatial Information programme, it was announced on 19 …
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Digital Battlespace
Egypt requests Sentinel radars
21st September 2016
The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible foreign military sale (FMS) of AN/MPQ-64F1 Sentinel radars to Egypt, it was announced on 19 September. …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
SARA UAVs face the axe
21st September 2016
Devaluation of the Argentine Peso appears to have halted plans by the Argentinean MoD to push ahead with its SARA unmanned vehicle development programme. Furthermore, …
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Military Logistics
USMC orders next-gen battery chargers
21st September 2016
Bren-Tronics has been selected by the US Marine Corps to deliver its next-generation Advanced Battery Charger (ABC), it was announced on 19 September. Deliveries are …
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Defence Notes
Netherlands to invest more in defence
21st September 2016
More money will be spent on security, including the armed forces, ‘because of the security situation, nearby and elsewhere in the world’, the King of …
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Land Warfare
UVision Hero-30 eyes South Korea
21st September 2016
UVision Air and Firstec have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), under which Firstec will market and sell UVision’s Hero-30 lethal loitering systems in the South …
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Land Warfare
Analysis: UK to issue MRV-P bid invites
21st September 2016
The UK MoD will publish an invitation to negotiate (ITN) for its Multi-Role Vehicle Protected (MRV-P) programme in the final quarter of 2016, industry sources …
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Digital Battlespace
US CBP orders Multi-Role Enforcement Aircraft
21st September 2016
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has been awarded a $280 million contract by US Customs and Border Protection to engineer and integrate 12 Multi-Role Enforcement Aircraft …
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Military Logistics
C-130J empennage milestone
21st September 2016
Tata Lockheed Martin Aerostructures (TLMAL) has delivered the 50th C-130J Super Hercules empennage assembly to the production line, Lockheed Martin announced on 19 September. TLMAL …
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Military Logistics
Renewing RNZAF’s fixed-wing fleet
21st September 2016
Responses to two New Zealand RfIs for both transport and maritime patrol aircraft are due on 30 September. The Future Air Mobility Capability (FAMC) requirement …
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Training
Typhoon simulator whips up a storm (video)
21st September 2016
Former Luftwaffe pilot Raffael Klaschka gives Shephard a first-hand look at a Eurofighter Typhoon simulator. The simulator is used for both basic and advanced training, the latter will …
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