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Air Warfare

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.

Defence Notes

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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Military Logistics

A400M undergoes cold weather testing

21st February 2013

Airbus Military has announced that the A400M has successfully passed a renewed series of cold weather tests in a production-representative configuration. The testing is an …
Land Warfare

GDELS, FSDS team for Danish APC-R programme

21st February 2013

General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) has teamed with Falck Schmidt Defence Systems (FSDS) for the Danish Armored Personnel Carriers Replacement (APC-R) programme. The companies …
Uncrewed Vehicles

SeeTrack Military now compatible with Iver2 AUV

21st February 2013

SeeByte and OceanServer Technology have announced that the OceanServer Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Iver2 is compatible with SeeByte’s SeeTrack Military software. This means that current …
Land Warfare

DAGR missile launched from JLTV prototype

21st February 2013

Lockheed Martin has demonstrated the ability of its DAGR missile to launch from a pedestal launcher mounted on in the bed of a ground vehicle. …
Uncrewed Vehicles

MX-25 EO/IR imaging system evaluated by US Army

21st February 2013

L-3 Wescam has announced that the MX-25 electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) imaging system has been evaluated by the US Army’s Persistent Threat and Detection System (PTDS) Communications-Electronics …
Defence Notes

Ocean Eagle 40 design makes waves

20th February 2013

CMN has launched a new multirole fast patrol boat design named Ocean Eagle 40 at the IDEX/NAVDEX exhibition in Abu Dhabi. Ocean Eagle 40 is …
Uncrewed Vehicles

SMSS successfully operated via satellite control

20th February 2013

Lockheed Martin has successfully demonstrated the ability for the Squad Mission Support System (SMSS) to be operated via satellite at a distance of more than …
Land Warfare

Excalibur Ib enters low-rate initial production

20th February 2013

Raytheon’s Increment Ib precision-guided projectile has entered low-rate initial production (LRIP) under a US Army contract announced on 20 February. The contract for the production …
Digital Battlespace

Malaysian MoD receives new C2 system

20th February 2013

ThalesRaytheonSystems has announced that it has provided the Malaysian Ministry of Defence (MoD) with an enhanced national command and control (C2) system under the Malaysian …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Integrator Block 2 UAV completes first flight

20th February 2013

Insitu has successfully completed the first flight of the Block 2 version of the Integrator unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The latest technology release of the …
Land Warfare

Raytheon targets Mobile Range at Middle East

20th February 2013

Raytheon used IDEX 2013 as the venue to launch its Mobile Range concept, designed to be a total solution for all complex weapon testing missions. …
Digital Battlespace

L-3 TRL launches new jammers

20th February 2013

L-3 TRL has launched two new jammers in its Broadshield family range, a down-sized man-portable lightweight unit and a larger high power variant for use …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Raytheon JLENS aerostat successfully detects missile threats

19th February 2013

Raytheon has announced that its Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) tethered surveillance aerostat managed to detect and track four …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Northrop Grumman AHRS played critical role in nEUROn flight

19th February 2013

Northrop Grumman has announced that its German navigation systems subsidiary, Northrop Grumman LITEF, provided the fibre-optic, gyrocompassing LCR-100 attitude and heading reference system (AHRS) for …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Hydroid’s Littoral Battlespace Sensing AUV enters FRP

19th February 2013

Hydroid has announced that its contract to provide Littoral Battlespace Sensing (LBS) AUVs to the US Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) has …
Uncrewed Vehicles

I-Master-equipped Camcopter S-100 conducts trials

19th February 2013

Schiebel has announced that its Camcopter S-100 UAV has conducted flight trials equipped with a Thales I-Master radar system at the Schiebel test facility in …
Digital Battlespace

Rockwell Collins smallest Link 16 terminal to the international market

19th February 2013

Rockwell Collins has launched the TacNet Tactical Radio (TTR) a new small-form factor Link 16 radio and already has a launch customer, according to Bernard …
Naval Warfare

Naval protection system launched at IDEX

19th February 2013

Chemring and Raytheon Missile Systems have teamed to develop a new naval anti-surface defence system, the companies announced at the IDEX exhibition in Abu Dhabi. …
Land Warfare

Lightweight armoured products launched by DuPont

19th February 2013

Dupont has launched its new range of lightweight Tensylon polyethylene armour at this year’s IDEX. The company is offering both monolithic and hybrid products that …