Despite bolstering its patrol fleet with new Evolved Cape-class vessels, the Royal Australian Navy’s offshore patrol vessel programme remains mired in delays, indecision and criticism over underwhelming capabilities.
The Hurjet is pitched as the front runner for the Spanish Air Force’s Advanced Jet Trainer replacement programme for its ageing F-5M aircraft.
The US Army also added that it would push to get the long-range assault aircraft online “years ahead” of its original 2030 timeline.
An amendment to the Brazilian Constitution currently under discussion would permanently assign 2% of annual GDP to the defence budget, potentially cementing modernisation programmes for the country’s armed forces.
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16th March 2018
KBR has received a contract from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to design, manufacture, supply and store a Combat Water Supply System (CWSS), the …
16th March 2018
A Royal Air Force (RAF) team based in the US is preparing the way to introduce the MQ-9B Protector into service, the RAF announced on …
16th March 2018
The recent visit by the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammad Bin Sultan (MBS) to the United Kingdom has generated a flurry of announcements about the future …
16th March 2018
Thales and the Netherlands Aerospace Center (NLR) will support the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) in the development of an Air Power Information Hub platform, …
16th March 2018
US Army officials are looking to stockpile 155mm projectiles in case of a contingency that causes the service to run through its cache. During a House Appropriations …
16th March 2018
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has asked the US Congress not to interfere with America's role in the war in Yemen, where it is supporting …
16th March 2018
ASV Global is working with the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) to develop a containerised autonomous marine laboratory for use in developing countries, the company announced …
16th March 2018
South Korea and the US will scale down and shorten annual joint military exercises in light of a diplomatic thaw with Pyongyang, a report said …
16th March 2018
A US military aircraft has crashed in western Iraq with American personnel aboard, the international coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group said on …
16th March 2018
Kongsberg Mesotech has launched its new Flexview multibeam sonar designed for small observation class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), the company announced on 13 March. The …
16th March 2018
In early March the USMC commenced shipborne training of Lockheed Martin F-35B fighters aboard USS Wasp, and Japan is one country particularly keen to observe the …
16th March 2018
The Royal Navy has officially named its third River-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) HMS Trent, BAE Systems announced on 13 March. The naming ceremony took …
16th March 2018
US Army Chief of Staff Gen Mark Milley side stepped assertions that development of the new Future Vertical Lift (FVL) helicopter is slipping but acknowledged …
16th March 2018
Kongsberg has established a new company with Barzan Holdings for technology development programmes in Qatar.The first opportunity for the company, BK Systems, will be to …
15th March 2018
On 14 March the Australian government announced that Rheinmetall Defence Australia (RDA) had won a fierce competition to build the Australian Army’s next generation of AFVs. …
15th March 2018
Orbital ATK has completed deliveries of 30mm XM813 cannons to the US Army, concluding its initial production contract for the service’s Stryker lethality upgrade programme. …
15th March 2018
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on 15 March backed a ‘proportionate’ British response to a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy, saying the …
15th March 2018
The Qatar armed forces has ordered 28 NH90 military helicopters, Airbus Helicopters announced on 14 March. The contract calls for 16 NH90s in tactical transport …
15th March 2018
Britain will invest £48 million in a new chemical weapons defence centre and vaccinate thousands of British soldiers against anthrax, the country’s defence minister said …
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