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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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Land Warfare

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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 …
Digital Battlespace

Thales to extend French full-IP theatre network

18th February 2013

Thales will carry out work to extend the full-IP network that supports convergence between French armed forces’ theatre networks to the entire Syracuse military SATCOM …
Digital Battlespace

Saab to upgrade Swedish ground based air defence

18th February 2013

Saab will upgrade Sweden’s ground based air defence capabilities following the award of two new orders by the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV), with a …
Military Logistics

Airbus Military signs French A400M support contract

18th February 2013

Airbus Military has announced that it has signed the initial In-Service Support (ISS) contract with OCCAR, acting on behalf of France, which will see the …
Digital Battlespace

ISAF withdrawal prompts Afghan air power changes

18th February 2013

Despite ISR assets being critical to the ISAF mission in Afghanistan, as coalition forces withdraw from theatre this capability will not immediately be carried over …
Naval Warfare

SIMBAD-RC air defence system contract for MBDA

18th February 2013

MBDA has signed its first export contract for the SIMBAD-RC remote-control short-range naval anti-air defence system, the company announced at the IDEX exhibition in Abu …
Land Warfare

Mortar-capable MRAP destined for Afghanistan

18th February 2013

A new mortar variant of the Commando MRAP family of vehicles built by Textron Marine & Land Systems has been shown at the IDEX exhibition …
Land Warfare

Modified turret system launched by BAE

18th February 2013

BAE’s Overhead Manned Turret (OMT) has been modified to include electric drive (ED) the company announced at the IDEX exhibition in Abu Dhabi. The OMT-ER …
Land Warfare

Thales and Renault team for vehicle digitisation

17th February 2013

Under an agreement announced at the IDEX exhibition in Abu Dhabi, Thales and Renault Defense Trucks will cooperate on the development of digitised vehicle systems. …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Selex ES successfully integrates Gabbiano radar on Falco

17th February 2013

Selex ES announced at IDEX that it had completed a series of flight trials with its Falco UAS integrated with a T-20 version of the …
Uncrewed Vehicles

GA unveils full-scale Predator XP at IDEX

17th February 2013

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA ASI) is continuing its push in to the Middle East at IDEX 2013 exhibiting a full-scale mock-up of its …
Land Warfare

New micro AP mine clearer launched at IDEX

17th February 2013

Minewolf Systems has launched a prototype of its new Micro Minewolf MW50 armoured remote-controlled mine clearance device at the IDEX exhibition in Abu Dhabi. The …
Digital Battlespace

General Dynamics’ TMR 200 increases battlefield bandwidth

15th February 2013

General Dynamics Canada has launched its next-generation Tactical Mobile Router (TMR) 200, a compact, modular and flexible router that can be easily configured and integrated …
Defence Helicopter

ATK to produce rocket motors for AIM-9P Sidewinder

15th February 2013

ATK will produce rocket motors for the AIM-9P Sidewinder under a new contract worth $17 million announced on 12 February. The motors will be used …
Land Warfare

Oshkosh Defense unveils JLTV utility vehicle bid

15th February 2013

Oshkosh Defense has unveiled its Light Combat Tactical All-Terrain Vehicle (L-ATV) utility variant for the US Army-led Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) programme. The company …
Defence Helicopter

Lockheed Martin to continue Apache M-TADS/PNVS upgrades

14th February 2013

Lockheed Martin has announced that it will continue upgrades of the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) programme for the Apache attack …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Cassidian reaches target drone production milestone

14th February 2013

Cassidian has reached a significant milestone in its target drone production programme, having produced its 1,000th target drone at its site in Friedrichshafen. Target UAVs …
Land Warfare

BAE Systems to supply combat helmets to USMC

14th February 2013

BAE Systems is to produce lightweight combat helmets for the US Marine Corps (USMC) following the award of a $28 million order. The order is …
Defence Helicopter

Raytheon/Thales team awarded US Army CHMD contract

14th February 2013

Raytheon Technical Services Company (RTSC) and Thales Visionix Inc (TVI) will perform engineering and manufacturing work for the US Army’s Common Helmet Mounted Display (CHMD) …

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