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Navies need cheaper ways to defeat drones, but can they sustain merchant protection?

9th November 2026

New interceptors and launchers could help navies preserve missile stocks during prolonged escort operations. Yet lower engagement costs will only improve merchant protection if the weapons are available where ships need defending.

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Clearer military requirements could unlock UGV market growth

9th November 2026

Western armies continue to test uncrewed ground vehicles, but wider procurement will depend on turning ambitions for autonomy into defined operational roles and funded requirements.

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Bangladesh seeks second-hand frigates from China

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Bangladesh seeks second-hand frigates from China

28th May 2018

A tender notice from Bangladesh’s MoD, seeking two Chinese-origin Type 053H3 frigates, closed on 20 May. The tender was issued to ‘assess the market price’ …

SOFIC 2018: Special Ops Chinook contract coming soon

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SOFIC 2018: Special Ops Chinook contract coming soon

27th May 2018

In June, the US Army will move forward with plans to acquire Block II MH-47G Chinook helicopters for its special operations forces. The service though, …

Colombia to become first Latin American NATO 'global partner'

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Colombia to become first Latin American NATO 'global partner'

27th May 2018

Colombia will next week formally become NATO's first Latin American 'global partner', president Juan Manuel Santos announced on 25 May. Santos, who won the 2016 …

UK investment for unmanned MCM continues

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UK investment for unmanned MCM continues

26th May 2018

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) intends to extend its support contract for its Royal Navy UUVs beyond the six months it agreed upon earlier …

SOFIC 2018: MRZR-X supports UK MoD

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SOFIC 2018: MRZR-X supports UK MoD

26th May 2018

Polaris Government and Defense will support the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MoD’s) Army Warfighting Experiment (AWE) with a single MRZR-X unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), company …

SOFIC 2018: ThunderDrone update

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SOFIC 2018: ThunderDrone update

26th May 2018

The US Special Operations Command’s (USSOCOM’s) year-long ThunderDrone experimentation program will wrap up on 20th June 2018, SOFWERX officials have confirmed. Addressing delegates at the …

SOFIC 2018: SOCOM looks to next gen communications

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SOFIC 2018: SOCOM looks to next gen communications

26th May 2018

The US Special Operations Command’s (USSOCOM’s) Program Executive Office for Command and Control, Communications and Computers (C4) has confirmed to Shephard it is still interested …

Taiwan scrambles fighter jets to track China bomber drill

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Taiwan scrambles fighter jets to track China bomber drill

25th May 2018

Taiwan on 25 May scrambled fighter jets to shadow Chinese bombers conducting a drill around the island, just hours after Beijing welcomed Burkina Faso's move …

Saab to upgrade Swedish Gripen C/D system

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Saab to upgrade Swedish Gripen C/D system

25th May 2018

Saab has received an order worth $25.6 million from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for the upgrade of Gripen C/D system. The upgrade involves …

Royal Navy welcomes first Merlin Mk4 delivery (video)

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Royal Navy welcomes first Merlin Mk4 delivery (video)

25th May 2018

The first Leonardo AW101 Commando Merlin Mk4 /Mk4A out of 25 aircraft was unveiled yesterday, during a ceremony at the Royal Navy Air Station, Yeovilton. The aircraft …

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QNA selected for CRS-I programme’s EMD phase

25th May 2018

QinetiQ North America (QNA) has been selected as one of the two suppliers for the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase of the US Army’s …

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Oshkosh to recapitalise army’s HEMTT, PLS vehicles

25th May 2018

Oshkosh Defense has received two delivery orders totalling $235.2 million from the US Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) to recapitalise vehicles in the army’s …

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