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AUSA 2026: industry looks to make commercial platforms a military reality

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AUSA 2026: industry looks to make commercial platforms a military reality

22nd October 2026

With a production rate of more than 10 million vehicles annually, the US commercial car and vehicle manufacturing base is second only to China. Defence companies are looking at how the vehicles, technology and manufacturing capability can support programmes.

All eyes on Royal Navy’s Type 93 market engagement as industry prepares bids

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All eyes on Royal Navy’s Type 93 market engagement as industry prepares bids

22nd October 2026

Responses are due by 29 October as the Royal Navy tests the market, with BAE Systems’ Herne and MSubs’ Excalibur setting up a contest where payloads may decide the winner.

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Cascade to upgrade Mexico C-130 avionics

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Cascade to upgrade Mexico C-130 avionics

17th January 2018

Cascade Aerospace has been contracted to modernise avionics on a C-130 Hercules aircraft for the Mexican Air Force (FAM), the company announced on 11 January. …

Textron poised for Nightwarden sale

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Textron poised for Nightwarden sale

17th January 2018

Less than 12 months after the official unveiling of the Textron Systems Nightwarden the company is confident that the first sale of the platform is on …

Indonesia receives five military helicopters

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Indonesia receives five military helicopters

17th January 2018

Indonesia’s military received five helicopters – two Airbus Helicopters AS565 MBe Panthers and three armed H125M Fennecs – plus a CN-235-220 aircraft from PT Dirgantara …

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Insitu demos UAS situational awareness system

17th January 2018

Insitu has demonstrated its ground-based airspace situational awareness system designed to help UAS operators detect nearby aircraft in flight, the company announced on 9 January. …

Opinion: Japanese pacifism – a dangerous charade but it felt good

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Opinion: Japanese pacifism – a dangerous charade but it felt good

17th January 2018

Shinzo Abe is Japan’s strongest prime minister in decades, and he is intent on revising the ‘American-imposed’ Constitution. Abe’s main target is Article 9 that …

Ten dead in Colombia military helicopter crash

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Ten dead in Colombia military helicopter crash

16th January 2018

Ten people were killed when a military helicopter crashed in a remote area of northwestern Colombia on 16 January, the military said. The Russian-made MI-17 …

Duterte denies aide intervened in Philippines warship deal

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Duterte denies aide intervened in Philippines warship deal

16th January 2018

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte denied reports his chief aide had improperly intervened in the acquisition of two new warships for $308 million, just weeks after …

Tactical vests sought for USASOC dogs

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Tactical vests sought for USASOC dogs

16th January 2018

The US Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) is seeking equipment to protect its Ranger canines in combat operations around the world.  In a recent USASOC request for …

Russian Navy receives modernised Ka-27M

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Russian Navy receives modernised Ka-27M

16th January 2018

The modernised Ka-27M helicopters recently delivered to the Russian Navy are upping the capabilities of the shipborne aviation component of the navy's anti-submarine forces.The upgraded Ka-27M …

India to buy guns for border troops

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India to buy guns for border troops

16th January 2018

India will buy more than 160,000 guns worth $553 million for troops on its disputed, high-altitude borders, the defence ministry said on 16 January. The …

US Navy considers AUV62-AT

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US Navy considers AUV62-AT

16th January 2018

The US Navy will evaluate Saab’s AUV62-AT anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training system this summer under the Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT) programme. The AUV62-AT is an …

Norway's wealth fund excludes nine groups from portfolio

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Norway's wealth fund excludes nine groups from portfolio

16th January 2018

Norway's $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, has excluded nine groups, including the UK's military equipment maker BAE Systems, from its portfolio based …

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