The Canadian Department of National Defence is evaluating communications and reconnaissance changes for CCGS Imnaryuaq’s expanded maritime security role, while retaining its 2032 acceptance target.
Rather than developing entirely new weapons, defence companies are looking to build on existing weapons and systems to deliver greater capability, control costs and accelerate fielding.
Devaluation of the Argentine Peso appears to have halted plans by the Argentinean MoD to push ahead with its SARA unmanned vehicle development programme. Furthermore, …
Bren-Tronics has been selected by the US Marine Corps to deliver its next-generation Advanced Battery Charger (ABC), it was announced on 19 September. Deliveries are …
More money will be spent on security, including the armed forces, ‘because of the security situation, nearby and elsewhere in the world’, the King of …
UVision Air and Firstec have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), under which Firstec will market and sell UVision’s Hero-30 lethal loitering systems in the South …
The UK MoD will publish an invitation to negotiate (ITN) for its Multi-Role Vehicle Protected (MRV-P) programme in the final quarter of 2016, industry sources …
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has been awarded a $280 million contract by US Customs and Border Protection to engineer and integrate 12 Multi-Role Enforcement Aircraft …
Tata Lockheed Martin Aerostructures (TLMAL) has delivered the 50th C-130J Super Hercules empennage assembly to the production line, Lockheed Martin announced on 19 September. TLMAL …
Responses to two New Zealand RfIs for both transport and maritime patrol aircraft are due on 30 September. The Future Air Mobility Capability (FAMC) requirement …
Former Luftwaffe pilot Raffael Klaschka gives Shephard a first-hand look at a Eurofighter Typhoon simulator. The simulator is used for both basic and advanced training, the latter will …
DCNS is nearing delivery of the FREMM Bretagne frigate to the French Navy, with the vessel floated at the company’s Lorient, France facility on 16 September. …
French naval forces would likely find it difficult to meet additional tasks or deployment with their existing assets, according to a senior official. Speaking to …
Austal USA will design and construct two Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) vessels for the US Navy under an AUD$434 million contract announced on 16 September. …