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Podcast: Revolutions in Vertical Flight Episode 1 - The Birth of VTOL
Welcome to Shephard Studio’s podcast series on Revolutions in Vertical Flight, sponsored by our partner Bell. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and more. The Revolutions in Vertical ...
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Podcast: Revolutions in Vertical Flight Episode 2: The Dawn of the Helicopter
Welcome to Shephard Studio’s podcast series on Revolutions in Vertical Flight, sponsored by our partner Bell. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and more. The Revolutions in Vertical Flight ...
Naval Warfare
Fleet escort cuts impending as UK's frigate maths fails to add up
The clearest indication yet that the UK RN will see a drop in fleet escort numbers in the coming years has come to light, as ...
Land Warfare
Poland receives first high-mobility vehicles
Poland’s air cavalry and airborne brigades will soon be operating new high-mobility vehicles, after the country’s MoD took delivery of the first batch of the ...
Defence Notes
Podcast: The changing role of the frigate, artificial intelligence on the battlefield, and Leonardo's US Navy helicopter win
Welcome to Episode 2 of the second series of The Weekly Defence Podcast. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and more. Sign up to an early email alert ...
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Defence Notes
Defence Insight: Year in Review (Video)
In 2019, Defence Insight has been improving its database improving existing content and upgrading the export functionality. In the Sea domain, we expanded the scope ...
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Naval Warfare
Gentium, Damen sign Bangladesh MoU
21st January 2020
Gentium and Damen Shipyards Group have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Industry of Bangladesh. The MoU aims to establish and ...
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Land Warfare
German Armed Forces extends the service life of the Marder IFV
20th January 2020
The German Armed Forces has contracted Rheinmetall to extend the service life of Germany's Marder IFV, the OEM has announced. Under the contract, which is worth approximately ...
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Defence Notes
Finland, India to strengthen defence cooperation
20th January 2020
The Indian and Finnish ministries of defence have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further defence cooperation between the two nations. The MoU covers ...
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Training
RAAF completes US-based F-35A training mission
20th January 2020
Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) F-35A Lightning II pilots, maintainers and aircraft have begun returning to Australia from Luke Air Force Base (AFB) in the ...
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Military Logistics
Keel laid for future HMCS Protecteur
20th January 2020
A ceremonial keel laying event has been held for the Royal Canadian Navy’s (RCN’s) first of two Joint Support Ships (JSS), the future HMCS Protecteur. ...
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Digital Battlespace
Lockheed Martin to upgrade AN/ALQ-217 ESM system
20th January 2020
Lockheed Martin is to upgrade the US Navy’s AN/ALQ-217 Electronic Support Measures (ESM) system for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. The work will be carried ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Dynetics team flies X-61A Gremlins Air Vehicle
20th January 2020
Dynetics has successfully flown its X-61A Gremlins Air Vehicle for the first time, the company announced on 17 January. Part of the DARPA Gremlins programme, ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
NATO AGS deliveries marked in ceremony
20th January 2020
Delivery of two RQ-4D UAS for NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) programme has been marked in a ceremony at Sigonella Air Base, Italy, where the ...
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Digital Battlespace
Kratos announces place on GTACS II contract vehicle
20th January 2020
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has received a place on the US Army’s new Global Tactical Advanced Communication Systems II (GTACS II) contract vehicle. Under ...
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Naval Warfare
Malaysian navy welcomes its first Chinese-built ship
20th January 2020
Malaysia’s first Littoral Mission Ship (LMS), KD Keris, arrived home at RMN Kota Kinabalu on 17 January, following its commissioning at its place of construction ...
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Land Warfare
Indian Army gets howitzers ahead of schedule
20th January 2020
Larsen and Toubro (L&T;) delivered the 51st of 100 K9 Vajra-T 155mm L/52 tracked SPHs ordered by the Indian Army on 16 January, to coincide ...
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Defence Notes
Opinion: Make or break time for UK defence
18th January 2020
For the British Armed Forces, 2020 began with an abrupt start as the aftermath of the strike by the US military on Iranian Qods Force ...
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Land Warfare
New weapons for Philippine marines
18th January 2020
New weapons are on their way to the Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) following the recent award of two contracts for RPGs and 81mm mortars. With ...
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Land Warfare
US Army cancels OMFV solicitation
17th January 2020
The US Army has terminated the current acquisition process of the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV), after only one bid was received in the competition ...
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Defence Helicopter
Lockheed Martin awarded missile contract modification
17th January 2020
Lockheed Martin has received a $9.8 million contract modification from the US Army, the US Department of Defense announced on 16 January. The company will ...
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Land Warfare
Sky Sabre begins to rattle as air defence market heats up
17th January 2020
As the ground-based air defence (GBAD) market sees a spike of investment, one new next-generation system is on the verge of entering service. Although the British Army’s ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Falco Xplorer UAS takes off
17th January 2020
Leonardo’s Falco Xplorer UAS has undertaken its maiden flight from Trapani Air Force base, the company announced on 17 January. The aircraft flew for around ...
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Digital Battlespace
Raytheon awarded USAF comms terminals work
17th January 2020
Raytheon has received a contract action from the US Air Force Life Cycle Management Center for the force element terminal (FET) development effort. The $442.2 ...
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Training
Leidos to upgrade US Common Driver Trainer systems
17th January 2020
Leidos is to produce technical refresh and concurrency hardware/software upgrade capabilities for the US Army's Common Driver Trainer (CDT) systems, the company announced on 16 ...
