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Swedish Air Force faces up to the challenge of new aircraft and an uncrewed horizon

31st August 2026

Sweden is an outlier as a smaller nation with its own indigenous fighter aircraft and airborne early warning platform and is now looking at how local company Saab Aerospace can meet the plans for a collaborative combat aircraft.

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Ageing RQ-11 Raven fleets create a global replacement opportunity

28th August 2026

The RQ-11 Raven is being retired from service across most of its more than 30 operators. Defence Insight estimates that these Raven retirements open up a replacement market worth at least $576 million, but suppliers will have to act quickly and strike a balance between cost and capability to succeed.

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Pivotal showcases BlackFly eVTOL at SOF Week with eyes on military adoption (video)

Pivotal has demonstrated its lightweight electric VTOL aircraft, BlackFly, live at SOF Week 2025, as the company positions the platform for special operations and wider defence applications.

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GKN to continue Gripen engine support

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GKN to continue Gripen engine support

11th January 2017

GKN Aerospace has signed a contract extension with the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration (FMV) to continue supporting Gripen RM12 engines, the company announced on 10 …

EW Singapore: L3 Wescam details MX orders

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EW Singapore: L3 Wescam details MX orders

11th January 2017

L3 Wescam has been awarded a number of contracts to supply its MX-series electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) imaging systems to customers, including the Royal Thai Navy and …

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EW Singapore: Rafael orders laser designators

11th January 2017

Elbit Systems has received two contracts worth a combined $35 million from Rafael Advanced Defense Systems for the supply of airborne laser designators over a …

EW Singapore: ReDrone offers UAV protection

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EW Singapore: ReDrone offers UAV protection

11th January 2017

Elbit Systems revealed a new instrument against unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) at a homeland security exhibition in Tel Aviv in November 2016. Labelled ReDrone, the Israeli …

EW Singapore: Australia seeks to influence US jammer

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EW Singapore: Australia seeks to influence US jammer

11th January 2017

Australia is looking at options to influence development of Raytheon's Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) by possibly entering into a cooperative agreement with the US Navy (USN), …

EW Singapore: SAF unveils network-centric capability

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EW Singapore: SAF unveils network-centric capability

11th January 2017

The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has been steadily developing network-centric capabilities as part of its modernisation. Its Island Air Defence network has become operational following …

EW Singapore: Thai Gripens strike like Litening

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EW Singapore: Thai Gripens strike like Litening

11th January 2017

The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has enhanced its Gripen fighter squadron’s capability by purchasing Rafael’s Litening III targeting and navigation pods, which significantly increases …

EW Singapore: Vietnam introduces indigenous radar

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EW Singapore: Vietnam introduces indigenous radar

11th January 2017

Vietnam, typically dependent on Russian military technology to equip its armed forces, recently unveiled a new indigenous 2-D UHF radar system known by the nomenclature …

MilSim Asia: Compusult enhances WES

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MilSim Asia: Compusult enhances WES

11th January 2017

Compusult has released a number of new enhancements and capabilities for its Web Enterprise Suite (WES), to enhance the way military users can access, manage, …

VK-2500 engines in production

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VK-2500 engines in production

11th January 2017

Russia’s deputy defence minister responsible for procurement, Yury Borisov has revealed that the Klimov Company in St Petersburg delivered 60 VK-2500 engines in 2016 – …

EW Singapore: Indian AEW programme faces trouble

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EW Singapore: Indian AEW programme faces trouble

11th January 2017

India’s home-grown airborne early warning (AEW) programme utilising three Embraer 145 aircraft, the first of which was supposed to be inducted by the end of …

EW Singapore: E-2D Hawkeye coming to Asia

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EW Singapore: E-2D Hawkeye coming to Asia

11th January 2017

Next month the US Navy (USN) will move a squadron of Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft from Norfolk Naval Station …

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