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LAAD 2019: News round up from Rio (video)
Across the land, sea and air domains the Shephard Media news team talk through some of the highlight's of this year's LAAD 2019 exhibition in Rio ...
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Paris Air Show: Swedish Air Force holds back on helicopter modernisation
Unlike plans to refresh fighter jet capabilities with a forthcoming Gripen E fleet, the Swedish Air Force is in no hurry to change the look ...
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Paris Air Show: Under wraps on the flight line (video)
As the 2019 edition of the Paris Air Show thrusts into public view, Shephard examines some of the platforms on display, others being kept under ...
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US Air Force studying options for new battle management system
A key study on the US Air Force’s (USAF) future Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) is on track to be finished this fall, according to ...
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US Marine Corps tunes into narrowband network
The USMC has now begun rolling out its next-generation narrowband SATCOM system to replace its legacy SATCOM networks. Thousands of antenna kits for the AN/PRC-117G ...
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Milipol Asia 2019: Security, counterterror markets expand in ASEAN region (video)
The homeland security and counterterrorism market is transitioning from the US towards Europe and Asia-Pacific. In addition to terrorism and organised crime, cybercrime and UAVs ...
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Paris Air Show: Under wraps on the flight line (video)
16th June 2019
As the 2019 edition of the Paris Air Show thrusts into public view, Shephard examines some of the platforms on display, others being kept under ...
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Paris Air Show: Poland to enhance its airlift capability
15th June 2019
The Polish Armaments Inspectorate has recently announced the start of its technical dialogue in preparation for the future acquisition of a new fleet of transport ...
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Two killed in Vietnam military plane crash
14th June 2019
Two pilots were killed in Vietnam on 14 June after their military plane crashed during a training session, an official told AFP. Though Vietnam has ...
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Insight: Japan seeks to eliminate vulnerabilities in the southwest
14th June 2019
The Liaoning aircraft carrier and five accompanying surface ships of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) passed through the Miyako Strait, which separates Okinawa and ...
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Podcast: The future of the military unmanned systems market, a look ahead to the Paris Air Show, and who are Raytheon Technologies?
14th June 2019
Welcome to Episode 21 of The Weekly Defence Podcast. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and more. Sign up to an early email alert of future podcasts here.
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Saab forced to ditch Swiss flight tests
13th June 2019
Saab has announced that the company’s in-development Gripen E will not take part in forthcoming flight tests in Switzerland, but will continue its participation in ...
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Paris Air Show: Holding patterns for investment in UK aerospace
13th June 2019
Holding patterns in aerospace are no longer being associated solely with the skies but also on the ground as the possible impact of a non-effective ...
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Paris Air Show: Warsaw's F-35 buy might hinder other modernisation efforts
11th June 2019
The Polish MoD has confirmed its intention of procuring 32 F-35A Lightning II multirole fighter jets, by sending an official Letter of Request to the ...
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Defence Capability Plan expands NZ’s military
10th June 2019
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) will increase the size of its military and acquire new amphibious ships under the latest Defence Capability Plan (DCP) ...
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Paris Air Show: Gripen speeding through flight tests
10th June 2019
The Gripen E’s flight testing programme is ramping up as Saab pushes the platform harder in the skies to meet the ever-evolving fighter jet demands ...
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Paris Air Show: Sharper sting for Boeing's Super Hornet
10th June 2019
Boeing expects to deliver the first two network-centric Super Hornet F/A-18 Block III aircraft in 2019 for testing and evaluation by the US Navy. Separately, ...
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Raytheon and United Technologies announce merger
10th June 2019
Raytheon and United Technologies announced on 9 June that they will merge, creating a behemoth American aeronautics and defence company. The new company, Raytheon Technologies ...
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Podcast: Special forces technologies and trends, Canadian Army digitisation and NATO's defence spending
7th June 2019
Welcome to Episode 20 of The Weekly Defence Podcast. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and more. Sign up to an early email alert of future podcasts here.
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The price is right for US F-16s to Sofia
5th June 2019
Priced at US$1.673 billion, the sale to Bulgaria of eight Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Block 70 fighters has received the green light from the US State ...
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New Zealand Defence Force gets major budget boost
5th June 2019
The New Zealand government revealed its budget for the 2019-20 fiscal year on 30 May with a large chunk of additional funds being allocated to ...
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Japan ends search for crashed F35 fighter jet
4th June 2019
Japan called off its search for an F-35A on 4 June, almost two months after the stealth jet crashed into the sea sparking a scramble ...
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Shangri-La Dialogue 2019: ASEAN mute on international rule breakers
3rd June 2019
In sharp contrast to China’s bellicose tone at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, the voices of most ASEAN and others’ defence ministers were particularly muted ...
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Shangri-La Dialogue: China's belligerent address is detached from reality
2nd June 2019
While the speech by US Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan at the Shangri-La Dialogue yesterday was mild mannered, the same was not true of the ...
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Shangri-La Dialogue: Vagueness from US disappoints many
1st June 2019
The highlight of any Shangri-La Dialogue is Sino-US rivalry. However, China is probably rubbing its hands in glee after 1.5 days of the dialogue have ...
