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The Royal Australian Navy has finally commissioned the first Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel – more than three years behind schedule – highlighting the programme’s delays, design compromises and ongoing industrial restructuring.
The UAE’s Edge Group has been positioning itself as a key defence and technology partner to Indonesia, where it has been focusing on naval platforms, UAVs and long-term industrial collaboration.
The UK’s National Security Strategy brings together the recently released Strategic Defence Review (SDR), Strategic Security Review, AUKUS Review and Industrial and Trade Strategies. At the same time, the UK made a commitment to reach defence spending of 5% of GDP by 2035 and Germany committed to 3.5% by 2029.
In the operation Midnight Hammer, the Pentagon deployed 14 GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators and more than two dozen Tomahawk missiles.
While the Paris Air Show marked the first time the ANAFI UKR has been publicly shown, the ISR drone has been in use with various armed forces for the last eight months, Parrot told Shephard.
A pact signed at the Paris Air Show has seen Sweden turn to the French FDI frigate to lead its next-gen surface combatant fleet amid shifting security dynamics in the Baltic Sea.
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15th May 2019
Turkish Aerospace has been working on the new, twin engine multirole heavy combat helicopter (MHCH) for the past two to three years under the supervision …
15th May 2019
Indian Navy ships, Kolkata and Shakti, have carried out a Group Sail exercise with naval ships of Japan, Philippines and the US in the South …
15th May 2019
DSIT Solutions is unveiling its new multi-layered defence solution for strategic assets at IMDEX 2019 in Singapore, designed for use against various types of underwater threats …
15th May 2019
The German Air Force (GAF) and navy was one of the largest customers for the Panavia Tornado aircraft and although the latter has disposed of …
15th May 2019
Terma has received a contract to deliver a complete C-Series Combat Suite for four KCR-60 vessels of the Indonesian Navy, the company announced on 13 …
15th May 2019
The official UDT, ITEC, EW Europe Daily News - Day Three is now available to read online. View the digital edition PDF version here.
15th May 2019
The official IMDEX Asia 2019 Daily News - Day Two is now available to read online. View the digital edition PDF version here.
15th May 2019
Last month China grossly overstepped the mark by acerbically criticising a foreign warship passing through the Taiwan Strait, an international right of way that separates …
14th May 2019
In his keynote address on the opening day of UDT 2019 in Stockholm, the Chief of the Royal Swedish Navy, RAdm Jens Nykvist, focused on …
14th May 2019
Announced on 13 May at AOC EW Europe, the US DoD has selected Leonardo’s BriteCloud expendable active decoy (EAD) to be assessed under the Office …
14th May 2019
The official UDT, ITEC, EW Europe Daily News - Day Two is now available to read online. View the digital edition PDF version here.
14th May 2019
Shephard takes a look at CAE’s trauma patient simulator which is currently in use by the German Army and Special Forces. From mid-May 2019 CAE …
14th May 2019
The official IMDEX Asia 2019 Daily News - Day One is now available to read online. View the digital edition PDF version here.
13th May 2019
The official UDT, ITEC, EW Europe Daily News - Day One is now available to read online. View the digital edition PDF version here.
13th May 2019
The US is deploying an amphibious assault ship and a Patriot missile battery to bolster an aircraft carrier and B-52 bombers already sent to the …
13th May 2019
JFD has successfully completed subsea mating exercises for the second of two submarine rescue flyaway systems delivered to the Indian Navy, the company announced on …
12th May 2019
A new material intended for submarine seawater systems, Def Stan 02-886 has been released by Copper Alloys Ltd. Made out of a copper-nickel-chrome alloy, it has been …
11th May 2019
The Asia-Pacific region, with its geographical variety and rapidly developing military seascape, continues to see strong demand for maritime patrol and surveillance aircraft in order …
10th May 2019
Raytheon will integrate the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) into the US Marine Corps' existing force structure, the company announced on 7 May. The work will …