Defence Notes

Naval Warfare

Singapore to upgrade Super Rapid 76mm guns with Strales system

A total of 28 active surface ships will receive the upgrades to their weaponry to help them combat the growing threat from UAVs.

Leonardo CEO urges “speed as important as money” as joint ventures progress picks up

The company’s Q1 2025 results showed a 20% increase in new orders and a 15% increase in revenue across the business.

Naval Warfare

Will the US be able to make its shipbuilding industry “great again”?

The White House and Congress have been increasing efforts to support the national maritime industry.

Land Warfare

How Ukraine’s wartime innovators are redefining tactical communication

A Ukrainian company in a race against Russian jammers has been demonstrating how the country’s innovative start-ups have been beating the West at its own game.

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Defence Notes

DoD expands COVID-19 measures

12th March 2020

US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has announced new travel restrictions for serving members of the armed forces, civilian DoD staff and their families. The …
Defence Notes

Israeli MoD begins stockpiling medical supplies as COVID-19 takes grip

12th March 2020

The Israeli Defence Minister, Naftali Bennett has ordered a NIS500,000 ($150,000) procurement of medical supplies. The procurement is the largest of its kind since Operation …
Digital Battlespace

Japan wins order for Philippine air surveillance radars

11th March 2020

Japanese firm Mitsubishi Electric was issued a notice of award by the Philippines on 4 March to supply four radars to complete air surveillance coverage …
Defence Notes

Pele Program looks to expand nuclear power for US forces

11th March 2020

The US DoD on 9 March awarded three contracts to BWX Technologies, Westinghouse Government Services and X-energy, to begin a two-year engineering and design competition …
Defence Notes

Short UK defence review timetable draws criticism

11th March 2020

Experts appearing before the UK Defence Select Committee have suggested that the government is mistaken to plan to complete new national spending and defence reviews …
Defence Notes

No easy choices for UK in latest strategic review

11th March 2020

With the first phase of Brexit completed, the UK now faces strategic choices about the role it wishes to play in the world, and the …
Defence Notes

US border wall drains funding from military programmes

11th March 2020

As debate rages in Washington, DC, on the FY2021 Presidential Budget Request, one of the main sticking points has been the redirecting of funding for …
Naval Warfare

Textron hands over next-gen SSC

11th March 2020

Textron Systems announced on 9 March that it has delivered its first Ship to Shore Connector (SSC), Craft 100 to the US Navy (USN). The …
Training

COVID-19 causes curtailment of Cold Response 2020

11th March 2020

The commander of the Norwegian Armed Forces, Lt General Rune Jakobsen, has announced that Cold Response 2020 will be ending early as a result of …
Air Warfare

NORAD F-22s and CF-18s intercept Russian ISR aircraft near Alaska

11th March 2020

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) intercepted two Russian Tu-142 ISR aircraft entering Alaskan Air Defence Identification Zone on 9 March. However, the Russian …
Defence Notes

Japan invests in hypersonic and stand-off missiles

10th March 2020

Japan's Self-Defense Force (SDF) is developing and buying new classes of missile aimed to counter the threats it perceives in its neighbourhood, including a belligerent …
Defence Notes

US Army Europe commander self-isolates after potential COVID-19 exposure

10th March 2020

The commander of US Army Europe and several of his staff have placed themselves in self-isolation after attending a recent conference which may have exposed …
Defence Helicopter

Boeing to oversee UK Apache’s post-production services

10th March 2020

Boeing has secured a $191.85 million cost-no-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract to provide post-production services for the UK’s AH-64E Apache helicopter fleet. This will include maintenance …
Defence Notes

US sees huge spike in Middle East arms exports

10th March 2020

Booming arms export trade between the US defence industry and the Middle East has risen by 79% over the course of the last five years, …
Naval Warfare

GE Marine LM500 engines to power ROK’s PKX-B

10th March 2020

GE Marine announced that its 4.6MW LM500 marine gas turbines will power the next three ships being procured through the Republic of Korea Navy’s (ROKN) …
Air Warfare

Bahrain signs new Raytheon Patriot System deal

9th March 2020

Raytheon will provide the Kingdom of Bahrain with Patriot air and missile defence systems as part of a new $551 million contract. The company confirmed …
Defence Notes

NATO HQ staffer tests positive for COVID-19

9th March 2020

NATO confirmed on 9 March that a member of staff at its headquarters in Brussels, Belgium has tested positive for coronavirus. The individual had recently …
Naval Warfare

C-UAS laser makes USN debut

9th March 2020

The USN has installed a first-of-a-kind laser on a destroyer, in order to blind the sensors of hostile unmanned aircraft. This marks a major development …
Naval Warfare

DARPA taps Lockheed to design new large UUV

9th March 2020

DARPA has approached Lockheed Martin to design an extra-large UUV powered by innovative energy management techniques, as part of the Manta Ray project, which aims …